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In the Mission days of San Francisco, the main link between San Francisco and San Jose was the rough San Jose Road. The trip between towns was long and arduous, but in 1860 the first train service between the booming settlements was fairly regular. The line was built by the San Francisco and San Jose Railroad, which was bought by the Southern Pacific in 1868.
The line terminated at Market near Valencia. The route was down Valencia through the Bernal Cut to the Ocean View, down what is now Junipero Serra Boulevard (Highway 280) to San Jose.
At Ocean View was a fine station; streets were soon laid out like the spokes of a wheel around the station and a community quickly built up around what is now the intersection of Alemany, Sagamore, Plymouth and Sickles.
After a fire flattened the historic Andreotti barn earlier this month, owner Terry Andreotti says the family plans to temporarily relocate its farmstand and will rebuild the old barn.
âWeâre going to continue, and this history will go on,â Andreotti said. âWeâre here for the tourists, the city and the people who live here.â
The cause of the fire on Kelly Avenue is still under investigation, although Andreotti said it may have been an electrical fire.
The family set up a crowdfunding effort to help raise money for a rebuild with the same floor plan and look. Andreotti said their barnâs insurance will cover some of the initial costs to get started, and that the city and their farming neighbors have been supportive.