St. Paul’s Church began in 1908 as a mission of St. Matthew’s Church, San Mateo to minister to the large number of people who moved to the Peninsula from San Francisco after the great earthquake of 1906.
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The first services were held in a storefront building, but the founding group soon obtained a plot of land from the developers and built a small wooden church.
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In 1915 St. Paul’s became a diocesan mission with the Rev. William A. Brewer serving as its first Vicar. When it became a self-supporting parish in 1919, he became the first rector of the church. As perennial mayor of Hillsborough and a leader in other civic ventures, Dr. Brewer did a great deal to welcome the many new residents who came to the Burlingame-Hillsborough area during the booming 1920s.
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An energetic and well-orchestrated fund-raising drive in 1926 that reached into the broader community enabled St. Paul’s to build the present church in the English Gothic Style. This building and plans for subsequent expansion were designed by architect William C. F. Gillam, a member of the parish.
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More at http://www.stpaulsburlingame.org/pages/about_history.html