398 and 388 Main Street Historical

398 and 388 Main Street Historical (HM1W62)

Location: Los Altos, CA 94022 Santa Clara County
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Country: United States of America
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N 37° 22.679', W 122° 7.0618242'

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circa 1910

—“The Bank” and “The Grocery” —

This "double building" was built by Paul and Guy Shoup around 1910. It was the third building in downtown Los Altos and housed the offices of Altos Land Company, Los Altos Building and Loan Association, Los Altos Water Company, University Land Company, and Walter A. Clark, General Agent for the Los Altos Land Company.

In 1919, the corner side of the building, now 398 Main Street, became the First National Bank of Los Altos, locally owned by the Shoup brothers. The inner building, presently 388 Main Street, then became a series of grocery stores with the most popular being "The Red and White Store".

Alex Gordon and Ted Grebbel later purchased the store. "Gordon's" prospered and moved to a large site. At that time "Cunningham's", a dry goods store, took over.

Los Altos Old Timers still refer to the building as "The Bank" and "The Grocery." The architectural style shows "Mission Revival" characteristics. In 1974, work on the building revealed nine coats of paint and parts of the original facade beneath the existing one.

Details

HM Number	HM1W62
Tags	Industry and Commerce, Buildings
Placed By	City of Los Altos
Marker Condition	No reports yet
Date Added	Thursday, December 8th, 2016 at 1:03pm PST -08:00

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UTM (WGS84 Datum)	10H E 578115 N 5862830
Decimal Degrees	37.37798333, -122.11769707
Degrees and Decimal Minutes	N 37° 22.679', W 122° 7.0618242'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds	37° 22' 40.74" N, 122° 7' 3.709452" W
Driving Directions	Google Maps
Area Code(s)	650, 408
Which side of the road?	Marker is on the right when traveling West
Closest Postal Address	At or near 398 Main St, Los Altos CA 94022, US
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