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Alpha Reference: H <br />Historic Name: IOOF Hall <br />Address: 839 Main Street <br />Construction Date: 1895 <br />Parcel #: 053-233-130 <br />To the right of 831-835 Main Street is the 1895 I.O.O.F building. The I.O.O.F <br />used the upstairs as their lodge hall and leased out the bottom retail store area. <br />Between 1906 and 1910 while the County courthouse was being reconstructed <br />following the earthquake, the IOOF hall was used during the day as San Mateo <br />County's courtroom with Judge George Buck presiding. In 1921, after the <br />Masons purchased the building next door, a common facade of Italianate style <br />was designed by architect J. R. Miller to unify the two old historic buildings. As <br />839 Main Street shares a common facade with 831 -835 Main Street, see 831- <br />835 Main Street for a detailed architectural description, the most notable <br />exception being the raised lettering which spells out "IOOF Building" in the center <br />of upper frieze. <br />Sources: <br />•The Early Courts of San Mateo County, published in1986, authored John <br />G. Edmunds. Historic Landmark Element of the General Plan <br />•Century 67, RWC Historic Trails, RWC Centennial Comm. 1967 <br />Page 39 <br />7.B. - Page 50