File:Diller-Chamberlain General Store marker HMDB.jpg

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This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 77000339.

Reads: Diller-Chamberlain General Store

726 Main Street

Land adjacent to Redwood Creek was purchased from Simon Mezes by John V. Diller in the 1850's to build a one-story wooden structure for his general store. By 1859, Diller added a brick building front Main Street, as shown in the picture above.

From 1875 to 1911, the building also housed the Wells Fargo Express Office (note sign at far left).

P.P. Chamberlain, the second store owner, was the San Mateo County treasurer from 1882 to 1926.

In 1938, the building was remodeled to become Quong Lee Laundry.

After the 1989 earthquake, the building was seismically retrofitted and the facade was restored to its 1859 appearance.

This building is San Mateo County's oldest continually operated commercial brick structure.

Presented by the Redwood City Historic Resources Advisory Committee

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