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22 Destination San Anselmo 2015 | 16 Sights & Activities ROBSON-HARRINGTON HOUSE AND PARK 237 Crescent Rd. San Anselmo, 415-453-1602 www.townofsananselmo.org/parks is historical home was built by Edwin Kleber Wood, a lumber merchant, shortly aer the 1906 earthquake and is a well-loved historic landmark. Broad balconies give views onto the surrounding hills of Ross Valley. Mr. and Mrs. Kernan Robson purchased the property in 1922 and bequeathed it to the town in 1967. e park has a beautiful community garden and picnic area. e house is now used for San Anselmo's recreation programs, weddings, and seminars. SAN FRANCISCO THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 105 Seminary Rd. San Anselmo, 415- 258-6500 or 800-447-8820, www.ss.edu "Let us organize a theological seminary such as the present wants and the future needs of this coast demand." — e Reverend Dr. William Anderson Scott, 1871. It was in this spirit and with those goals that the San Francisco eological Seminary, known as the Castle in the Hills, was founded. Originally based in San Francisco, the seminary relocated to San Anselmo with the opening of Scott and Montgomery Halls, in 1892. One of the ten oldest institutions of higher learning in California, the seminary trained pastors and educators for the booming post–Gold Rush era. More than 30 buildings and homes stand in the 21 acres of woods and pastures around Seminary Hill, which looks over Ross Valley to Mount Tamalpais. e five campus buildings, designed by the architects Wright and Sanders, are more than 100 years old. John McLaren, the planner of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, designed the seminary grounds using many plants mentioned in the Bible. Geneva Hall, built in 1952, is a gleaming evocation of the Basilica of St. Francis, in Assisi. Julia Morgan designed two additional structures. Affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA), the seminary is devoted to graduate theological education in the Reformed tradition. Programs are open to women and men of all Christian traditions. e faculty and student body represent many denominations, Robson-Harrington House. Photo by Stuart Lirette San Francisco Theological Seminary. Photo by Stuart Lirette