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California Landmark 856
Ralston Hall
Campus of College of Notre Dame
1500 Ralston Avenue
Belmont
Ralston Hall Commemorative Plaque in Belmont

The Plaque Reads

Ralston Hall

This redwood structure was completed in 1868 by William Chapman Ralston, San Francisco financier. Incorporating Count Cipriani's earlier villa, this enlarged mansion with its mirrored ballroom became the symbol of the extravagance of California s Silver Age. It anticipated features later incorporated into Ralston's Palace Hotel in San Francisco.

California Registered Historical Landmark No. 856
Plaque placed by the California Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with the California Historical Society.
November 5, 1972

Ralston Hall in Belmont  
 
 
 
California Landmark 886
Carolands
565 Remillard Road
Hillsborough
 
Harriet Pullman Carolan, heiress to the Pullman railroad car company fortune, constructed this lavish mini-palace in 1915-16, the focal point of a fully landscaped 500-acre estate. Willis Polk supervised construction of the American Renaissance-design residence, which is an adaptation of Vaux le Vicomte, also prototype for the Palace of Versailles. In the early 1950s, Countess Lillian Remillard Dandini acquired the chateau and the six remaining acres of land.
 
 
 
California Landmark 906
Steele Brothers Diary Ranches
Aņo Nuevo State Reserve
State Highway 1 Off New Year's Creek Road
14 Miles South of Pescadero
 
Beginning in the 1850s, the Steele brothers pioneered one of the first large-scale commercial cheese and dairy businesses in California. They extended their operations from Point Reyes to Rancho Punta de Aņo Nuevo in 1862. This 7,000-acre ranch consisted of five dairies extending from Gazos Creek to Point Aņo Nuevo. For a century the Steele brothers' dairy ranches were of importance in California's agricultural development.
Aņo Nuevo State Park, Aņo Nuevo State Reserve and Butano State Park

Aņo Nuevo State Reserve

Aņo Nuevo State Park

 
 
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