Churches of Menlo Park

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1. Dennis Martin's Church

1853 Church built by Dennis Martin between SLAC Sector 17 and the San Francisquito Ck

1856 Church got its own pastor

1871 Last service

2. Nativity Church

1872 St. Brigit’s Chapel on Ringwood Ave nr Middlefield (on the NE side of Middlefield where Menlo-Atherton High School is located today, which is in the incorporated boundary of the Town of Atherton.

1877 Upgraded to parish status

1878 Chapel moved to SCA

1879 Chapel moved to Oak Grove Ave (present location) and enlarged

3. Menlo Park Presbyterian Church

1873 Organized as Menlo Park Presbyterian Church

1875 First building constructed on Santa Cruz Ave nr Chestnut St

1950 Old church building deconsecrated and torn down; new church constructed on SCA at Johnson St

2015 Name changed to Menlo Church

4. Holy Trinity Episcopal Church

1884 Organized

1886 First building constructed at 407 Encinal Ave

1897 Building relocated to 406 Oak Grove Ave

1947 Building relocated again, this time to Pine St near Ravenswood Ave

1957 Original building gifted to the recently organized Nativity of the Holy Virgin (Orthodox) Church and was then moved to its present location at 1220 Crane St.

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