Category: Historic Landmark

Historic Landmark

Old Saint Hilary’s Church, Tiburon, California

This is a photo of Saint Hilary's Church with a more nocturnal look.
This is the same photo that I posted yesterday, but it has been processed to look more nocturnal. If this post has been shared, and thus is not shown together with the earlier photo, you can find the original image here. Of course, what the “original image” was is subject to debate in the digital age of photography and even back in the film era. For a good instruction in developing night scenes, see this.
Historic Landmark

Old Saint Hilary’s Church, Tiburon, California

This is a photo of historic Saint Hilary's Church, Tiburon, California with Angel Island, Alcatraz, and the San Francisco Skyline in the background.

Here is a view of Old St. Hilary’s Church at dusk with Angel Island, Alcatraz and the San Francisco Skyline in the Background.  I took this photo in 2011 and I’ve been meaning to re-process it for a while.

When I took this photo the Transamerica Pyramid was the tallest building in San Francisco at 853 feet.  Salesforce Tower became the tallest building in San Francisco at 1,070 feet when it was completed in 2017.

Technically, Old Saint Hilary’s Church is now Old Saint Hilary’s Landmark.  The Catholic Church built a larger, more modern church years ago and was going to demolish Saint Hilary’s when a group of citizens bought the property from the church to preserve it as an historic landmark.  It is a popular site for weddings and other events.  The property is administered and maintained by the Belvedere-Tiburon Landmarks Society.  You can find it here.

The grounds adjacent to the building contain a large wildflower area named the John Thomas Howell Wildflower Preserve.