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Photograph of Erskine B. McNear House
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McNear, Erskine, B., 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.
  • Address. 121 Knight Dr., San Rafael, 94901
  • When was it listed? January 1982
  • Category. building
  • Census division. San Rafael
  • Architect. Brainerd Jones
  • National Register reference number. 82002204 - 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 McNear, Erskine, B., House, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet covering McNear, Erskine, B., House, surveyed 1895

Fires near this property

108 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of McNear, Erskine, B., House between 2005 and 2020, burning about 133 acres in total. None 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/undetermined67
Equipment and vehicle use20
Arson/incendiarism7
Smoking7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
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
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined26 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot 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
16 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Every fire recorded in Marin County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of McNear, Erskine, B., House: 10 producers, 8 occurrences, 5 past producers, 4 unknowns. 10 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
San Francisco Bay DredgeLimestone, GeneralProspect
GreenbraeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Highway 20 SiteSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
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

Every working recorded in Marin County

Storms near this property

5 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names San Rafael, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 1996 and 2018: 2 flood, 2 hail, 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
January 2017FloodSan Rafael-Sea water breached San Rafael Marina and flooded parking lot.
November 2017HailSan Rafael-Storm spotter reported small hail at residence.
March 2018HailSan Rafael-no account filed
December 2002FloodSan Rafael-no account filed
February 1996Heavy RainSan Rafael-no account filed

Every storm 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
China Camp1.5 miles1979
Boyd House2.8 miles1974
Robert Dollar Estate2.9 miles1972
Marin County Civic Center3.0 miles1991
Green Brae Brick Yard3.1 miles1978
Bradford House3.2 miles1980

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 82002204 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.