5/28/2006
5/28/2006
8/10/2013
Landmark information
- Location:
Campus of College of Notre Dame, 1500 Ralston Ave, Belmont - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Existing - Date First Visited:
3/10/1996 - Date Most Recently Visited:
8/10/2013 - GPS Coordinates:
N 37 31.027, W 122 17.211 - Other Designations:
National Historic Landmark
National Register of Historic Places
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Ralston Hall
This redwood structure was completed in 1868 by William Chapman Ralston, San Francisco financier, incorporating Count Cipriani's earlier villa. This enlarged mansion with its mirrored ballroom became the symbol of the extravagance of California's silver age. It anticipated features later incorporated into Ralston's Palace Hotel of San Francisco.