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One of 63 National Register listings published here for San Mateo County · listed in 1978 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Independence Hall
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. 19 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 129 Albion Ave., Woodside, 94062
- When was it listed? August 1978
- Category. building
- Census division. San Mateo
- National Register reference number. 78000772 - 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
1902 to 1997The ground this property stands on, surveyed 95 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
224 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 224 fires within 5 miles of Independence Hall between 1992 and 2020, burning about 132 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 19 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 | 117 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 47 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | NB HWY 280 / EDGEWOOD OF |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | TUNITAS |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | KINGS MOUNTAIN |
| 6 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.2 acres | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | ALPINE |
| 6 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | EDGEWOOD |
| 6 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | PIPE |
| 5 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | CONTROL BURN |
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Independence Hall: 11 producers, 8 past producers, 4 unknowns. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Mercury, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ideal Cement Company | Limestone, General, Clay | Producer | ||
| J. M. Macdonough | Gold, Lead, Silver | Unknown | ||
| J.M. Macdonough Ranch | Gold, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Redwood Material Co. | Manganese | Producer | ||
| Redwood Material Co. | Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Challenge | Mercury | Past Producer | 1955 | |
| Emerald Lake | Mercury | Producer | ||
| Farm Hill Cinnabar Property | Mercury | Unknown | ||
| Farm Hill No 2 | Mercury | Past Producer | ||
| Redwood Quicksilver Prospect | Mercury | Unknown |
Storms near this property
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woodside, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 2018 and 2025: 2 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | Flood | Woodside | - | Several inches of water were reported on southbound Interstate 280 at Woodside Road. |
| November 2018 | Flood | Woodside | - | SB 280 at Woodside 3-4 lane, major flooding low spot in roadway. DOT unable to drain, placed cones and signs. |
Maps showing this location
19 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.
- 1902 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:125000 - 9 printings
- 1940 USGS Halfmoon Bay quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Halfmoon Bay quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Woodside quadrangle1:24000 - 2 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 Half Moon Bay quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1961 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Woodside quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
- 1964 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Palo Alto quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
- 1985 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1991 USGS Woodside quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Woodside 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Mortimer Green Gables-Fleischhacker Country House | 0.5 miles | 1986 |
 | Woodside Store | 0.9 miles | 1985 |
 | Folger Estate Stable Historic District | 1.4 miles | 2004 |
 | Our Lady of the Wayside | 3.4 miles | 1977 |
 | Portola Valley School | 3.7 miles | 1974 |
 | Union Cemetery | 3.7 miles | 1983 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 78000772 in Record Group 79. |
| San Mateo County | All 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.