BlockBefore
Photograph of Our Lady of the Wayside Church
Photograph by Jack Boucher, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Our Lady of the Wayside

Built in 1912 (Spanish Colonial Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. 22 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1897.

From the record

One of 63 National Register listings published here for San Mateo County · listed in 1977 · category: Building · built in 1912, Spanish Colonial Revival architecture, by Timothy L. Pflueger.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 930 Portola Rd., Portola Valley, 94028
  • When was it listed? November 1977
  • Category. building
  • Census division. San Mateo
  • When was it built? 1912
  • Architectural style. Spanish Colonial Revival architecture
  • Architect. Timothy L. Pflueger
  • National Register reference number. 77000338 - 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

1897 to 1997

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.

Topographic sheet covering Our Lady of the Wayside, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet covering Our Lady of the Wayside, surveyed 1897

Fires near this property

140 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 140 fires within 5 miles of Our Lady of the Wayside between 1992 and 2020, burning about 149 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined72
Equipment and vehicle use32
Arson/incendiarism11
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Debris and open burning6
Natural6
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 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
30 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionNB HWY 280 / SAND HILL R
3 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitRAPLEY
28 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
28 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitPLAYBOWL
25 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitRUSSIAN

Every fire recorded in San Mateo County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Our Lady of the Wayside: 7 producers, 6 past producers, 4 unknowns. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Mercury, Gold, Silver. 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
J. M. MacdonoughGold, Lead, SilverUnknown
J.M. Macdonough RanchGold, Silver, LeadPast ProducerGold
Langley Hill QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
ChallengeMercuryPast Producer1955
Emerald LakeMercuryProducer
Farm Hill No 2MercuryPast Producer
Bahr & Ledoyen, Inc.StoneProducer
Bahr & Ledoyen, Inc.StonePast Producer
Langley Hill QuarryStoneProducer
New Page Mill QuarriesStoneProducer

Every working recorded in San Mateo County

Maps showing this location

22 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
Portola Valley School0.3 miles1974
Folger Estate Stable Historic District2.2 miles2004
Casa de Tableta2.2 miles1973
Independence Hall3.4 miles1978
Mortimer Green Gables-Fleischhacker Country House3.9 miles1986
Woodside Store4.0 miles1985

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 77000338 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.