Portola Hall
A description of the country estate of August Schilling, situated on the wooded slopes of the Portola Hills, San Mateo County, California
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The way it was
Lavish memories of the Schilling estate where spice
merchant August Schilling built a fairy land
By Marion Softky

Working the big estates
taken from article in The Country Almanac,
September 29, 1993,
"John Skarabo remembers..." by Marion Softky

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