{"nrhp_refnum":"82002258","name":"Kohl Mansion","other_names":["Mercy High School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2750 Adeline Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Burlingame","county":"San Mateo County","state":"CA","lat":37.58253575700007,"lon":-122.38315626099995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-02-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story Tudor or Jacobethan Revival mansion with a full basement, completed in 1914 on the 40-acre estate known as \"The Oaks\" in Burlingame, San Mateo County, California. It was designed by George H. Howard and John White for C. Frederick Kohl and now serves as part of a high school.","why_significant":"The nomination cites its architectural integrity, noting that it is one of only two remaining Tudor mansions on the San Francisco peninsula. It also cites the social and cultural prominence of Kohl and his family, and the work of the Bay Area architects Howard and White.","narrative":"Completed in 1914 in Burlingame, this red brick Tudor or Jacobethan Revival mansion was built for C. Frederick Kohl on a 40-acre estate called \"The Oaks.\" Architects George H. Howard and John White designed it with about 42,000 square feet on four levels, a slate gabled roof, castellated bays and a 40-foot-high Great Hall. The exterior and principal interiors, including the dining room, library, morning room and staircase hall, remain largely intact. Two sympathetic classroom additions from 1934 and 1955 are treated as non-contributing. The nomination argues for its significance on three grounds: its architectural integrity, its place as one of only two surviving Tudor mansions on the peninsula, and its link to Kohl, whose fortune came from his father's Alaska Commercial Company. Kohl lived there only briefly before his death in 1921. The Sisters of Mercy bought the estate in 1924, and it now houses Mercy High School.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"George H. Howard & John White","architectural_style":"Tudor or Jacobethan Revival","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Occupied and in good condition, altered through additions; used as part of a school, with the owner intending to rehabilitate the exterior and key interior rooms.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.42056-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/82002258.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002258/c607de0f9a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002258/c607de0f9a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kohl_Mansion,_2750_Adeline_Dr.,_Burlingame,_CA_7-31-2011_6-52-34_PM.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Sanfranman59</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kohl_Mansion,_2750_Adeline_Dr.,_Burlingame,_CA_7-31-2011_6-52-34_PM.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861524","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohl_Mansion","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q100921880"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/san-mateo-county/kohl-mansion-82002258/"}