Robert Scott House, New Almaden - San Jose, CA
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member DougK
N 37° 10.657 W 121° 49.269
10S E 604646 N 4115227
The Robert Scott House House in New Almaden, California, was home to the mining furnace inventor for the Quicksilver Mining Company.
Waymark Code: WMA40K
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 11/13/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill
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Like a hierarchy of management, the houses along Almaden Road starting from Casa Grande represented your position of importance with the mine management company. The fourth house down was for Robert Scott, the co-inventor of the Huttner-Scott reduction furnace.

A plaque out front tells the history of the house:

THE ROBERT SCOTT HOUSE
(Cottage No. 4)

Robert Scott, a native of Canada, arrived in New Almaden in 1864. He was co-inventor of the Huttner & Scott furnace in 1876, the furnace that revolutionized the reduction of quicksilver and saved the Quick- silver Mining Company from bankruptcy. This furnace, because of improvements by him, later became known as the Scott Furnace.

Scott married in 1861 and, with his bride, moved into Cottage No. 4, living there until 1895. He then moved into the house he built at 498 South 11th Street, San Jose.

Dedicated October 11, 1980
Santa Clara County
Historical Heritage Commission
and
Mountain Charlie Chapter No. 1850
E Clampus Vitus
Name of Historic District (as listed on the NRHP): New Almaden

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Address:
21498 Almaden Road San Jose, CA

How did you determine the building to be a contributing structure?: Plaque on building (Photo in gallery)

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