California Real Estate & Relocation Guide

Fairfax, California

Population: 6,931

Located in Marin County

Recent History of the Marin Town & Country Club

Each day hundreds of people pass the Fair-Anselm Shopping Center in their cars on the way to and from town. At the east end of the shopping center there is an arterial stop sign at the intersection of Pastori Avenue and Center Boulevard. Pastori Avenue is a mere two blocks long and runs from Sir Francis Drake Boulevard to the attractive concrete bridge crossing San Anselmo Creek and leads to the Marin Town and Country Club property. As you approach the bridge from the shopping center side, a sign is clearly visible indicating that the country club is closed, which has been its status since 1972, the last year it operated as a public recreational resort.

Few people passing along Center Boulevard, except for some of the area's older residents and those presently living in the former vacation cabins and cottages on the property, have any idea what lies on the other side of that bridge or the history of the property therein. It is property which has a rich and colorful history.