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age of *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) *Recorded by: *Date  Continuation  Update DPR 523L (Rev. 1/1995)(Word 9/2013) State of California  Natural Resources Agency Primary# DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Property Name: 847-851 Main Street Page 3 of 3 B10. Significance continued: The stable lot on Main Street had been unoccupied since the stable closed in 1910. The Stafford family had owned the property for many year; however, when the widow Emeline Stafford died in 1914, the bank bought the property for the balance owed on the mortgage ($5,980). Until William Dusel came to Redwood City looking for real estate development opportunities, the lot was empty. No doubt Dusel watched Gus Waller build the new brick building on the Beal’s Livery Stable site on lower Main Street, about a block away. It was designed to be the new home for Dave Flynn’s Ford automobile sale salon and automotive repair shop. New car sales were in the front on Main Street; the repair shop was in the rear off Maple Street. Dusel seized the opportunity to buy the other stable lot available at this location in April 1922 and arranged a lease with Guy Clifton, the Chevrolet agent. The Pioneer Stables property was similar to the Beal’s Stables property. Both had frontage on Main Street for pedestrian traffic; this was ideal to display new automobiles within a spacious showroom. And both properties were deep lots, extending to other streets for rear entrances. Dusel built his Dusel Building for Guy Clifton in 1922. It was finished by November, and Clifton opened his Chevrolet agency. The following year, Dusel built a 75’x100’ galvanized iron building to the rear of the salesroom to house an auto repair shop and tire sales store; its entry was off Walnut Street. In March 1924, the salesroom was remodeled. The walls were painted with scenes of Yosemite, by local painter Mr. Doxsee, as a backdrop for the new Chevrolet touring car. The showrooms were also outfitted to accommodate another vehicle, the first Rickenbacker automobile, which went on display in May 1924. Eddie Rickebacker had landed at the Redwood City Airport in May 1921, just three years previously and had toured Redwood City. In 1925, Clifton quit the business, but it continued to operate by others. From 1929 to 1930, it was the Fowler-Nash Motor Co., but they leased only 1/3 of the building. Another third remained vacant, and the other was occupied by Leach Furniture Company. Thus, by 1929, the building took the form of its present three-storefront configuration. Many different tenants have occupied this building. Likely the most memorable is Redwood Auto Supply. This firm occupied the center store (849) for over 40 years (1939 thru the early 1980s). For about 13 years, from 1953-1966, the store on the left (847) was the carpet outlet for Union Furniture Company, which operated next door on the ground floor of the I.O.O.F. Building; the galvanized building at the rear of the property was used as a warehouse. In 1976, Sequoia Auto Parts occupied this space as an annex to its store on lower Main Street. The third store space (851) was a liquor store from 1946 to 1963; this space has most recently been used for eating and drinking establishments. 7.B. - Page 89