National Historic Landmark · San Rafael, California

Marin County Civic Center

Built 1960 by Frank Lloyd Wright. Added to the National Register in 1991, and a National Historic Landmark.

Marin County Civic Center
Photos via Wikimedia Commons

The record

Property typeBuilding
AddressJct. of N. San Pedro Rd. and Civic Center Dr., San Rafael, CA
CountyMarin County
ListedJul 17, 1991
Listed forArchitecture
Level of significanceNational
Reference number91002055
Built1960 · more from the 1960s
ArchitectFrank Lloyd Wright
Stylemodern architecture
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark, Tentative World Heritage Site, California Historical Landmark

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

AddressJct. of N. San Pedro Rd. and Civic Center Dr., San Rafael, CA
Coordinates37.9975° N, 122.5303° W · Directions ↗
Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.

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Public land around it

Marin Islands National Wildlife Refuge ↗National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceAbout 3 miles away469 acres

Wilderness Atlas publishes a centroid and an acreage for each unit, not a boundary line. Distance here is measured to a circle of the same area drawn around that centroid, so treat it as roughly right rather than surveyed.

Local history books for Marin County

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Guidebooks to historic places in California

Titles come from Open Library's catalog, matched by subject heading or by title.

Reference

Questions people ask

When was Marin County Civic Center listed on the National Register?

Jul 17, 1991. It is also a National Historic Landmark, the higher of the two designations.

Source: National Park Service

When was Marin County Civic Center built?

1960, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, in the modern architecture style.

Source: Wikidata

Where is Marin County Civic Center?

Jct. of N. San Pedro Rd. and Civic Center Dr., San Rafael, Marin County, California.

Source: National Park Service

Where is the nomination form for Marin County Civic Center?

The National Archives holds the nomination form, the document that made the case for listing.

Source: National Archives

Sources

Name, location, type and dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet of listed properties, because the Park Service's spatial data does not carry this listing. The map point comes from Wikidata. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 91002055. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The nomination form and photographs ↗ at NPGallery are the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service, and the form is often the best description of the place.