# Marconi, California

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Unincorporated community in California, United States

Unincorporated community in California, United States

Marconi Unincorporated community old hotel at the conference center in Marconi Marconi Location in California Show map of California Marconi Marconi (the United States) Show map of the United States Coordinates: 38°08′38″N 122°52′42″W / 38.14389°N 122.87833°W / 38.14389; -122.87833 Country United States State California County Marin County Elevation [1] 69 ft (21 m) ZIP code 94956 Area codes 415/628 FIPS code 06-45697 GNIS feature ID 1659056

**Marconi** (formerly called **Fisherman's**)[2] is an [unincorporated community](/source/Unincorporated_area#United_States) in [Marin County](/source/Marin_County), [California](/source/California), United States.[1] It is located on the northeast shore of [Tomales Bay](/source/Tomales_Bay), approximately seven miles (11 km) south-southeast of the village of [Tomales](/source/Tomales%2C_California),[2] at an elevation of about 70 feet (21 meters) above [sea level](/source/Sea_level).[1] Marconi is located within the area of the town of [Marshall](/source/Marshall%2C_California).

The inhabitants of an old Native American settlement called "Fisherman's" later shipped [seafood](/source/Seafood) from here via [railroad](/source/Railroad).[2] Then, in 1913, the [Marconi Wireless Company](/source/Marconi_Wireless_Telegraph_Company_of_America) bought this site to establish a transpacific [wireless telegraph](/source/Wireless_telegraph) station.[2] The site was taken over by the federal government, who eventually released it to [General Electric](/source/General_Electric) ownership.[3] In the 1960s the facility was renovated to become a residential hotel,[4] but it soon became an addiction-recovery facility operated by the [Synanon](/source/Synanon) cult. The [California State Parks](/source/California_State_Parks) system took over the site in the 1980s, and now operates it as the [Marconi Conference Center State Historic Park](/source/Marconi_Conference_Center_State_Historic_Park). The conference center is planned to be restored to a functioning hotel by late 2024.[3]

## See also

- [Marconi Conference Center](/source/Tomales_Bay#Lodge_at_Marconi)

- [Wireless telegraphy](/source/Wireless_telegraphy)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-gnis_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-gnis_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-gnis_1-2) [U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Marconi, California](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/1659056)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-CGN_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-CGN_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-CGN_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-CGN_2-3) Durham, David L. (1998). *California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State*. Clovis, California: Word Dancer Press. p. 659. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1-884995-14-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-884995-14-4).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-SFC_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-SFC_3-1) Vainshtein, Annie (March 25, 2023). ["This coastal Bay Area retreat once housed a cult. Now it's becoming a luxury resort"](https://www.sfchronicle.com/realestate/article/marin-marconi-conference-center-17856236.php). *San Francisco Chronicle*. San Francisco, CA. Retrieved December 14, 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["County planners approve conversion of old Marconi property into club"](https://www.newspapers.com/image/70592122/?terms=marconi&match=1). *Daily Independent Journal*. San Rafael, CA. August 22, 1960. Retrieved December 14, 2023.

## External links

- [Marconi Conference Center SHP](https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=467)

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