Lime Kilns

Lime Kilns is a California Historical Landmark in Marin County.

4.2 miles south of Olema · location approximate

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Tradition was that the lime kilns were built by Russian stone masons and worked by Indians during the Russian occupation of Sonoma County, which began in the spring of 1812. It is probable that the lime was used by the Russians to whitewash their windmills, farm buildings, granaries, storehouses, cattleyards; and for use in the tannery and to manufacture brick and tile.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document. It uses the period's terms for Native people; the state's landmark listings still carry most of this wording, and the California Office of Historic Preservation maintains the program's current texts.

Many of these plaques have since been recast or their texts revised. The California Historical Landmarks program and its current texts are maintained by the California Office of Historic Preservation. California Office of Historic Preservation ↗

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1810 · Mexico and Adjacent Provinces. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1848 · Gold And Quicksilver District Of California, 1848 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1854 · Bai San Francisco und Vereinigung des Sacramento mit dem San Joaquin. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1863 · San Francisco Harbour Surveyed by Lieut. James Alden U.S. Navy 1856 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1864 · Reconnaissance of the western coast of the United States : middle sheet : from San… (American Geographical Society Library, UW-Milwaukee)

Mexico and Adjacent Provinces, 1810, covering the location of Lime Kilns, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Mexico and Adjacent Provinces, 1810, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours and the location is approximate.

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Marker data: State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, California Historical Landmarks (1971)

Lime Kilns

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