Old Saint Hilary's Church

Old St. Hilary's Landmark is a former mission church place of worship and now a historic landmark owned and maintained by the Belvedere-Tiburon Landmarks Society, Tiburon Peninsula, Marin County, California, United States.[1] The landmark is situated on the flank of the Tiburon Hills, an area characterized by serpentine soils and hence has a distinct plant community. The area surrounding the church is a Marin County protected area, the Old Saint Hilary's Open Space Preserve.

View from the Old St. Hilary Church overlooking the San Francisco Bay

An endangered wildflower species, Streptanthus niger, commonly called the Tiburon jewelflower, grows near the church.[2]

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  1. Belvedere-Tiburon Landmarks Society. 2012
  2. Rodriguez, Adrian (July 19, 2018). "Endangered Tiburon jewelflower finds home on Ring Mountain". Marin Independent Journal. Retrieved September 1, 2019.

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