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Atherton (/ ˈ æ θ ə r t ə n / ATH-ər-tən) is an incorporated town in San Mateo County, California, United States. Its population was 6,823 as of July 2023 estimates. The town's zoning regulations permit only one single-family home per acre, and prohibit sidewalks. [9]
Atherton became an urban district in 1894 [3] and, in this context, civic leaders decided to demolish the existing offices and build a new structure on the same site. [4] Construction started on the new building in 1898. [5] It was designed by James Caldwell Prestwich in the Baroque style, built in red brick with stone dressings and was ...
Atherton, California, a town in San Mateo County in the San Francisco Bay Area Atherton station, a former station on the Caltrain railway line in this town; Atherton House, also known as the Faxon Atherton Mansion, a historic building in San Francisco, California; Menlo-Atherton High School, a four-year public comprehensive secondary school
In 1863 Atherton Local Government District was created when the township adopted the Local Government Act 1858. A local board was formed to govern the town. The Local Government Act 1894 added part of the township to Leigh Urban District and reconstituted the rest of the township as an urban district , with Atherton Urban District Council ...
In 2008, Jobs submitted a renewed permit application with updated estimates. The Woodside Town Council granted the permit a year later, in May 2009, [9] with the condition that Jobs must allow the house to be disassembled and moved elsewhere. [10] In February 2010, Magalli and Jason Yoho offered to move the mansion to their five-acre lot in ...
Faxon Dean Atherton (1815–1877) [2] was an American businessman, trader and landowner; initially successful in Valparaíso, Chile. He became a prominent citizen of San Mateo County, California. [3] The town of Atherton, California is named after him. [4]
In 1890 a school committee was formed at Atherton and an application made for a provisional school to meet the needs of the growing community. The Committee raised £65 for the school, which was constructed as a simple two-room timber building and opened in 1891 on a site at the corner of Mabel and Vernon streets. [3]
The southbound platform of the Atherton station. The town of Atherton has backed litigation against Caltrain's electrification plans. The town of Atherton, which lies on the tracks, was an early and vocal opponent of electrification. Residents opposed electrification and the proposed high-speed rail route because the overhead electrical lines ...