History · Bolinas · established 1863
Bolinas’s history is mostly unwritten
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Opening the archives for Bolinas
Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress, the National Register and Wikipedia.
On the National Register
1 listing protects 8 historic buildings
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place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
8
each building in a district counts
first listed
2018
Marconi-RCA Bolinas Transmitting Station
in California
#254
by listings
Districts
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Famous people
See all →3 famous people were born in Bolinas
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From the National Register of Historic Places (1) and Wikidata for famous people. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.