Wasn't this #2 of the City Council Goals – "Initiate an Historical Resources survey as a part of the Downtown Specific Plan"

In 1982 there was a Preliminary Historic Inventory which contained a list of First Priority Sites (14 properties), Second Tier (7 properties) and Recognition (7 properties). This Preliminary list contains properties that have already met their makers (Red Cross Building, Pot Carrier, etc) and many on the list have been recognized already for their historic importance (Train Station, Kohl Mansion). A few examples on this list are the Candy Store, BHS, Rognier Home, Burlingame Garden Center, Hoover, McKinley. The 1982 group of 25 citizens and residents with Councilman Vic Mangini as the city representative met over a six-month period and selected the 28 sites. The 1982 Preliminary List contains their research and is a very good start.

Other cities, other towns, other villages, other continents, other states, other countries have Historic Properties Lists so Burlingame would not be inventing the wheel!

We look forward to hearing from all five council members …

– Written by Fiona