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Photograph of Folger Estate Stable Historic District
Photograph by Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Folger Estate Stable Historic District

Built in 1906. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. 19 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.

From the record

“Folger Estate Stable Historic District also known as Jones Ranch, Mountain Home Ranch, is located at 4040 Woodside Road in Woodside, California at Wunderlich Park, with the majority of the historic buildings built between 1905 and 1906. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 16, 2004.”

Wikipedia article Folger Estate Stable Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 63 National Register listings published here for San Mateo County · listed in 2004 · category: District · built in 1906.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 4 buildingss, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 4040 Woodside Rd., Woodside, 94062
  • When was it listed? April 2004
  • Category. district
  • Census division. San Mateo
  • When was it built? 1906
  • National Register reference number. 04000328 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Then and now

1902 to 1997

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Folger Estate Stable Historic District, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet covering Folger Estate Stable Historic District, surveyed 1902

Fires near this property

184 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 184 fires within 5 miles of Folger Estate Stable Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 126 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 10 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined98
Equipment and vehicle use43
Arson/incendiarism10
Natural10
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking2
Other causes1
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionNB HWY 280 / EDGEWOOD OF
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitTUNITAS
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitKINGS MOUNTAIN
6 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.2 acresSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitALPINE
5 September 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitCONTROL BURN
4 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitN HWY 280 / EDGEWOOD 57
30 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionNB HWY 280 / SAND HILL R
26 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitEMERALD

Every fire recorded in San Mateo County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Folger Estate Stable Historic District: 10 producers, 7 past producers, 4 unknowns. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Mercury, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ideal Cement CompanyLimestone, General, ClayProducer
J. M. MacdonoughGold, Lead, SilverUnknown
J.M. Macdonough RanchGold, Silver, LeadPast ProducerGold
ChallengeMercuryPast Producer1955
Emerald LakeMercuryProducer
Farm Hill Cinnabar PropertyMercuryUnknown
Farm Hill No 2MercuryPast Producer
Redwood Quicksilver ProspectMercuryUnknown
Langley Hill QuarryStoneProducer
New Page Mill QuarriesStoneProducer

Every working recorded in San Mateo County

Storms near this property

2 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woodside, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 2018 and 2025: 2 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2025FloodWoodside-Several inches of water were reported on southbound Interstate 280 at Woodside Road.
November 2018FloodWoodside-SB 280 at Woodside 3-4 lane, major flooding low spot in roadway. DOT unable to drain, placed cones and signs.

Every storm recorded in San Mateo County

Maps showing this location

19 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Independence Hall1.4 miles1978
Mortimer Green Gables-Fleischhacker Country House1.8 miles1986
Woodside Store1.8 miles1985
Our Lady of the Wayside2.2 miles1977
Portola Valley School2.5 miles1974
Casa de Tableta4.0 miles1973

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 04000328 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
San Mateo CountyAll 63 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.