Marconi-RCA Bolinas Transmitting Station

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]

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
Built	1914
Built by	Guglielmo Marconi
NRHP reference No.	100002108[1]
Added to NRHP	February 23, 2018

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]

See also

• Station KPH, Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America, Marshall, California
• Marconi–RCA Wireless Receiving Station, Chatham, Massachusetts

References

1. "Weekly list". 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