Guidebook
NO. 856 RALSTON HALL - This redwood structure was completed in 1868 by William Chapman Ralston, San Francisco financier. Incorporating Count Cipriani's earlier villa, this enlarged mansion with its mirrored ballroom became the symbol of the extravagance of California's Silver Age. It anticipated features later incorporated into Ralston's Palace Hotel in San Francisco.
Location
Campus of College of Notre Dame, 1500 Ralston Ave, Belmont
Open Map
NO. 856 RALSTON HALL, Front
NO. 856 RALSTON HALL, Front
NO. 856 RALSTON HALL, Marker on south side of Ralston Hall
NO. 856 RALSTON HALL, Marker
NO. 856 RALSTON HALL, State Plaque
NO. 856 RALSTON HALL, Bamboo Garden