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Item Title
Linden Towers Gates, Middlefield Road at James Lane, Atherton, San Mateo County, CA
LocationMiddlefield Road at James Lane,
Atherton, CA
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS CA-2118
Building/structure dates:
1904 initial construction
Significance: Linden Towers, an elaborate, multi-towered and multi-gabled mansion, was built in 1878 for James Clair Flood, reputed to be the wealthiest man in California. The gates, built for James L. Flood to enhance his father's estate, were added in 1904. The house was demolished in 1936 and the gates are all that remain.
Related Names
Flood, James Clair
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. EAST GATES, SOUTH FRONT
2. EAST GATES, FROM SOUTHEAST
3. EAST GATES FROM SOUTHEAST, PEDESTRIAN ENTRANCE
4. EAST GATES FROM SOUTHEAST, VEHICLE ENTRANCE
5. WEST GATES FROM SOUTHWEST
6. WEST GATES FROM SOUTHEAST
7. DETAIL OF CARTOUCHE
8. DETAIL OF IRON GATE
9. DETAIL OF LANTERN
DETAIL OF CARTOUCHE
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