I did a survey about 6 blocks away to the NW from that place.?ÿ Original subdivision done in the late 1800's and the legal descriptions started at the old lot corner and described a piece that encompassed an are on both sides of the historic lot line.?ÿ We did a chain of title to determine when the deed described boundaries were created and discovered they were created in approximately 1905.?ÿ Although we did not find any old monuments at the deed described locations, we decided to dig down over 3 feet to get to natural soil at the rear corner of the old lot and found the original redwood hub in excellent condition for being over a 100 years old.?ÿ
If the hubs that were set were clear heart old growth, you have a chance to find them.?ÿ Unfortunately, many of the hubs (the monument of choice until the 1980's) set for parcel corners were not clear heart redwood and rotted away.
I happen to own the records of George Comstock, RCE 5123, who had an office on Throckmorton in the old Keystone Building from the 1930's to 1950's.?ÿ Arthur Dakin, LS 2926, who worked for him and eventually took over his company, was one of the charting members of the California Land Surveyors Association 53 years ago.?ÿ?ÿI did a survey about 5 years ago of the old office property and found their surveys of the area to be very helpful.?ÿ?ÿ
There are plenty of subdivision maps since the 1950's with sufficient monuments to determine boundaries and file a simple CR and also very complex areas that you could never figure out correctly without doing the proper research of the historical survey records.?ÿ?ÿ
Lot 15, Block 15 of Lyon & Hoag's Subdivision of Sunnyside Tract.
The old newspapers available on the California Digital Newspaper Collection (free) have lists of real eastate transactions, Delinquent Tax sales, requests to the city for line and grade for new concrete sidewalks, and even a controversy over how to put down macadam pavement.
my Grandmother's house was listed in a tax sale in 1933 ($11 owed LOL), apparently the local Realtor and City Clerk Falley redeemed it because my grandparents purchased it in 1933 and received the Deed in 1936.
family legend is my Grandfather made $35/week in the 1930s which is consistent with the annual income of $1850 ?ÿreported in the 1940 census. The paid $200 for a new roof in 1944.
The Subdivision Map attached and a survey that was conducted on one of the adjoiners in 1950 for $40.00.?ÿ ?ÿAlso from the file is an invoice from a contractor for Concrete and Stone work.
The Subdivision Map attached and a survey that was conducted on one of the adjoiners in 1950 for $40.00.?ÿ ?ÿAlso from the file is an invoice from a contractor for Concrete and Stone work.
It appears the north line of the Lyon and Hoag subdivison is on the section line and they found the 1/4 Section Corner between Sections 28 and 29.?ÿ Rack 1, Pull 2 indicates a 1/4 Corner between Sections 21 & 28 to the NW of the Lyon & Hoag subdivision.?ÿ?ÿ
The first map of the Rancho Corte Madera Del Presidio, dated October 1858, excluded most of Grove Street and showed the far westerly corner in Corte Madera Creek.?ÿ The area stated on the map was 4,460 acres.
Rancho Corte Madera Del Presidio was resurveyed in 1873 and 1874 and contained 7,845 acres, patent dated 2-25-1885.?ÿ That map shows the westerly boundary containing most of Sections 21 and 28 which would include Grove Street.?ÿ The map also shows some public land adjoining and to the west of the Rancho.?ÿ I believe, we only had a couple of sections of public land in this area and we also had some along our northerly boundary of the County.
That is a very cool home your grandfather improved.
He appears in the May 5, 1950 issue of the Mill Valley Record newspaper. He was doing field engineering and surveying for the Air Force installation on Mt. Tamalpais (Nike?).
My Father worked for a Marin surveyor around that time while he was going to Cal where he eventually graduated with a BSCE.
Marin County CLSA owns the Borgwart records. My database says no records available for that job # and I checked the scans I have of his work that did not produce any record.
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I did a survey in Stinson Beach on the hill 10 years ago and a very old resident told me Borgwardt lived across the street from where I was surveying.
Dankin owns Gene Lockton's (charter member of CLSA) records and he told me that Lockton did Borgwardt's fieldwork.?ÿ He may have a record of the field work.?ÿ?ÿ
Either George Comstock or Arthur Dakin. Dakin worked for Comstock and eventually took over the records. We scanned them as DC for Dakin Comstock records .
