Marin County Civic Center
Built 1960 by Frank Lloyd Wright. Added to the National Register in 1991, and a National Historic Landmark.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | Jct. of N. San Pedro Rd. and Civic Center Dr., San Rafael, CA |
| County | Marin County |
| Listed | Jul 17, 1991 |
| Listed for | Architecture |
| Level of significance | National |
| Reference number | 91002055 |
| Built | 1960 · more from the 1960s |
| Architect | Frank Lloyd Wright |
| Style | modern architecture |
| Designations | National 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
| Address | Jct. of N. San Pedro Rd. and Civic Center Dr., San Rafael, CA |
| Coordinates | 37.9975° N, 122.5303° W · Directions ↗ |
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Public land around it
| Marin Islands National Wildlife Refuge ↗National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | About 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.
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Guidebooks to historic places in California
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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.