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Tanforan totalizer (San Bruno, Calif.), August 15, 1942

Tanforan totalizer (San Bruno, Calif.), August 15, 1942

Weekly Vol. I, no. 1 (May 15, 1942)-vol. 1, no. 19 (September 12, 1942). Collected in Japanese camp papers. Title from masthead. Also issued on microfilm from the Library of Congress, Photoduplication Service. ... More

Tanforan totalizer (San Bruno, Calif.), June 27, 1942

Tanforan totalizer (San Bruno, Calif.), June 27, 1942

Weekly Vol. I, no. 1 (May 15, 1942)-vol. 1, no. 19 (September 12, 1942). Collected in Japanese camp papers. Title from masthead. Also issued on microfilm from the Library of Congress, Photoduplication Service. ... More

Southern Pacific Railroad Station, Burlingame Avenue & California Drive, Burlingame, San Mateo County, CA

Southern Pacific Railroad Station, Burlingame Avenue & California Driv...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Methodist Episcopal Church, 108 San Gregorio Street, Pescadero, San Mateo County, CA

Methodist Episcopal Church, 108 San Gregorio Street, Pescadero, San Ma...

Significance: Built as a Methodist Episcopal Church in 1890, this building was sold by the church in 1905. Survey number: HABS CA-162 Building/structure dates: 1890 Initial Construction

Bank of San Mateo County, 2000-2002 Broadway, Redwood City, San Mateo County, CA

Bank of San Mateo County, 2000-2002 Broadway, Redwood City, San Mateo ...

Significance: The oldest stone-faced building in the county, this stately Renaissance Revival building dates from 1900. Incorporated in 1891, before moving to its present site, it is the earliest bank in San M... More

Bank of San Mateo County, 2000-2002 Broadway, Redwood City, San Mateo County, CA

Bank of San Mateo County, 2000-2002 Broadway, Redwood City, San Mateo ...

Significance: The oldest stone-faced building in the county, this stately Renaissance Revival building dates from 1900. Incorporated in 1891, before moving to its present site, it is the earliest bank in San M... More

Green Gables, 329 Albion Avenue, Woodside, San Mateo County, CA

Green Gables, 329 Albion Avenue, Woodside, San Mateo County, CA

Significance: Well-proportioned mansion which boasts an obvious sensitivity to its site. The English country house with distinctive roof has an interior more austere than the Greenes' usual, but still well cra... More

Green Gables, 329 Albion Avenue, Woodside, San Mateo County, CA

Green Gables, 329 Albion Avenue, Woodside, San Mateo County, CA

Significance: Well-proportioned mansion which boasts an obvious sensitivity to its site. The English country house with distinctive roof has an interior more austere than the Greenes' usual, but still well cra... More

Green Gables, 329 Albion Avenue, Woodside, San Mateo County, CA

Green Gables, 329 Albion Avenue, Woodside, San Mateo County, CA

Significance: Well-proportioned mansion which boasts an obvious sensitivity to its site. The English country house with distinctive roof has an interior more austere than the Greenes' usual, but still well cra... More

Green Gables, 329 Albion Avenue, Woodside, San Mateo County, CA

Green Gables, 329 Albion Avenue, Woodside, San Mateo County, CA

Significance: Well-proportioned mansion which boasts an obvious sensitivity to its site. The English country house with distinctive roof has an interior more austere than the Greenes' usual, but still well cra... More

Pigeon Point Lighthouse, State Highway 1, Pescadero, San Mateo County, CA

Pigeon Point Lighthouse, State Highway 1, Pescadero, San Mateo County,...

Original working drawings are located at the National Archives. Lighthouse has rotating gear, & the complex has a watch house. Significance: This was the earliest lighthouse on the west coast to have a First-ir... More

Francisco Sanchez Adobe, Linda Mar Boulevard & Adobe Drive, Pacifica, San Mateo County, CA

Francisco Sanchez Adobe, Linda Mar Boulevard & Adobe Drive, Pacifica, ...

Significance: San Pedro Valley is of interest in early California history, having been an outpost of the Mission Dolores of San Francisco around 1780. Francisco Sanchez constructed the present adobe near the s... More

Our Lady of the Wayside Roman Catholic Church, 930 Portola Road, Portola Valley, San Mateo County, CA

Our Lady of the Wayside Roman Catholic Church, 930 Portola Road, Porto...

Significance: This church was built for the growing Catholic community at Portola Valley, with the assistance of a men's club called The Family. Survey number: HABS CA-2140 Building/structure dates: 1912 Init... More

Our Lady of the Wayside Roman Catholic Church, 930 Portola Road, Portola Valley, San Mateo County, CA

Our Lady of the Wayside Roman Catholic Church, 930 Portola Road, Porto...

Significance: This church was built for the growing Catholic community at Portola Valley, with the assistance of a men's club called The Family. Survey number: HABS CA-2140 Building/structure dates: 1912 Init... More

Ralston Hall, Ralston Avenue, Belmont, San Mateo County, CA

Ralston Hall, Ralston Avenue, Belmont, San Mateo County, CA

Significance: One of the grandiose creations of a grandiose personality - William Chapman Ralston. Utilizing a modest villa, property of Count Cipriani in the 1850s and early 1860s, Ralston created a veritable ... More

St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, El Camino Real & Baldwin Street, San Mateo, San Mateo County, CA

St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, El Camino Real & Baldwin Street, San M...

Significance: The original church at this site, built in 1865, was destroyed by the 1906 earthquake. Willis J. Polk, a parishioner, designed this church in the same village Gothic style. Survey number: HABS C... More

Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Avenue, Menlo Park, San Mateo County, CA

Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Avenue, Menlo Park, San Mateo Co...

Significance: A year after the closing of St. Dennis Church, the first Catholic Church in the area, in 1871, this church was built as a mission. It gained the status of a parish church in 1877. The building, ... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from South San Francisco, San Mateo County, California.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from South San Francisco, San Mateo County,...

Nov 1910. 10 Sheet(s). California fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabil... More

U.S. Geological Survey, Rock Magnetics Laboratory, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, San Mateo County, CA

U.S. Geological Survey, Rock Magnetics Laboratory, 345 Middlefield Roa...

Significance: The temporary building, which was originally a temporary military hospital, became, in 1959, the home of the Rock Magnetics Laboratory and the site of revolutionary research in the field of earth ... More

U.S. Geological Survey, Rock Magnetics Laboratory, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, San Mateo County, CA

U.S. Geological Survey, Rock Magnetics Laboratory, 345 Middlefield Roa...

Significance: The temporary building, which was originally a temporary military hospital, became, in 1959, the home of the Rock Magnetics Laboratory and the site of revolutionary research in the field of earth ... More

Southern Pacific Depot, 559 El Camino Real, San Carlos, San Mateo County, CA

Southern Pacific Depot, 559 El Camino Real, San Carlos, San Mateo Coun...

Significance: The Southern Pacific Depot at San Carlos is a rare example of the use of the Richardsonian Romanesque style in California railroad station architecture. It was the first permanent building erecte... More

Southern Pacific Depot, 559 El Camino Real, San Carlos, San Mateo County, CA

Southern Pacific Depot, 559 El Camino Real, San Carlos, San Mateo Coun...

Significance: The Southern Pacific Depot at San Carlos is a rare example of the use of the Richardsonian Romanesque style in California railroad station architecture. It was the first permanent building erecte... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Redwood City, San Mateo County, California

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Redwood City, San Mateo County, Califo...

Sep 1884. 2 Sheet(s). California fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabili... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from San Mateo, San Mateo County, California

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from San Mateo, San Mateo County, Californi...

Feb 1891. 6 Sheet(s). California fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabili... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Baden, San Mateo County, California

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Baden, San Mateo County, California

Sep 1892. 3 Sheet(s). California fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabili... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Baden, San Mateo County, California

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Baden, San Mateo County, California

May 1899. 4 Sheet(s). California fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabili... More

Sunset Headquarters, 80 Willow Road, Menlo Park, San Mateo County, CA

Sunset Headquarters, 80 Willow Road, Menlo Park, San Mateo County, CA

1st Place Winner - 2015 HALS Challenge: Documenting Modernist Landscapes Significance: The property is closely associated with the influential landscape architect Thomas Dolliver Church; Church designed the lan... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Baden, San Mateo County, California

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Baden, San Mateo County, California

Sep 1892. 3 Sheet(s). California fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabili... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Menlo Park, San Mateo County, California

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Menlo Park, San Mateo County, Californ...

Jun 1897. 3 Sheet(s). California fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabili... More

Tanforan totalizer (San Bruno, Calif.), August 1, 1942

Tanforan totalizer (San Bruno, Calif.), August 1, 1942

Weekly Vol. I, no. 1 (May 15, 1942)-vol. 1, no. 19 (September 12, 1942). Collected in Japanese camp papers. Title from masthead. Also issued on microfilm from the Library of Congress, Photoduplication Service. ... More

Tanforan totalizer (San Bruno, Calif.), May 30, 1942

Tanforan totalizer (San Bruno, Calif.), May 30, 1942

Weekly Vol. I, no. 1 (May 15, 1942)-vol. 1, no. 19 (September 12, 1942). Collected in Japanese camp papers. Title from masthead. Also issued on microfilm from the Library of Congress, Photoduplication Service. ... More

Tanforan totalizer (San Bruno, Calif.), August 22, 1942

Tanforan totalizer (San Bruno, Calif.), August 22, 1942

Weekly Vol. I, no. 1 (May 15, 1942)-vol. 1, no. 19 (September 12, 1942). Collected in Japanese camp papers. Title from masthead. Also issued on microfilm from the Library of Congress, Photoduplication Service. ... More

Tanforan totalizer (San Bruno, Calif.), June 6, 1942

Tanforan totalizer (San Bruno, Calif.), June 6, 1942

Weekly Vol. I, no. 1 (May 15, 1942)-vol. 1, no. 19 (September 12, 1942). Collected in Japanese camp papers. Title from masthead. Also issued on microfilm from the Library of Congress, Photoduplication Service. ... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Redwood City, San Mateo County, California

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Redwood City, San Mateo County, Califo...

Feb 1891. 9 Sheet(s). California fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabili... More

Tanforan totalizer (San Bruno, Calif.), June 13, 1942

Tanforan totalizer (San Bruno, Calif.), June 13, 1942

Weekly Vol. I, no. 1 (May 15, 1942)-vol. 1, no. 19 (September 12, 1942). Collected in Japanese camp papers. Title from masthead. Also issued on microfilm from the Library of Congress, Photoduplication Service. ... More

Tanforan totalizer (San Bruno, Calif.), August 1, 1942

Tanforan totalizer (San Bruno, Calif.), August 1, 1942

Weekly Vol. I, no. 1 (May 15, 1942)-vol. 1, no. 19 (September 12, 1942). Collected in Japanese camp papers. Title from masthead. Also issued on microfilm from the Library of Congress, Photoduplication Service. ... More

Tanforan totalizer (San Bruno, Calif.), July 25, 1942

Tanforan totalizer (San Bruno, Calif.), July 25, 1942

Weekly Vol. I, no. 1 (May 15, 1942)-vol. 1, no. 19 (September 12, 1942). Collected in Japanese camp papers. Title from masthead. Also issued on microfilm from the Library of Congress, Photoduplication Service. ... More

Tanforan totalizer (San Bruno, Calif.), June 13, 1942

Tanforan totalizer (San Bruno, Calif.), June 13, 1942

Weekly Vol. I, no. 1 (May 15, 1942)-vol. 1, no. 19 (September 12, 1942). Collected in Japanese camp papers. Title from masthead. Also issued on microfilm from the Library of Congress, Photoduplication Service. ... More

Tanforan totalizer (San Bruno, Calif.), July 25, 1942

Tanforan totalizer (San Bruno, Calif.), July 25, 1942

Weekly Vol. I, no. 1 (May 15, 1942)-vol. 1, no. 19 (September 12, 1942). Collected in Japanese camp papers. Title from masthead. Also issued on microfilm from the Library of Congress, Photoduplication Service. ... More

Tanforan totalizer (San Bruno, Calif.), August 8, 1942

Tanforan totalizer (San Bruno, Calif.), August 8, 1942

Weekly Vol. I, no. 1 (May 15, 1942)-vol. 1, no. 19 (September 12, 1942). Collected in Japanese camp papers. Title from masthead. Also issued on microfilm from the Library of Congress, Photoduplication Service. ... More

Tanforan totalizer (San Bruno, Calif.), August 1, 1942

Tanforan totalizer (San Bruno, Calif.), August 1, 1942

Weekly Vol. I, no. 1 (May 15, 1942)-vol. 1, no. 19 (September 12, 1942). Collected in Japanese camp papers. Title from masthead. Also issued on microfilm from the Library of Congress, Photoduplication Service. ... More

Tanforan totalizer (San Bruno, Calif.), August 15, 1942

Tanforan totalizer (San Bruno, Calif.), August 15, 1942

Weekly Vol. I, no. 1 (May 15, 1942)-vol. 1, no. 19 (September 12, 1942). Collected in Japanese camp papers. Title from masthead. Also issued on microfilm from the Library of Congress, Photoduplication Service. ... More

St. Anthony's Roman Catholic Church, North Street, Pescadero, San Mateo County, CA

St. Anthony's Roman Catholic Church, North Street, Pescadero, San Mate...

Survey number: HABS CA-2133 Building/structure dates: 1906 Initial Construction

Bank of San Mateo County, 2000-2002 Broadway, Redwood City, San Mateo County, CA

Bank of San Mateo County, 2000-2002 Broadway, Redwood City, San Mateo ...

Significance: The oldest stone-faced building in the county, this stately Renaissance Revival building dates from 1900. Incorporated in 1891, before moving to its present site, it is the earliest bank in San M... More

Green Gables, 329 Albion Avenue, Woodside, San Mateo County, CA

Green Gables, 329 Albion Avenue, Woodside, San Mateo County, CA

Significance: Well-proportioned mansion which boasts an obvious sensitivity to its site. The English country house with distinctive roof has an interior more austere than the Greenes' usual, but still well cra... More

Green Gables, 329 Albion Avenue, Woodside, San Mateo County, CA

Green Gables, 329 Albion Avenue, Woodside, San Mateo County, CA

Significance: Well-proportioned mansion which boasts an obvious sensitivity to its site. The English country house with distinctive roof has an interior more austere than the Greenes' usual, but still well cra... More

Buelna's Roadhouse, 3915 Alpine Road, Portola Valley, San Mateo County, CA

Buelna's Roadhouse, 3915 Alpine Road, Portola Valley, San Mateo County...

Significance: Built for Felix Buelna, this roadhouse has continued its original use to the present. Patronized by Stanford University students and soldiers from Camp Fremont, the bar has had a long string of c... More

Southern Pacific Depot, 21 East Millbrae Avenue, Millbrae, San Mateo County, CA

Southern Pacific Depot, 21 East Millbrae Avenue, Millbrae, San Mateo C...

Significance: Frame with clapboarding, 65' x 50', two stories with one-story wings, hip roofs with wooden shingles, bracketed eaves, overhanging roof on first-story level supported by columns on E elevation; wa... More

Southern Pacific Depot, 21 East Millbrae Avenue, Millbrae, San Mateo County, CA

Southern Pacific Depot, 21 East Millbrae Avenue, Millbrae, San Mateo C...

Significance: Frame with clapboarding, 65' x 50', two stories with one-story wings, hip roofs with wooden shingles, bracketed eaves, overhanging roof on first-story level supported by columns on E elevation; wa... More

Francisco Sanchez Adobe, Linda Mar Boulevard & Adobe Drive, Pacifica, San Mateo County, CA

Francisco Sanchez Adobe, Linda Mar Boulevard & Adobe Drive, Pacifica, ...

Significance: San Pedro Valley is of interest in early California history, having been an outpost of the Mission Dolores of San Francisco around 1780. Francisco Sanchez constructed the present adobe near the s... More

Isaac Graham House, Cabrillo Highway, Pescadero, San Mateo County, CA

Isaac Graham House, Cabrillo Highway, Pescadero, San Mateo County, CA

Significance: Built for Isaac Graham on the crest of a hill on Rancho Ano Nuevo, where it served as a landmark for sailors. Moved to its present site in 1880 to make room for the house of Rensselaer Steele's d... More

Ralston Hall, Ralston Avenue, Belmont, San Mateo County, CA

Ralston Hall, Ralston Avenue, Belmont, San Mateo County, CA

Significance: One of the grandiose creations of a grandiose personality - William Chapman Ralston. Utilizing a modest villa, property of Count Cipriani in the 1850s and early 1860s, Ralston created a veritable ... More

Watkins-Cartan House, 25 Isabella Avenue, Atherton, San Mateo County, CA

Watkins-Cartan House, 25 Isabella Avenue, Atherton, San Mateo County, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a plan, map, park, birds' eye view, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Linden Towers Gates, Middlefield Road at James Lane, Atherton, San Mateo County, CA

Linden Towers Gates, Middlefield Road at James Lane, Atherton, San Mat...

Significance: Linden Towers, an elaborate, multi-towered and multi-gabled mansion, was built in 1878 for James Clair Flood, reputed to be the wealthiest man in California. The gates, built for James L. Flood t... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from South San Francisco, San Mateo County, California.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from South San Francisco, San Mateo County,...

Nov 1910. 10 Sheet(s). California fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabil... More

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