Marconi-RCA Bolinas Transmitting Station

Marconi-RCA Bolinas Transmitting Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Mesa Road, Bolinas, California, United States
Coordinates	37°54′47″N 122°43′40″W / 37.91306°N 122.72778°W / 37.91306; -122.72778
Built	1914
Built by	Guglielmo Marconi
NRHP reference No.	100002108[1]
Added to NRHP	February 23, 2018

The Marconi-RCA Bolinas Transmitting Station, on Mesa Road in Bolinas, Marin County, California, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.^[1]

The station was built in 1914 by Guglielmo Marconi (1874–1937) and taken over by RCA after World War I.^[2] It is one of six Point Reyes sites listed on the National Register in 2018.^[3] The station is recognized as a cultural landscape-type resource.^[4]

It was photographed by Jet Lowe and listed as "Marconi Radio Sites, Transmitting, Point Reyes Station, Marin County, CA," in the Historic American Engineering Record.^[5]

1. ^ ^{a b} "Weekly list" (PDF). National Park Service.
2. ^ "Wireless Giant of the Pacific: 100 Years of Marconi & RCA Maritime Radio History, June 7 - August 17, 2014". Bolinas Museum. 2014. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
3. ^ Kovner, Guy (November 24, 2018). "Point Reyes cattle ranches gain national historic status". The Press Democrat. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
4. ^ Guth, Anna (January 4, 2018). "Historic districts to be recognized in park, decades later". Point Reyes Light. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
5. ^ Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. CA-311-A, "Marconi Radio Sites, Transmitting, Point Reyes Station, Marin County, CA", 28 photos, 2 photo caption pages

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