National Register of Historic Places

Carolands, The

Hillsborough, San Mateo County, California
Listed
October 20, 1975
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
75000478

About this property

Carolands Chateau is a 46,050-square-foot (4,278 m2), 4.5 floor, 98 room mansion on 5.83 acres (2.36 ha) in Hillsborough, California, United States. An example of American Renaissance and Beaux-Arts design, the building is a California Historical Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Carolands is one of the last of the houses built during the Gilded Age, a period of great mansion-building that included famous houses of the Vanderbilt family, such as Marble House, Biltmore Estate and The Breakers, and stately California houses such as Filoli and the Huntington family's mansions.

Location

565 Remillard Dr.
Hillsborough, San Mateo County, California
37.55544, -122.37183

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Carolands, The listed on the National Register?

Carolands, The was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 20, 1975.

What type of historic resource is Carolands, The?

Carolands, The is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Carolands, The is recorded as the industrial era.

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