Old St. Hilary’s Landmark

Old St. Hilary’s is Tiburon’s iconic hillside landmark, which was originally a mission church named for St. Hilaire, Bishop of Poitiers. The heirs of John Reed—who held title to El Rancho Corte Madera del Presidio, the Mexican land grant that included the Tiburon Peninsula—deeded the one-quarter acre site for $2 to the Archdiocese of San Francisco, which built the church as a place of worship for local railroad workers in 1888.

Acquired by the Landmarks Society in 1959, who have hosted concerts in the superb acoustics of this all wood chapel for nearly 60 years.