A National Historic Landmark. Built in 1960 (modern architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. 17 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1897.
From the record
“The Marin County Civic Center is a governmental complex in San Rafael, the county seat of Marin County, California, United States. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and Taliesin Associated Architects (TAA), the 140-acre (57 ha) complex consists of several buildings constructed between 1960 and 1976.”
Wikipedia article Marin County Civic Center, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 50 National Register listings published here for Marin County · listed in 1991 · category: Building · built in 1960, modern architecture, by Frank Lloyd Wright · a National Historic Landmark.
National Register reference number.91002055- 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
1897 to 1995
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
98 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
18971995
Fires near this property
141 since 2005
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 141 fires within 5 miles of Marin County Civic Center
between 2005 and 2020, burning about 155 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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
89
Equipment and vehicle use
23
Arson/incendiarism
10
Misuse of fire by a minor
9
Smoking
8
Debris and open burning
1
Power generation/transmission/distribution
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
30 September 2016
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
26 acres
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
3 September 2020
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
Marin County Fire Department
not named
3 September 2010
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
29 September 2014
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
1.0 acres
Marin County Fire Department
not named
26 September 2007
Equipment and vehicle use
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
24 September 2014
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
Marin County Fire Department
not named
21 September 2010
Equipment and vehicle use
under an acre
Marin County Fire Department
not named
21 September 2008
Misuse of fire by a minor
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
22 workings within 5 miles of Marin County Civic Center: 7 occurrences, 6 producers, 5 unknowns, 4 past producers.
6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
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.
United States Geological Survey topographic
sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then
testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
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.
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.
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