{"nrhp_refnum":"72000237","name":"Dollar, Robert, Estate","other_names":["Walker,James D.,Home","Dollar,Robert,Home","\"Falkirk\""],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1408 Mission Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Rafael","county":"Marin County","state":"CA","lat":37.97713499900004,"lon":-122.53150043816737,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-12-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Commerce","Art","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 17-room, three-story Victorian mansion known as Falkirk, on 11.1 acres at 1408 Mission Avenue in San Rafael, Marin County, California. The house was built in 1879 according to available records, and a rear wing was added in 1925.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it probably the finest Eastlake-Queen Anne building remaining in the San Rafael area, with an interior closely following Charles Locke Eastlake's ideas. Its landscaped grounds and hillside are also cited. It is linked to railroad founders James D. Walker and Sidney Smith and to shipping magnate Robert Dollar, who bought it in 1906.","narrative":"Falkirk is a 17-room Victorian mansion at 1408 Mission Avenue in San Rafael, set on 11.1 acres with a winding drive, formal gardens and wooded hillside. Records indicate the three-story house was built in 1879, and a two-story rear wing was added in 1925. Its exterior is Queen Anne, with gables, dormers, oriel windows and imitation half-timbering. The interior follows Charles Locke Eastlake's design ideas, including a redwood-paneled vaulted living room ceiling, carved oak fireplaces, inlaid floors and large stained glass windows. The grounds include stone lion-dogs from China, a lily pond, rare trees and a circular lath house. Early owners included railroad founders James D. Walker and Sidney Smith. Robert Dollar, a shipping magnate, bought the estate in 1906 and named it Falkirk after his birthplace in Scotland. It is described as probably the best Eastlake-Queen Anne example left in the San Rafael area and as a surviving grand country estate.","period_of_significance":"1879, 1906 to present","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Eastlake and Queen Anne (late Victorian)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as in excellent to good condition, altered, on its original site, and in use as a private residence. The outbuildings are described as in disrepair.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.771334-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/72000237.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859668","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/marin-county/dollar-robert-estate-72000237/"}