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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XQ6_sonoma-depot-historical_Sonoma-CA.html
On January 2, 1976 the original depot was destroyed by fire. With the united efforts of the City of Sonoma, Sonoma Valley Historical Society and hundreds of interested and dedicated citizens, sufficient funds were collected to reconstruct the buil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XQ5_harazthy-villa-historical_Sonoma-CA.html
County Landmarks Commission
County of Sonoma
Harazthy Villa (sic)
Historic Landmark
No. 19
This is to certify that the above historic site has been officially designated as a County Landmark by the Sonoma County Board of Supervis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XQ3_the-sonoma-community-center-historical_Sonoma-CA.html
This historic 1916 landmark, now the Sonoma Community Center, was the original home of the Sonoma Grammar School. It was purchased by Dr. Carroll Andrews and donated to the people of Sonoma in 1952.
The center is a non-profit run by a dedicated …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XPO_in-this-cemetery-is-buried-capt-william-smith-historical_Sonoma-CA.html
Two plaques have been placed at this memorial.
In This Cemetery is Buried
Capt. William Smith
Born in Virginia, November 14, 1768
Died in Sonoma, May 5 1846
Who served in the Virginia Navy during the American Revolution
In Recognit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JCV_site-of-union-hotel-and-union-hall_Sonoma-CA.html
On this site between 1849 and 1957 stood the Union Hotel and Hall. Built by three veterans of the Mexican War, the hotel was a one-story adobe and the hall a one-story frame building. These were destroyed by fire in 1866 and replaced by two-story …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JCU_buena-vista-winery-and-vineyards_Sonoma-CA.html
Birthplace of California wine. Founded in 1857 by Colonel Agoston Haraszthy, father of state's wine industry. Limestone tunnels were dug into the hillside and vineyards were also established. Haraszthy toured Europe in 1861 to gather the cuttings …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JCT_buena-vista-press-house_Sonoma-CA.html
This is the first stone winery building in California, and also the first "gravity-flow" wine building. The Count's wine grapes were loaded directly to the back of the building's second floor from the road , made into wine, then brought …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JCS_temelec-hall_Sonoma-CA.html
Captain Granville P. Swift, great-gandnephew to Daniel Boone and early pioneer to California, spent his 21st birthday in 1842 building balsa reed rafts to float hides and tallow down the Sacramento River to Benicia to trade for supplies.
Swift w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JCR_temelec-hall_Sonoma-CA.html
This structure was erected in 1858 by Captain Granville R. Swift, a member of the Bear Flag Party. The stone in the building was quarried here by native Indian labor. General Persifor F. Smith, U.S. Military Commander-in-Chief in California, lived…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HWX_depot-hotel-cucina-rustica_Sonoma-CA.html
Giovanni Minoggio and Giacomo Mazza, on land purchased from General Mariano Vallejo, built this plumstone building in 1870. When the railroad tracks were extended to Sonoma and the Sonoma train depot built across the street from the Mazza House, t…