Corte Madera Memories
  • WELCOME
    • HOW IT ALL BEGAN....
  • EARLY HISTORY
    • WHAT'S IN A NAME?
    • FIRST SETTLERS
    • RACETRACKS IN CORTE MADERA?
    • A VILLAGE EMERGES >
      • BITS & PIECES >
        • 1913 "BOOSTERS" >
          • RAILROADS
        • 1899 to 2014 VIEWS
        • VIEWS FROM EAST PEAK
    • CHURCHES
    • SCHOOLS
  • CORTE MADERA BECOMES A TOWN
    • LOCAL GOVERNMENT
    • CHRISTMAS TREE HILL HISTORY >
      • EARLY MAP - CHRISTMAS TREE HILL
      • HOMES ARE BUILT
      • HISTORIC PHOTOS
      • HISTORIC PLACES
      • CM WOMEN'S CLUB IN THE 2000'S >
        • CORTE MADERA WOMEN'S CLUB HISTORY
      • 1926 Aerial View from 15,000 Feet
      • MEADOWSWEET DAIRY
    • BIG CHANGES AFTER WW II >
      • 1952 MASSIVE GROWTH
      • BIG CHANGES AFTER WW II
      • BUSINESS BOOM
      • LIBRARY
      • SCHOOLS
    • CHRISTMAS TREE HILL HISTORY
    • REAL ESTATE AD
    • FAMILIES GROW
    • OLDTIMERS' MEMORIES SHARED >
      • WILLIAM ISAAC PIXLEY
      • HARRY RICHARDS
      • SONIA DELEW
      • SUE BIGALL
      • LLOYD REA
      • HAROLD & MARY BATES
      • LAURA ROWE RICHARDS
      • EDITH SCHLOBOM
      • ELSIE THIERBACH
      • AUDA BORDANARO
      • WILLIAM TALLEY
      • FRED MORRIS
      • EARL & DONNA HART FAMILY
      • LOUISE LAMB
      • KURT NORSTAD
      • ELVA WILSON
      • JAN VALK
      • LUIS KUBICHEK
      • BILL & PEGGY THOMAS
      • ALBERT & JEAN LEVESQUE
      • ANDY VIRENO
      • AUGUSTINE HALL
      • HARRY & ANNETTE SCHRIEBMAN
      • MARY SCHWERDT
      • GERALD GRANUCCI
    • MARINER COVE
    • VISTA DEL BAHIA
    • MIRA VISTA
    • BUSINESSES
    • MADERA DEL PRESIDIO >
      • NEW ZONING ORDINANCE CUTS DENSITY
      • PUBLIC OPEN SPACE
      • RING MOUNTAIN OPEN SPACE PRESERVE
      • CORTE MADERA NORTHRIDGE
    • OLD TOWN SQUARE
  • 50TH ANNIVERSARY
  • CORTE MADERA MARSHES
  • SHARE YOUR OWN STORY
    • A VISIT WITH DOROTHY MALMGREN
    • LUIS KUBICHEK & BOYS' SOCCER
  • CORTE MADERA ECOLOGICAL RESERVE
  • SCENIC VISTAS
  • MARQUART LAGOON REGATTA
  • CELEBRATIONS
  • 4th of JULY PARADES
  • WOMEN'S CLUB 100TH BIRTHDAY
  • CENTENNIAL YEAR EVENTS 1916-2017
    • 75TH ANNIVERSARY
    • NEW YEAR'S EVE KICKOFF
  • LOCAL HISTORY INTERVIEWS
    • LAURA ROWE RICHARDS >
      • PAGE 1
      • PAGE 2
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      • PAGE 5
      • PAGE 6
      • PAGE 7
      • PAGE 8
      • PAGE 9
      • PAGE 10
      • PAGE 11
      • PAGE 12
      • PAGE 13
  • THE BOOK: A HISTORY OF CORTE MADERA
  • THE BOOK: A HISTORY OF CORTE MADERA
  • WELCOME
    • HOW IT ALL BEGAN....
  • EARLY HISTORY
    • WHAT'S IN A NAME?
    • FIRST SETTLERS
    • RACETRACKS IN CORTE MADERA?
    • A VILLAGE EMERGES >
      • BITS & PIECES >
        • 1913 "BOOSTERS" >
          • RAILROADS
        • 1899 to 2014 VIEWS
        • VIEWS FROM EAST PEAK
    • CHURCHES
    • SCHOOLS
  • CORTE MADERA BECOMES A TOWN
    • LOCAL GOVERNMENT
    • CHRISTMAS TREE HILL HISTORY >
      • EARLY MAP - CHRISTMAS TREE HILL
      • HOMES ARE BUILT
      • HISTORIC PHOTOS
      • HISTORIC PLACES
      • CM WOMEN'S CLUB IN THE 2000'S >
        • CORTE MADERA WOMEN'S CLUB HISTORY
      • 1926 Aerial View from 15,000 Feet
      • MEADOWSWEET DAIRY
    • BIG CHANGES AFTER WW II >
      • 1952 MASSIVE GROWTH
      • BIG CHANGES AFTER WW II
      • BUSINESS BOOM
      • LIBRARY
      • SCHOOLS
    • CHRISTMAS TREE HILL HISTORY
    • REAL ESTATE AD
    • FAMILIES GROW
    • OLDTIMERS' MEMORIES SHARED >
      • WILLIAM ISAAC PIXLEY
      • HARRY RICHARDS
      • SONIA DELEW
      • SUE BIGALL
      • LLOYD REA
      • HAROLD & MARY BATES
      • LAURA ROWE RICHARDS
      • EDITH SCHLOBOM
      • ELSIE THIERBACH
      • AUDA BORDANARO
      • WILLIAM TALLEY
      • FRED MORRIS
      • EARL & DONNA HART FAMILY
      • LOUISE LAMB
      • KURT NORSTAD
      • ELVA WILSON
      • JAN VALK
      • LUIS KUBICHEK
      • BILL & PEGGY THOMAS
      • ALBERT & JEAN LEVESQUE
      • ANDY VIRENO
      • AUGUSTINE HALL
      • HARRY & ANNETTE SCHRIEBMAN
      • MARY SCHWERDT
      • GERALD GRANUCCI
    • MARINER COVE
    • VISTA DEL BAHIA
    • MIRA VISTA
    • BUSINESSES
    • MADERA DEL PRESIDIO >
      • NEW ZONING ORDINANCE CUTS DENSITY
      • PUBLIC OPEN SPACE
      • RING MOUNTAIN OPEN SPACE PRESERVE
      • CORTE MADERA NORTHRIDGE
    • OLD TOWN SQUARE
  • 50TH ANNIVERSARY
  • CORTE MADERA MARSHES
  • SHARE YOUR OWN STORY
    • A VISIT WITH DOROTHY MALMGREN
    • LUIS KUBICHEK & BOYS' SOCCER
  • CORTE MADERA ECOLOGICAL RESERVE
  • SCENIC VISTAS
  • MARQUART LAGOON REGATTA
  • CELEBRATIONS
  • 4th of JULY PARADES
  • WOMEN'S CLUB 100TH BIRTHDAY
  • CENTENNIAL YEAR EVENTS 1916-2017
    • 75TH ANNIVERSARY
    • NEW YEAR'S EVE KICKOFF
  • LOCAL HISTORY INTERVIEWS
    • LAURA ROWE RICHARDS >
      • PAGE 1
      • PAGE 2
      • PAGE 3
      • PAGE 4
      • PAGE 5
      • PAGE 6
      • PAGE 7
      • PAGE 8
      • PAGE 9
      • PAGE 10
      • PAGE 11
      • PAGE 12
      • PAGE 13
  • THE BOOK: A HISTORY OF CORTE MADERA
  • THE BOOK: A HISTORY OF CORTE MADERA
Corte Madera Memories
EARLY HOMES IN CORTE MADERA - Watch for "Then & Now" photos showing some of these homes, to be posted soon.   For a list of 107 homes built in 1916 or earlier (100 years or more ago) and still recognizable today  (2018), see the list provided by a local researcher at http://www.cortemaderamemories.org/historic-places.html
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Top right - first schoolhouse, built in 1874
top left - Horne home, built in 1906
bottom left - chapman 'castle', built in 1896
bottom right - The 'Castlette' - home of morrison pixley 1905

Bradbury Mansion 1910
Bradbury Mansion Closeup 1910
Bradbury House 1976
Malmgren Home
Moore's Hall 1976
Pingree 1916
Pingree 1976
Pixley Cottage 1916
Pixley Cottage 1916
REA 1916
REA 1976
Scouler House and Clara
SIMON LOG CABIN (BUILT IN 1930s) 1976
Sponseller
Villa Madera 1976