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<br />r'" <br />II. THE HILTON AND trtus BLACKSMITH SHOP; 824-26 Ma::J Street <br /> <br />The 1859 blacksmith and wagon-making shop of Hilton and Titus still stands <br />at 824-826 Main Street, behind a soiled, modern, stucco facade which also <br />covers a non-historic building at number 822. The iron shutters in the <br />rear facade of 824-826 probably date from the original building. Here the <br />blacksmiths serviced wagons at their front doors on Main Street and turned <br />shipsmiths for the boats at the rear of their establishment, where Redwood <br />. Creek widened to an "inner basin" before narrowing again at the upper limit <br />of navigation, present-day Middlefield Road. <br /> <br />In the 1870's, the shop was extended forward to the street, and about 1880 <br />it was further altered substantially when its Masonic Lodge owners added <br />a second story and also a simple, but attractive, brick facade. About 1921, <br />when number 822 was probably built, the present facade was constructed. The <br />buildings, currently owned by William Royer, once housed a men's clothing <br />store; now (1976) they are occupied by a printing shop and storage facilities. <br /> <br /> <br />(I <br />I <br /> <br /> <br />HISTORIC PRESERVATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE <br /> <br />Page <br /> <br />4 <br />