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Kohl Mansion, also known as The Oaks, was built in 1914 and is located at 2750 Adeline Drive in Burlingame, California. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places for its architecture and social and cultural significance to the local area in 1982.
The English Tudor revival mansion was built for Charles Frederick Kohl and his second wife Mary Elisabeth "Bessie" (née Godey), as their country house. [5] [6] It was completed in 1914, however two years later the house was unused after the couple separated. [5] In 1924, the mansion was sold to the Sisters of Mercy for $230,000. [6]
His mansion, situated near the corner of Fifth and Laurel, served as the first location for the College of San Mateo. [4] He was the father of Charles Frederick Kohl who built Kohl Mansion in Burlingame, California , which has become Mercy High School .
Kohl Mansion is a 63-room brick Tudor-style mansion on 40 acres (16 ha) of land. It was originally built by Bessie and Frederick Kohl, with architects Howard and White, and completed in 1914. The estate included tennis courts, greenhouses, a rose garden, a large carriage house, and a 150,000 gallon reservoir.
The 13-room Victorian mansion was later inherited by Kohl's son, Charles Frederick, and Frederick Kohl lived there while building his own estate in Burlingame. [2] [32] [33] Kohl's Burlingame estate and mansion, the Kohl Mansion, completed in 1914, have been the site of Mercy High School since 1931. [27]
Location of San Mateo County in California. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in San Mateo County, California.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in San Mateo County, California, United States.
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