National Register of Historic Places

Tomales Presbyterian Church and Cemetery

Tomales, Marin County, California
Listed
July 31, 1975
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
75000437

About this property

The Tomales Presbyterian Church and Cemetery is located at 11 Church Street in Tomales, California, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. The church was originally known as the Old School Presbyterian Church of Tomales. It is a historic Presbyterian church built in 1868. It is a simple white frame building, 53 by 35 feet (16 m × 11 m) in plan. It has a bell tower which rises more than 50 feet (15 m) and holds a church bell made by Rumsey and Company in Seneca Falls, New York. The building replaced another which burned in a fire just before its planned dedication in 1866. It was the first Protestant church in Marin County. The present church survived the 1906 earthquake and two fires which destroyed many buildings in Tomales, and it is the oldest surviving Protestant church building in the county. Its adjacent cemetery was opened in 1864, and was legally separate until deeded to the church in 1944; it was originally known as the Protestant Cemetery. The church and cemetery were used in the 1995 film Village of the Damned. Media related to Tomales Presbyterian Church at Wikimedia Commons

Location

11 Church St.
Tomales, Marin County, California
38.24531, -122.90717

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When was Tomales Presbyterian Church and Cemetery listed on the National Register?

Tomales Presbyterian Church and Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 31, 1975.

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Tomales Presbyterian Church and Cemetery is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Tomales Presbyterian Church and Cemetery is recorded as the industrial era.

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