{"nrhp_refnum":"78000704","name":"Green Brae Brick Yard","other_names":["Remillard Brick Kiln"],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"125 E. Sir Francis Drake Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Larkspur","county":"Marin County","state":"CA","lat":37.945163156000035,"lon":-122.50430094399997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-03-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Prehistoric","Engineering","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Hoffman-type brick kiln and detached 125-foot brick chimney stack at 125 East Sir Francis Drake Blvd. in Larkspur, Marin County, California, built in 1891 by the Remillard brothers as part of the Green Brae brickyard.","why_significant":"The kiln is described as one of the few surviving Hoffman-type continuous kilns in the United States and as an engineering landmark of brickmaking. It is the only surviving structure of the Remillard Brick Company, once the largest brick maker on the Pacific Coast. The site also has prehistoric Coast Miwok archeological potential and ties to Edward Remillard's inventions.","narrative":"A long, low brick kiln and a tall freestanding chimney on the San Quentin Peninsula in Larkspur are all that remain of the Green Brae brickyard, which once had more than 25 buildings and structures on about 150 acres. The Remillard brothers completed the kiln in 1891, and the yard operated until 1915. It is a Hoffman-type kiln, a continuous design in which fire moved from chamber to chamber around a 370-foot tunnel while bricks were loaded and removed. The 125-foot octagonal stack stands apart from the kiln, an unusual arrangement, and is marked \"R.B. Co.\" and 1891. The Remillard Brick Company supplied bricks for the original Palace Hotel and for rebuilding San Francisco after 1906. The kiln also sits on a recorded Coast Miwok site. Today it is unused and deteriorated, though structurally stable.","period_of_significance":"1891-1915","architect_builder":"Unknown (built by the Remillard brothers / Remillard Brick Company)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Unused and unoccupied; deteriorated but essentially structurally stable, with vegetation cover and some bricks removed by trespassers. Occasional historic tours are conducted.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.78601-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/78000704.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859678","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/marin-county/green-brae-brick-yard-78000704/"}