This is 52 Wharf Road when it was Sayer's Barn just before the 1906 earthquake. Here we see John Parkins, owner of the flagstaff Inn which still stood across the street from the barn at the time it was destroyed in the earthquake.

"A daily mail stage from San Rafael and steamer connection with the city twice a week, long distance telephone service, no railroad connection, no Sunday excursions, no trumps, no local toughs, an equability of temperature not surpassed by any locality in the whole State (34 degrees the lowest on the hillsides in five years) - these are some of the features which are attractive to the summer visitor, and also to people of culture and moderate means, who are retiring from active business and erecting beautiful homes under an environment of the touch with city - functions where desirable."

Excerpt - Bolinas by S. S. Southworth © 1900

Just after the 1906 earthquake.
Note the undeveloped sand dune of Stinson beach in the upper left.





This is a 1939 picture of the lagoon waterfront in Bolinas. One of the more easily identifiable structures standing today (apart from the barn) is the former Coast Guard Station in the center of the picture. It is now a Marine Biology laboratory for the College of Marin.