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== Landmarks == [[File:WEST FRONT FROM SOUTHWEST - Villa Rose, Redington Road, Hillsborough, San Mateo County, CA HABS CAL,41-HILBO,3-1.tif|thumb|The historic Villa Rose]] [[File:SOUTH REAR - Clark House, Hillsborough, San Mateo County, CA HABS CAL,41-HILBO,2-7.tif|thumb|The historic Tobin Clark Estate]] Primarily a residential suburb of [[San Francisco]], Hillsborough has many mansions and other points of interest within the town's borders dating from the early 20th century. * [[Arthur and Mona Hofmann House]] – Designed by [[Richard Neutra]] and is placed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. *[[Carolands]] — Built by Harriet Pullman Carolan, heiress to the [[Pullman Company|Pullman]] railway. At 65,000 ft² (6,000 m<sup>2</sup>), it is one of the largest residences in the United States and is placed on the National Register of Historic Places. * Skyfarm — Built by [[William H. Crocker]], namesake of Crocker middle school, and grandson of [[Charles Crocker]] of California's [[The Big Four (Central Pacific Railroad)|Big Four]] railroad magnates. Designed by [[Arthur Brown, Jr.]], and opened in 1930. Home since the 1960s to [[The Nueva School]]. * Tobin Clark Estate – Originally designed by the noted architect [[David Adler (architect)|David Adler]] for Mrs. Celia Tobin Clark, one of the Peninsula's most prominent families of the early 20th Century * Uplands — Built by [[Templeton Crocker]], as a gift to his fiancée Helène Irwin, heiress to the [[California and Hawaiian Sugar Company|C&H Sugar]] family fortune. Designed by [[Willis Polk]]; opened in 1912, with interior of 35,000 ft² (3,250 m<sup>2</sup>). Home since the 1950s to [[Crystal Springs Uplands School]]. * Western White House — Commissioned by [[George Randolph Hearst]], son of [[William Randolph Hearst]] and now privately owned. It, like [[Hearst Castle]], was designed by [[Julia Morgan]].<ref name="otherWhiteHouse">{{cite web|last=Inman |first=Bradley |url=http://www.sfgate.com/realestate/article/THE-OTHER-WHITE-HOUSE-3148025.php |title=The Other White House |publisher=SFGate/Examiner |date=April 9, 1995 |access-date=September 24, 2014}}</ref> * [[Junípero Serra statue]] — Overlooking Highway 280, the statue was built in honor of Father [[Junípero Serra]]. * [[Sidney Bazett House|Sidney Bazett Residence]] — Designed by the architect [[Frank Lloyd Wright]] in 1939, the Bazett Residence is a fine example from his "[[Usonian]]" period. Completed in 1940, the house remains largely in its original condition. Another notable feature of the house is that one of its former occupants was [[Joseph Eichler]], whose tenancy in the house is said to have greatly influenced the eventual designs used in his successful housing developments of the 1950s-1960s. * ′[[The Flintstone House]]′ (a.k.a. the Adobe/Dome/Bubble/Marshmallow/Gumby house) — designed by architect William Nicholson and built in 1976 using sprayed concrete over balloon-shaped forms, now painted a deep/burnt orange color reminiscent of the Golden Gate Bridge's distinctive hue. The house can be seen to the east from the Doran Memorial Bridge, northbound on [[Interstate 280 (California)|Highway 280]] between the Bunker Hill and Hayne/Black Mountain exits.
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