Ralston Hall

William C. Ralston House
The mansion in 2005
Ralston Hall
Ralston Hall
Ralston Hall
LocationBelmont, California, United States
Coordinates37°31′3″N 122°17′10″W / 37.51750°N 122.28611°W / 37.51750; -122.28611
Area4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built1864
ArchitectHenry Cleaveland
Architectural styleVictorian-Italianate Villa
NRHP reference No.66000234
CHISL No.856
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 15, 1966
Designated NHLNovember 13, 1966
Designated CHISL1972

Ralston Hall Mansion located in Belmont, California, was the country house of William Chapman Ralston, a San Francisco businessman, a founder of the Bank of California, and a financier of the Comstock Lode. It is an opulent Italianate Villa, modified with touches of Steamboat Gothic and Victorian details. It is a California Historical Landmark and is designated a National Historic Landmark. It has been in Incorporated into the campus of Notre Dame de Namur University.