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Photograph of Valentine Rey House
Photograph by Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Valentine Rey House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. 19 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1895.

From the record

One of 50 National Register listings published here for Marin County · listed in 1982 · category: Building.

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 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Rey, Valentine, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 428 Golden Gate Ave., Belvedere, 94920
  • When was it listed? April 1982
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Southeast Marin
  • Architect. Willis Polk
  • National Register reference number. 82002203 - 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

1895 to 1995

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 Valentine Rey House, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet covering Valentine Rey House, surveyed 1895

Fires near this property

166 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 166 fires within 5 miles of Valentine Rey House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 390 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined67
Recreation and ceremony38
Smoking14
Equipment and vehicle use13
Arson/incendiarism8
Fireworks7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Debris and open burning3
Other causes2

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 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGolden Gate National Recreation AreaDOYLE5
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
5 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGolden Gate National Recreation AreaALTA
3 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGolden Gate National Recreation AreaMEADOW
3 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGolden Gate National Recreation AreaBONITA
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
27 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGolden Gate National Recreation AreaLOG CABIN

Every fire recorded in Marin County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Valentine Rey House: 6 occurrences, 4 producers, 3 unknowns, 2 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gemstone, Gold, 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
Angel Island DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fort BakerGold, ManganeseOccurrence1914
Ft BakerStoneUnknown
Lime PointGemstoneOccurrence1935
Tiburon Ridge FlagstoneStone, Stone, DimensionOccurrence
Point BonitaStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Point Bonita Fort BarryStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Tiburon Ridge FlagstoneStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Marin Co.No.25ManganeseUnknown
Red RockManganeseProducerMineral Paint, Psilomelane

Every working recorded in Marin County

Maps showing this location

19 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
San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad Station House-Depot0.7 miles1995
Lyford's Stone Tower0.8 miles1976
St. Hilary's Mission Church1.0 miles2020
William G. Barrett House1.3 miles1980
Sausalito Woman's Club1.5 miles1993
Griswold House1.8 miles1985

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 82002203 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.