RALSTON HALL - View this location on map  - This redwood structure was completed in 1868 by William Chapman Ralston, San Francisco financier. Incorporating Count Cipriani's earlier villa, this enlarged mansion with its mirrored ballroom became the symbol of the extravagance of California s Silver Age. It anticipated features later incorporated into Ralston's Palace Hotel in San Francisco. 1500 Ralston Ave, Belmont, California Historical |