When the Hilltop Was Known as the Hayden House

For more than a century, the Hayden House has been King of the Hill in Novato. Other than the Buck Institute, there is not a more prominent landmark structure that looks down on the city. Today, the majestic building off Lamont Avenue is home to the Hilltop 1892 restaurant, which occupies the recently renovated structure.

Welcome to Then & Now, an occasional look at Novato's past through the use of modern technology. Novato Patch making local history lessons as visual as possible by handling it with video and archival photos rather than a whole lot of text. Videographer Eric Rivera is an expert in showing you local history with snappy clips of two or three minutes, and he has the expertise of Samantha Kimpel, museum curator and archivist for the city, to provide the script.

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