Site History and Environmental Setting

[The 1996 Nueva School Master Plan Page 5]

School Buildings and Grounds

The site is a heavily wooded parcel of approximately 33.7 acres that sits at the top of a small promontory overlooking Hillsborough. Most of the site has slopes greater than 30% which face east providing views of the San Francisco Bay over Burlingame and Millbrae. To either side of the promontory are natural drainage ravines that carry storm waters off-site. Oak forests and naturally-sloping terrain are the essential characteristics of the site. Although deer, raccoons and field mice inhabit the undeveloped areas, no wildlife corridor exists on the site as Highway 280 separates the site from open lands to the west

The site was originally a part of a larger property developed by the W. W. Crocker family as a summer residence. Although it is not a registered historic landmark, the Mansion is a local architectural asset. The estate, designed by Arthur Brown, a preeminent San Francisco architect who also designed the San Francisco City Hall, features a two-story Italianate Mansion with plaster exterior and clay tiled roofs surrounded by lawns. The School plans to continue to use and maintain the Mansion as a school and community resource