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Photograph of Kohl Mansion
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Kohl Mansion

Built in 1914. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. 21 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1892.

From the record

“Kohl Mansion, also known as The Oaks, was built in 1914 and is located at 2750 Adeline Drive in Burlingame, California. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places for its architecture and social and cultural significance to the local area in 1982.”

Wikipedia article Kohl Mansion, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 63 National Register listings published here for San Mateo County · listed in 1982 · category: Building · built in 1914.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · 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. 2750 Adeline Dr., Burlingame, 94010
  • When was it listed? February 1982
  • Category. building
  • Census division. South San Francisco
  • When was it built? 1914
  • National Register reference number. 82002258 - 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 Kohl Mansion, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet covering Kohl Mansion, surveyed 1892

Fires near this property

264 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 264 fires within 5 miles of Kohl Mansion between 1992 and 2020, burning about 148 acres in total. 4 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/undetermined146
Equipment and vehicle use31
Smoking30
Arson/incendiarism25
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Debris and open burning8
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony3

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
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitSCARPER
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitPILARCITOS
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

Every fire recorded in San Mateo County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Kohl Mansion: 10 past producers, 8 producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Magnesite, Calcium. 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
HilltopCalciumProducer
HilltopCalciumPast Producer
Brumley-Donaldson Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Marine Magnes Div.MagnesiteProducer
Marine Magnes Div.MagnesitePast Producer
Marine Magnesium Co. Seawater PlantMagnesiteProducer
Pacific Coast Aggregates, Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
RockawaySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
CaseyStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
CaseyStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Mateo County

Storms near this property

3 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burlingame, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 2018 and 2026: 2 flood, 1 hail. 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 2026FloodBurlingame-One lane of northbound Interstate 280 was flooded at Trousdale Drive.
February 2019FloodBurlingame-Approx 3 feet of water on off ramp of I-280 S and Trousdale Dr.
February 2018HailBurlingame-Several reports via social media of small hail around Millbrae/Burlingame. Hail size around or smaller than peas.

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 House0.4 miles2016
Southern Pacific Depot1.1 miles1978
Newhall Estate1.2 miles2007
Howard-Ralston Eucalyptus Tree Rows1.2 miles2012
Carolands, The2.0 miles1975
Burlingame Railroad Station2.1 miles1978

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 82002258 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.