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Green Brae Brick Yard

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. 17 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1897.

From the record

One of 50 National Register listings published here for Marin County · listed in 1978 · category: Structure.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 structuress, 1 site as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 125 E. Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Larkspur, 94939
  • When was it listed? March 1978
  • Category. structure
  • Census division. Ross Valley
  • National Register reference number. 78000704 - 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 1995

The 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.

Topographic sheet covering Green Brae Brick Yard, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet covering Green Brae Brick Yard, surveyed 1897

Fires near this property

121 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Green Brae Brick Yard between 1995 and 2020, burning about 112 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined77
Equipment and vehicle use20
Smoking8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1
Debris and open burning1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
3 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
23 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
21 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
20 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
20 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
2 September 2010Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Every fire recorded in Marin County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Green Brae Brick Yard: 9 producers, 8 occurrences, 5 unknowns, 3 past producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Manganese. 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
Copperopolis MineAsbestosProducerChrysotile
GreenbraeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Tiburon Ridge FlagstoneStone, Stone, DimensionOccurrence
HotalingStone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, DimensionUnknown
Mount Tamalpais Cemetery QuarryStone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Red RockManganeseProducerMineral Paint, Psilomelane
Red RockManganeseProducer
Red RockManganeseProspect1914
L P Mcnear Brick CoClayProducer
L P Mcnear Brick CompanyClayPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Marin County

Storms near this property

7 since 2010

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2010Heavy RainLarkspur$15,000Heavy rain led to a small mudslide behind a house on Oakdale Avenue near Sausalito Street in Corte Madera.
February 2023FloodLarkspur$10CHP reported flooding at Southbound US Highway 101 near Tamalpais Boulevard, with 6 inches of water in one of the lanes.
January 2020FloodLarkspur-Roadway flooding on US-101 S and Tamalpais Dr off ramp.
February 2019FloodLarkspur-Approx 6 inches of water across all lanes, northbound 101 at Corte Madera.
February 2019FloodLarkspur-Northbound 101 at Lucky all Lanes 3 inches deep.
December 2019FloodLarkspur-Slow lane and lane 1 of southbound 101 flooded with water on the roadway.
February 2017Debris FlowLarkspur-Mudslides blocking most of NB lanes HWY 1.

Every storm recorded in Marin County

Maps showing this location

17 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
Alexander-Acacia Bridge1.8 miles1984
Larkspur Downtown Historic District1.8 miles1982
Dolliver House2.0 miles1978
Boyd House2.5 miles1974
Robert Dollar Estate2.7 miles1972
San Rafael Improvement Club2.8 miles1984

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 78000704 in Record Group 79.
Marin CountyAll 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.