which must originally have been another bedroom. The upper floor contains 

 948 square feet. Access to the attic and ultimately the roof is by a ceiling hatch 

 located in a closet off a rear bedroom. 



Originally the house had decorative finials on the roof ridges, as well as 

 two porches which were embellished in the Victorian fashion of the day. The 

 original front porch was replaced before 1940 with a larger one that covered the 

 entire lower front of the house. It was removed by the Park Service. 



Heat was originally supplied by stoves which were vented through one 

 flue. The house has no fireplaces. Redwood and pine trees have been planted 

 in the yard within the last 30 years and obscure views of the house from the 

 west and south. 



The building is structurally sound, showing no evidence of foundation 

 settling or severe deterioration. It has been unoccupied for 20 years, and 

 vandals have taken some exterior trim and have almost stripped the interior. 

 Plaster is falling inside and there is almost no ventilation. 



Because of alterations and vandalism, the Randall House possesses only 

 fair historic integrity. With proper funding it could be restored and used to 

 interpret the ranching history of the area. 



b. Roads 



Three useable ranch roads cross the Randall Ranch from west to east, 

 leading from the state highway up grassy ridges to the top of Bolinas Ridge, 

 where a ridge-top track connects them all. One such road leaves the highway 

 at a point north of the house, the next from a gate near the north former stock 

 pond, and the southernmost from near the south "Hagmaier" pond. The latter 

 one is called the Randall Trail and passes the Sieroty cabin. A fourth, the 

 northernmost, is now inaccessible from the ranch property because of a 

 washout in a major creek crossing; it is now accessed from the Giacomini Ranch 

 to the north. At least two older abandoned roads, believed to date from the 

 19th century, provide access to the ridge with easier grades. One leads from 

 the house and dairy complex to the current ranch road, which it leaves 1/3 of 

 the way from the top in an easier grade to the summit near the northeast 

 boundary corner, and the other ascends from the gulch that had formed the 

 north stock pond. Both are overgrown but the grades are mostly intact. 



The original Olema-Bolinas Road, built in 1867 and in use until 1927, was 



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