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Ralston Hall located in Belmont, San Mateo County, California, was the country house of William Chapman Ralston, a San Francisco businessman and founder of the Bank of California. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 1883 KB) Ralston Hall, Belmont, California Created by Kglavin 3 Feb 2005 File links The following pages link to this file: Ralston Hall ...
ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 1883 KB) Ralston Hall, Belmont, California Created by Kglavin 3 Feb 2005 File links The following pages link to this file: Ralston Hall ...
Belmont is a city located in San Mateo County, California. ...
San Mateo County is a county located in the San Francisco Bay Area. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 3rd 158,302 sq mi 410,000 km² 250 miles 402. ...
William Billy Chapman Ralston (1826-1875), was a San Francisco, California businessman and financier, and was the founder of the Bank of California. ...
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The Bank of California was founded in San Francisco, California on July 5, 1864 by William Chapman Ralston. ...
The mansion
Ralston Hall is situated on the campus of Notre Dame de Namur University, on the San Francisco Peninsula. It was built in the 1870's in when San Francisco's leaders and first citizens had large summer homes on the Peninsula and was an integral part of San Francisco high society. Architect John Painter Gaynor, who later worked with Ralston on the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, California is thought to have worked on it. Notre Dame de Namur University is a comprehensive university located in Belmont, California. ...
Nickname: The City by the Bay Official website: http://www. ...
The Hall is a four-floor, 55,000 square foot (5,000 m²) mansion, with a stately dining room, a mirrored ballroom and an opera box modelled after the Paris Opera House, crystal chandeliers, and in-laid wood floors. It is a California Registered Landmark and is on the National Register of Historic Places. The National Register of Historic Places is the USAs official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects worthy of preservation. ...
Uses of the mansion After Ralston's death, the estate passed to his former partner, United States Senator from Nevada William Sharon, whose family lived in the house. After Senator Sharon's death in 1885, the mansion became Radcliffe Hall, a girls' finishing school. From 1900 to 1922 it was the Gardner Sanitarium. The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ...
Official language(s) None Capital Carson City Largest city Las Vegas Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 7th 286,367 km² 519 km 788 km 0. ...
United States Senator from Nevada William Sharon (1821-1885) profited from the Comstock Lode. ...
1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday. ...
1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Since 1922, Ralston Hall has been on the campus Notre Dame de Namur University, formerly the College of Notre Dame. It contains the admissions office and is rented out for weddings and other occasions.
There are however, a number of circulating rumors on campus that the mansion is haunted.
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 1992 KB) Ralston Hall, Belmont, California Created by Kglavin Feb 2005 File links The following pages link to this file: Ralston Hall ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 1992 KB) Ralston Hall, Belmont, California Created by Kglavin Feb 2005 File links The following pages link to this file: Ralston Hall ...
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