Hewlett-Packard’s first campus was a rented residential property at 367 Addison Avenue in Palo Alto. The Packards lived on the first floor of the main house, while Bill Hewlett lived in the cottage ou ...

The restored Hewlett-Packard garage featured a Sears Craftsman drill press, which was nearly identical to Hewlett-Packard’s first piece of equipment. Dave Packard brought a used model with him when he ...

While Bill and Dave were preparing to start their own company, Bill wrote to Dave about a property on Addison Avenue in Palo Alto, California, that could serve as a residence and a workspace. The Addi ...

After the shed and garage were rebuilt, reinforced and equipped with new roofs, the structures were ready for shingles and interior updates.

The interior of the Addison Avenue garage was fully renovated, capturing the look and feel of Bill and Dave’s workspace in the early days.

Part of the garage’s restoration process included outfitting an original workbench, complete with 200A and 200B oscillators.

Throughout the restoration of all three buildings on the Addison Avenue property, craftsmen painstakingly saved as much original material as they could. Rafters with moderate damage were repaired and ...

The garage was given a steel substructure to make it earthquake resistant. It was then rebuilt using its original boards and reclaimed wood from an old barn nearby.

After jacks lifted the main house off the ground at Addison Avenue, restorers installed cribbing and cross-beaming for additional support while work was done on a new footing and foundation. The parti ...

The garage at 367 Addison Avenue became a Silicon Valley icon. Dave and Bill worked there in 1938 and 1939 while living on the property, and it was there that they developed Hewlett-Packard’s first pr ...