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Photograph of Madrona Manor
Photograph by Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Madrona Knoll Rancho District

Built in 1879 (Second Empire style). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1920.

From the record

“Madrona Manor is a Victorian-era Wine Country bed and breakfast inn near Healdsburg, in Sonoma County, California, United States, featuring a Michelin-starred restaurant.”

Wikipedia article Madrona Manor, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 73 National Register listings published here for Sonoma County · listed in 1987 · category: District · built in 1879, Second Empire style.

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 5 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 1001 Westside Rd., Healdsburg, 95448
  • When was it listed? April 1987
  • Category. district
  • Census division. Healdsburg
  • When was it built? 1879
  • Architectural style. Second Empire style
  • National Register reference number. 87000573 - 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

1920 to 1997

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Madrona Knoll Rancho District, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet covering Madrona Knoll Rancho District, surveyed 1920

Fires near this property

229 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 229 fires within 5 miles of Madrona Knoll Rancho District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,165 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined105
Equipment and vehicle use72
Debris and open burning20
Arson/incendiarism13
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Natural4
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionALEXANDER VALLEY RD HEAL
9 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitFELTA
8 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitMILL
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa Unit101
5 September 2004Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitPASSALAQUA
5 September 1993Smokingunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitACADEMY

Every fire recorded in Sonoma 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 Madrona Knoll Rancho District: 12 occurrences, 10 producers, 6 unknowns, 1 past producer. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Stone, 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
GuernevilleMercuryPast Producer
Inman Shale QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Purviance RanchCalciumUnknown
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectTinOccurrence
Mcpherson RanchChromiumOccurrence
Unnamed LocationChromiumOccurrence
White-O-RanchManganeseOccurrence
White-O-Ranch ProspectManganeseOccurrence1942
Basalt Rock Co.StoneUnknown

Every working recorded in Sonoma County

Storms near this property

6 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Healdsburg, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 2014 and 2020: 3 flood, 1 flash flood, 1 debris flow, 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
December 2014Flash FloodHealdsburg$5,000Flash flood swept SUV off road and into Dry Creek.
December 2014FloodHealdsburg$1,000Foss Creek over banks and flooding Vine and Grove. Law enforcement closed roads.
December 2014FloodHealdsburg$1,000Law enforcement reports numerous road closures due to flooding in Healdsburg. Intersections included Piper at East, Center at Grant, Piper at Healdsburg, and Center at Mitchell.
March 2020HailHealdsburg-Pea-sized hail reported in Geyserville.
January 2019Debris FlowHealdsburg-Rock slide in roadway covering road.
February 2019FloodHealdsburg-Roadway flooding on SB Hwy 101 off ramp at Mill Street.

Every storm recorded in Sonoma County

Maps showing this location

13 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
Healdsburg Memorial Bridge1.4 miles2011
Healdsburg Memorial Bridge1.4 miles2011
Healdsburg Carnegie Library1.5 miles1988
Walters Ranch4.7 miles1977
Cunningham-Hembree Estate5.4 miles2018
Geyserville Union School7.2 miles1979

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 87000573 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Sonoma CountyAll 73 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.