BlockFrom the record
One of 50 National Register listings published here for Marin County · listed in 1978 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Dolliver House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. 17 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1897.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 58 Madrone Ave., Larkspur, 94939
- When was it listed? May 1978
- Category. building
- Census division. Ross Valley
- National Register reference number. 78000703 - 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 1995The ground this property stands on, surveyed 98 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Fires near this property
136 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 136 fires within 5 miles of Dolliver House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 115 acres in total. 1 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 | 82 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
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 |
| 7 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Golden Gate National Recreation Area | LEACH |
| 5 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Golden Gate National Recreation Area | ALTA |
| 3 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Marin County Fire Department | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 21 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Golden Gate National Recreation Area | COLE |
| 21 September 2008 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Dolliver House: 8 occurrences, 5 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Silver, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copperopolis Mine | Asbestos | Producer | Chrysotile | |
| Greenbrae | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Tiburon Ridge Flagstone | Stone, Stone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Hotaling | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Mount Tamalpais Cemetery Quarry | Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Mt Tamalpais | Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Mt. Tamalpais | Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Remillard Brick Co. | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Remillard Brick Company | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Escalle Quarry | Stone | Unknown |
Storms near this property
7 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Larkspur, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 2010 and 2023: 5 flood, 1 heavy rain, 1 debris flow. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2010 | Heavy Rain | Larkspur | $15,000 | Heavy rain led to a small mudslide behind a house on Oakdale Avenue near Sausalito Street in Corte Madera. |
| February 2023 | Flood | Larkspur | $10 | CHP reported flooding at Southbound US Highway 101 near Tamalpais Boulevard, with 6 inches of water in one of the lanes. |
| January 2020 | Flood | Larkspur | - | Roadway flooding on US-101 S and Tamalpais Dr off ramp. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Larkspur | - | Approx 6 inches of water across all lanes, northbound 101 at Corte Madera. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Larkspur | - | Northbound 101 at Lucky all Lanes 3 inches deep. |
| December 2019 | Flood | Larkspur | - | Slow lane and lane 1 of southbound 101 flooded with water on the roadway. |
| February 2017 | Debris Flow | Larkspur | - | Mudslides blocking most of NB lanes HWY 1. |
Maps showing this location
17 surveysUnited 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.
- 1897 USGS Tamalpais quadrangle1:62500 - 12 printings
- 1941 USGS Tamalpais quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Mt. Tamalpais quadrangle1:62500 - 4 printings
- 1954 USGS San Rafael quadrangle1:24000 - 7 printings
- 1955 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
- 1957 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
- 1985 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS San Rafael quadrangle1:24000
- 1995 USGS San Rafael quadrangle1:24000
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther 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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Larkspur Downtown Historic District | 0.2 miles | 1982 |
 | Alexander-Acacia Bridge | 0.3 miles | 1984 |
| Mill Valley City Hall and Fire Station | 1.8 miles | 2026 | |
 | Outdoor Art Club | 1.8 miles | 1978 |
| Green Brae Brick Yard | 2.0 miles | 1978 | |
| Marin Art and Garden Center | 2.3 miles | 2022 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 78000703 in Record Group 79. |
| Marin County | All 50 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.