National Register of Historic Places - California (CA), Marin County

Marin County California (Historic Districts) has 16 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 4 places of National significance and 6 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include China Camp, Muir Woods National Monument, Point Reyes Lifeboat Rescue Station, 1927, Station KPH, Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America and Angel Island, U.S. Immigration Station.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Native American, Chinese-American and Coast Miwok Indians dating back to 1750.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Marin County places including J.C. White, Hull, D.; Nickel, E.; Skidmore, L., Carnes, W.G.; Carpenter, Thomas, US Coast Guard, Fred J. Maurer, Phineas F. Marston, Solomon Pierce, Capt. Howard B. Nurse, Spencer, H. P. and et al.. Prominent architectural styles found in Marin Country are Early Modern, Mission/Spanish Revival and Moderne.

Angel Island, U.S. Immigration Station (added 1971 - - #71000164)

SE of Tiburon in San Francisco Bay , Tiburon

Stilfehler, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Mission/Spanish Revival

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric, Social History, Military, Architecture

Cultural Affiliation:

Native American

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Defense, Domestic, Health Care, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Camp, Fortification, Hospital, Military Facility, Single Dwelling, Water-Related

Current Function:

Government, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park

China Camp (added 1979 - - #79000493)

Also known as China Camp State Park

247 N. San Pedro Dr. , San Rafael

Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Prehistoric, Commerce, Social History

Cultural Affiliation:

Chinese-American, Coast Miwok Indians

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Camp, Fishing Facility Or Site, Single Dwelling, Village Site

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park, Single Dwelling

Forts Baker, Barry, and Cronkhite (added 1973 - - #73000255)

Also known as Lime Point Tract Reservation;Tennessee Point Military Reserv

S of Sausalito off U.S. 101 , Sausalito

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Military

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Defense

Historic Sub-function:

Fortification, Military Facility

Current Function:

Defense, Government

Current Sub-function:

Arms Storage, Government Office

Hamilton Army Air Field Discontiguous Historic District (added 1998 - - #98001347)

Also known as Hamilton Field;Hamilton Army Air Force Base

Mostly the SW part of Hamilton Army Air Field , Novato

Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Nurse, Capt. Howard B., Spencer, H. P., et al.

Architectural Style:

Mission/Spanish Revival, Art Deco, Moderne

Area of Significance:

Military, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Federal, Local, Private

Historic Function:

Defense, Domestic, Government, Health Care, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Air Facility, Hospital, Institutional Housing, Military Facility, Public Works

Current Function:

Domestic, Recreation And Culture, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Institutional Housing, Sport Facility

Larkspur Downtown Historic District (added 1982 - - #82000972)

Also known as Old Downtown Larkspur

234-552 1/2 Magnolia Ave. , Larkspur

Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Mixed (More Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Correctional Facility, Rail-Related

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Recreation And Culture

Marconi-Radio Corporation of America (RCA) Bolinas Transmitting Station (added 2018 - - #100002108)

Mesa Road, Bolinas

Lleppink, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Communications

Period of Significance:

1929-1930 AD, 1913-1945 AD, 1913-1914 AD

Marin City Public Housing (added 2017 - - #100001604)

101-429 Drake Avenue, 1-99 Cole Drive, Marin City

Boscophotos, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Social History, Community Planning And Development, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1955-1960 AD

Muir Woods National Monument (added 2008 - - #07001396)

Also known as Muir Woods National Monument Historic District

Muir Woods Rd. , Mill Valley

Richs5812, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Carnes, W.G.; Carpenter, Thomas, Hull, D.; Nickel, E.; Skidmore, L.

Architectural Style:

Other, Moderne

Area of Significance:

Conservation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Conservation Area, Forest, Institutional Housing, Monument/Marker, Outdoor Recreation, Park, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Conservation Area, Forest, Institutional Housing, Monument/Marker, Outdoor Recreation, Park, Specialty Store

Pierce Ranch (added 1985 - - #85003324)

Also known as Upper Pierce Point Ranch

Point Reyes National Seashore , Inverness

Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Pierce,Solomon, Et al.

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Agriculture, Architecture, Industry

Cultural Affiliation:

American, Agricultural

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Processing, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park

Point Bonita Light Station (added 1991 - - #91001099)

Point Bonita , Sausalito

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Transportation, Maritime History, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Domestic, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Institutional Housing, Water-Related

Current Function:

Landscape, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Park, Water-Related

Point Reyes Lifeboat Rescue Station, 1927 (added 1985 - - #85002756)

Also known as Point Reyes Lifeboat Station

Drake's Bay, Point Reyes National Seashore , Inverness

Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Transportation, Maritime History, Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Water-Related

Current Function:

Government

Point Reyes Light Station (added 1991 - - #91001100)

Also known as Point Reyes Lighthouse

Point Reyes National Seashore , Point Reyes

H-stt, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Marston,Phineas F.

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Transportation, Maritime History, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Domestic, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Institutional Housing, Water-Related

Current Function:

Domestic, Landscape, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Institutional Housing, Park, Water-Related

Point Reyes Peninsula Dairy Ranches Historic District (added 2018 - - #100002147)

Inverness, Inverness

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Bungalow, Mixed (More Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1857-1956 AD

Radio Corporation of America (RCA) Point Reyes Receiving Station (added 2018 - - #100002109)

17400 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, Inverness

Ipoellet, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Early Modern

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Communications

Period of Significance:

1929-1945 AD

Station KPH, Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America (added 1989 - - #88003223)

Also known as Marconi Property

18500 CA 1 , Marshall

Citypeek, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Communications

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Communications Facility, Hotel, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Work In Progress