History of San Mateo County
by Philip W. Alexander, 1916

San Mateo County is a community of artistic homes.

The picturesque and commanding beauty of the natural surroundings is often enhanced by the skill of the landscape gardener: the generous growth of foliage, the wealth of flowers, the gentle curves of sloping foothills, and the parklike groves of stately trees, all over an ideal setting for the supreme expression of the architect's art.

It is true that there can be found no other semi-rural community, so great a number of palatial residences and regal country estates.

[Picture: RESIDENCE, HENRY P. BOWIE, HILLSBOROUGH]
[Picture: RESIDENCE, MRS. ANTOINE BOREL, SAN MATEO]
[Picture: RESIDENCE, C. S. HOWARD, SAN MATEO PARK]
[Picture: RESIDENCE, HENRY T. SCOTT, HILLSBOROUGH]
[Picture: RESIDENCE, A. P. GIANNINI, SAN MATEO]
[Picture: RESIDENCE, E. J. de SABLA, SAN MATEO]
[Picture: RESIDENCE, H. C. BREEDEN, HILLSBOROUGH]
[Picture: VIEW FROM CRYSTAL SPRINGS PARK (Wm. H. HOWARD ESTATE COMPANY). SAN MATEO, HILLSBOROUGH AND COYOTE POINT IN THE DISTANCE]
[Picture: RESIDENCE, F. W. McNEAR, MENLO PARK]
[Picture: RESIDENCE, HUGO P. FREAR, BURLINGAME]
[Picture: RESIDENCE, MRS. PAULINE PAYNE, MENLO PARK]
[Picture: INTERIOR, RESIDENCE, MRS. PAULINE PAYNE, MENLO PARK]
[Picture: RESIDENCE, MRS. M. J. O'CONNOR, HILLSBOROUGH]
[Picture: RESIDENCE, W. G. HITCHCOCK, BURLINGAME]
[Picture: RESIDENCE, H. N. STETSON, HILLSBOROUGH]
[Picture: VIEW, DR. H. D'ARCY POWER RESIDENCE, BURLINGAME]
[Picture: GROUNDS, JAS. L. FLOOD RESIDENCE, MENLO PARK]
[Picture: MENLO COUNTRY CLUB, MENLO PARK]
[Picture: RESIDENCE, D. T. MURPHY, HILLSBOUROUGH]
[Picture: RESIDENCE, D. O. MILLS, MILLBRAE]
[Picture: RESIDENCE, FREDERICK KOHL, EASTON]
[Picture: RESIDENCE, DAVENPORT BROMFIELD, SAN MATEO]
[Picture: RESIDENCE, MRS. TIMOTHY GUY PHELPS, SAN CARLOS]
[Picture: RESIDENCE, E. W. HOPKINS, MENLO PARK]
[Picture: RESIDENCE, ROBERT L. COLEMAN, HILLSBOROUGH]
[Picture: "NEW PLACE," RESIDENCE, Wm. H. CROCKER, HILLSBOROUGH]
[Picture: RESIDENCE, J. W. GOODWIN, REDWOOD CITY]
[Picture: RESIDENCE, VISCOUNTESS de TRISTAN, SAN MATEO]
[Picture: WOOD SCENE, CHARLES TEMPLETON CROCKER GROUNDS, HILLSBOROUGH]
[Picture: RESIDENCE, GEO. A. POPE, HILLSBOROUGH]
[Picture: RESIDENCE, A. M. EASTON, HILLSBOROUGH]
[Picture: RESIDENCE, NORMAN DE VAUX, BURLINGAME]
[Picture: RESIDENCE, E. L. HOAG, HILLSBOROUGH]
[Picture: A VISTA IN CRYSTAL SPRINGS PARK, Wm. H. HOWARD ESTATE COMPANY]
[Picture: FAXON D. ATHERTON HOUSE, ATHERTON, BUILT 1860—DESTROYED BY FIRE FEW YEARS AGO]
[Picture: RESIDENCE, L. S. PEASE, HILLSBOROUGH]
[Picture: DALY CITY IN ITS INFANCY]