Howard-Ralston Eucalyptus Tree Rows


  • Address: El Camino Real
  • Vicinity: Through the cities of Burlingame and Hillsborough, in the N part of the former Rancho San Mateo and the southern Rancho Buri Buri
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Historic District


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1856/00/00 William Davis Merry Howard Died After the death of San Francisco merchant William Davis Merry Howard, William C Ralston buys his estate.
1856/00/00 William C Ralston Home Locale After the death of San Francisco merchant William Davis Merry Howard, William C Ralston buys his estate.
1870/00/00 George Henry Howard Benefactor One evening, in the 1870s, when George Howard invites neighbors, including William Ralston and D O Mills, to his El Cerrito home (razed, near El Cerrito Ave) to discuss a desire to line the roads with shade trees which would also serve as a windbreak.
1873/00/00 John McLaren (horticulturist) Landscape Architect Between 1873 and 1876, John McLaren plants 2 or 3 rows of English elms, mixed with eucalyptus along 4 miles of county roads for property owners George H Howard and William C Ralston. Less than 2.2 miles with a single row of trees remain.
1925/00/00 During the 1920s, property owners indiscriminately cut down trees, resulting in the City of Burlingame enacting a zoning ordinance to protect the roadway from further commercial development.

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Particulars for Howard-Ralston Eucalyptus Tree Rows:
Sight Category Historic District
Sight Category Landscape
Area of Significance Military



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

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Registry Number: 12000127
Resource Type:
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