The Randol Family Home - New Almaden, CA
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N 37° 10.691 W 121° 49.240
10S E 604688 N 4115289
The Randol Family Home is cottage #1.
Waymark Code: WM54TX
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 11/10/2008
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"THE RANDOL FAMILY HOME
COTTAGE #1
THIS COTTAGE IS THE LARGEST OF THE DWELLINGS
BUILT BY BARRON, FORBES & CO. IN THE LATE 1840'S.
IT CONTAINED FOUR FIREPLACES AND A LARGE WOOD-
BURNING BASEMENT STOVE USED BY SERVANTS TO
PREPARE MEALS. IT WAS PURCHASED IN 1863 BY NEW
ALMADEN QUICKSILVER MINING CO. AND EARLIER IN
1856 HOUSED THE HEAD MINING ENGINEERS.
DR. A.R. RANDOL, LIVED HERE IN 1879, HE HAVING
REPLACED DR. FREDERICK V. HOPKINS. THE COMPANY
ACCOUNTANT ROBERT BURNETT SMITH & HIS WIFE
ANNE TERHUNE SMITH FOLLOWED & THEY LIVED
HERE THROUGH 1881. ANNE WAS ALSO A SISTER-IN-
LAW OF J.B. RANDOL, THE MINE'S MANAGER FROM
1870 TO 1892.
DEDICATED MAY 15, 2005
BY THE HARRY & BUFFY WELLMAN FAMILY
SPONSORED BY
THE NEW ALMADEN QUICKSILVER
COUNTY PARK ASSOCIATION &
MOUNTAIN CHARLIE CHAPTER #1850,
E CLAMPUS VITUS
"RIGHT WRONGS NOBODY"" (
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