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Photograph of Southern Pacific Depot
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Southern Pacific Depot

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. 21 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1892.

From the record

“Millbrae station is an intermodal transit station serving Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) and Caltrain, located in Millbrae, California. The station is the terminal station for BART on the San Francisco Peninsula, served by two lines: The Red Line before 9 pm and the Yellow Line during the early morning and evening.”

Wikipedia article Millbrae station, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 63 National Register listings published here for San Mateo County · listed in 1978 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · 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 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 21 E. Millbrae Ave., Millbrae, 94030
  • When was it listed? September 1978
  • Category. building
  • Census division. South San Francisco
  • Architectural style. Colonial Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 78000770 - 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

1892 to 1997

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 105 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Southern Pacific Depot, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet covering Southern Pacific Depot, surveyed 1892

Fires near this property

259 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 259 fires within 5 miles of Southern Pacific Depot between 1992 and 2020, burning about 360 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 25 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/undetermined147
Smoking33
Arson/incendiarism25
Equipment and vehicle use24
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Debris and open burning9
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural1

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 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2007Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitBEL AIRE RD THE_HIGHLAND
3 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
29 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitCRYSTAL
28 September 2011Smokingunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz Unitnot named
27 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz Unitnot named

Every fire recorded in San Mateo County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Southern Pacific Depot: 13 past producers, 9 producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Lead, Zinc. 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
Marine Magnes Div.MagnesiteProducer
Marine Magnes Div.MagnesitePast Producer
Marine Magnesium Co. Seawater PlantMagnesiteProducer
South San Fran. Land & Imp. Co.Silver, Lead, ZincProducer
South San Fran. Land & Imp. Co.Silver, Lead, ZincPast Producer
South San Francisco Land & Improvement CompanySilver, Lead, ZincPast Producer1919
Brumley-Donaldson Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Brumley-Donaldson Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pacific Coast Aggregates, Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
RockawaySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Mateo County

Storms near this property

1 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Millbrae, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 2009: 1 heavy rain. 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 2009Heavy RainMillbrae$100,000This powerful rainstorm overwhelmed pipes and manholes in San Mateo, San Carlos and Millbrae causing over 127,000 gallons of untreated sewage to flow into the streets and creeks. Over 55,000 gallons made it all the way to the San Francisco Bay.

Every storm recorded in San Mateo County

Maps showing this location

21 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
William A. Whifler House0.9 miles2016
Kohl Mansion1.1 miles1982
Howard-Ralston Eucalyptus Tree Rows1.8 miles2012
Newhall Estate1.9 miles2007
Burlingame Railroad Station2.6 miles1978
Carolands, The3.1 miles1975

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 78000770 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.