Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2020. 19 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1895.
From the record
“Hilary's Landmark is a former mission church place of worship and now a historic landmark owned and maintained by the Belvedere-Tiburon Landmarks Society, Tiburon Peninsula, Marin County, California, United States. The landmark is situated on the flank of the Tiburon Hills, an area characterized by serpentine soils and hence has a distinct plant community.”
Wikipedia article Old Saint Hilary's Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 50 National Register listings published here for Marin County · listed in 2020 · category: Building.
National Register reference number. 100004935 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Then and now
1895 to 1995
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
18951995
Fires near this property
121 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 121 fires within 5 miles of St. Hilary's Mission Church
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 378 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined
57
Equipment and vehicle use
14
Recreation and ceremony
12
Smoking
11
Arson/incendiarism
7
Fireworks
6
Natural
4
Debris and open burning
3
Misuse of fire by a minor
3
Other causes
2
Power generation/transmission/distribution
2
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Date
Cause
Size
Reported by
Name on the report
8 September 2011
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
Marin County Fire Department
not named
7 September 2011
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
3.0 acres
Marin County Fire Department
not named
5 September 2007
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
5 September 2001
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
ALTA
3 September 2007
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
24 September 1993
Power generation/transmission/distribution
2.0 acres
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
TV#1
23 September 2010
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
21 workings within 5 miles of St. Hilary's Mission Church: 9 occurrences, 6 producers, 3 unknowns, 2 prospects.
6 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
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.
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.
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.
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