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Designed by architects Kysor and Biggar, in the Classical Revival style. The Vernon open air reading room could be converted into a closed room by means of a sliding sash. Demolished in 1974. 58: Los Gatos Los Gatos: Oct 17, 1901: $10,400 Demolished in 1954. 59: Mill Valley Mill Valley: Jan 18, 1910: $10,000 52 Lovell Ave, Mill Valley, CA 94941
Mill Valley is a city in Marin County, California, United States, located about 14 miles (23 km) north of San Francisco via the Golden Gate Bridge and 52 miles (84 km) from Napa Valley. The population was 14,231 at the 2020 census. Mill Valley is located on the western and northern shores of Richardson Bay, and the eastern slopes of Mount ...
The Library, constructed in 1972 out of a redwood water tank, initially to house the books and papers of Alan Watts. [8] Mandala House, a cabin shaped like a lotus flower. It was originally built by Stiles for Elsa Gidlow's sister, then improved and rented to Alan and Jano Watts from 1970 until his death there in 1973. [8]
Outdoor Art Club Building is a Historical Landmark Building in Mill Valley, California in Marin County. The building and grounds were designed by American architect, Bernard Maybeck in 1904. Maybeck is known for his use of natural materials in creative ways. The Outdoor Art Club Building is noted for its unique roof truss system.
Shay No. 8 under steam amidst a redwood grove on the line Mill Valley and Mt Tamalpais Scenic Railway advertisement of 1906. Louis L. Janes was the initial impetus behind creating a railroad at Mount Tamalpais. [12] Janes was the resident director of the Tamalpais Land & Water Co. and first town clerk of Mill Valley. [13]
It requested a Carnegie grant in 1914 and received $15,000 the following year. The chosen building site, at 207 Mill Street, near the intersection of Mill and Neal Street, had been the birthplace and early home of philosopher Josiah Royce. [4] [5] In 2005, the library, now a branch of the county library system, was renamed to honor Royce.
John Goddard was born in Mill Valley and in 1957, at the age of 13, he started working at the store's progenitor, a branch of San Rafael-based Marin Music Center. [3] Goddard purchased Village Music in 1968.
The first train station in Mill Valley, named the Eastland station, opened in 1889. It was the terminal of a spur of the North Pacific Coast Railroad. [4] Before the station's construction, the nearest train station to Mill Valley was the Almonte station near the current location of Tamalpais High School. [5]