B. Research and Recordation 



1. National Register Nominations 



Following the criteria of National Register Bulletin 30, Guidelines for 

 Evaluating and Documenting Rural Historic Landscapes, it is proposed that the 

 Olema Valley and Lagunitas Creek ranches be listed on the National Register of 

 Historic Places as a rural historic district. The boundaries of the district, to be 

 named the Olema Valley Ranches Historic District, would be all that land in the 

 Olema Valley lying between Bolinas Lagoon and Tomales Bay, delineated as 

 follows: on the south, the southern boundary of the Wilkins Ranch; on the 

 west, Highway 1 to the Point Reyes National Seashore boundary at Dogtown, 

 then Pine Gulch Creek north to the northern line of the former Biesler Ranch 

 and then Olema Creek to the head of Tomales Bay, and including a portion of 

 Bear Valley Ranch to the west of Olema Creek; on the north, the northern 

 boundaries of the Genazzi and Gallagher ranches; on the east, the eastern 

 boundaries of the Gallagher, Zanardi, Mclsaac and Cheda ranches, then the 

 western boundary of Samuel P. Taylor State Park and the western boundary of 

 the lands of the Marin Municipal Water District from the State Park to the 

 southeast corner of the Wilkins Ranch. This district encompasses most of the 

 lands in Golden Gate National Recreation Area now managed by the 

 Superintendent, Point Reyes National Seashore (excepting those lands north of 

 Lagunitas Creek and Point Reyes Station), and three former ranch parcels, the 

 Teixeira and Hagmaier ranches and the eastern part of the Bear Valley Ranch, 

 which are within the boundaries of Point Reyes National Seashore. 



Based upon the guidelines of the U. S. Department of the Interior, 

 National Register of Historic Places, the proposed Olema Valley Ranches 

 Historic District is considered to possess regional significance in the following 

 categories: 



Function and Use: 



DOMESTIC single dwellings: residences, homesteads 



secondary dwellings: bunk houses 

 secondary structures: dairies, storage 



sheds, garages 

 camps: hunting campsites 



EDUCATION school: schoolhouse 



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