Historic Districts
Vacant / Not In Use
California - Solano County
Solano County California has 33 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 6 places of National significance and 4 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Benicia Arsenal, Mare Island Historic District(Boundary Increase), Mare Island Naval Shipyard, SS JEREMIAH O'BRIEN and STAMBOUL (Whaling Bark).

Many famous people are associated with these Solano County historic places including Samuel Martin, William Crooks, Will H. Buck, Juan Felipe Pena and Lansford W. Hastings.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Solano County places including Waterman & Ewell, USN Bureau of Yards and Docks, New England Shipbuilding Corp., California Transportation Co., Julia Morgan, Samuel Martin, F.A. Steiger, Juan Felipe Pena, Moses Dinkelspiel and A.A. Cook. Prominent architectural styles found in Solano Country are Italianate, Queen Anne and Greek Revival.

Benicia Arsenal (added 1976 - - #76000534)
Also known as Benicia Arsenal;Benicia Barracks
Army Point and I-680 , Benicia
Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Military
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Sub-function:
Arms Storage
Current Function:
Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Benicia Capitol State Historic Park (added 1971 - - #71000204)
Also known as Benicia Capitol Courthouse
1st and G Sts. , Benicia
Epolk, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Capitol
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
Benicia Southern Pacific Railroad Passenger Depot (added 2017 - - #100001664)
90 1st Street, Benicia
OgreBot, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Mixed (More Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1897-1930 AD
Bird and Dinkelspiel Store (added 1999 - - #99001264)
Also known as Benjamin Store
2145 Collinsville Rd. , Bird's Landing
Epolk, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Frank, Jacob, Dinkelspiel, Moses
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Significant Year:
1875
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture, Exploration/Settlement
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Department Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Work In Progress
Current Sub-function:
Department Store
More Information:
archives document
Brown, Jackson Fay, House (added 2002 - - #02001289)
6751 Maine Prairie Rd. , Dixon
Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Goodell, Nathaniel Dudley
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival, Italianate
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Education
Historic Sub-function:
Library, Multiple Dwelling, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Animal Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Street Furniture/Object
More Information:
archives document
Buck, Will H., House (added 1985 - - #85003372)
301 Buck Ave. , Vacaville
Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Sharpe,George
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne
Historic Person:
Buck,Will H.
Significant Year:
1892
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Carr House (added 1979 - - #79000555)
165 E. D St , Benicia
F\u00e6, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
City Hall (added 2013 - - #13000591)
715 Marin St., Vallejo
SueA, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Crooks Mansion (added 1978 - - #78000795)
285 W. G St. , Benicia
Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Stick/Eastlake
Historic Person:
Crooks,William
Significant Year:
1880
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture, Historic - Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Castanoan
Period of Significance:
1900-1750 AD, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
DELTA KING (added 1978 - - #78000797)
3 mi. (4.8 km) N of Rio Vista on CA 84 , Rio Vista
J.smith, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
Dixon Carnegie Library (added 2011 - - #10001199)
135 E. B St., Dixon
Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Education, Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
More Information:
archives document
Fischer, Joseph, House (added 1979 - - #79000556)
Also known as Fischer-Hanlon House
135 G St. , Benicia
DonaldCreaven, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
More Information:
archives document
Harrier, Daniel Webster, House (added 2015 - - #15000860)
Vallejo, Vallejo
MBowman61, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Italianate
Historic Person:
Harrier, Daniel Webster, Harrier, Lewis Garibaldi
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Commerce, Other
Period of Significance:
1850-1924 AD
Hastings Adobe (added 1972 - - #72000260)
Also known as Montezuma City or Montezuma Adobe
NE of Collinsville off CA 68 , Collinsville
Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Hastings,Lansford W.
Significant Year:
1846
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
LCS-102 (landing craft support) (added 2015 - - #15000716)
Vallejo, Vallejo
DanMS, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Military, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1925-1949 AD
Mare Island Historic District(Boundary Increase) (added 1997 - - #96001058)
Also known as Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Roughly bounded by Mare Island Straight, Causeway St., Cedar Ave., Mesa Rd., Ribeiro Rd., and Tyler Rd. , Vallejo
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential
Architect, builder, or engineer:
USN Bureau of Yards and Docks
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Greek Revival, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Military, Engineering, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Architecture
Cultural Affiliation:
American Military
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Defense, Domestic, Funerary, Health Care, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery, Hospital, Institutional Housing, Naval Facility, Park
Current Function:
Defense, Domestic, Funerary, Landscape, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery, Institutional Housing, Naval Facility, Park, Plaza
More Information:
archives document
Mare Island Naval Shipyard (added 1975 - - #75002103)
Mare Island , Vallejo
W.wolny, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Military, Invention
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Naval Facility
Current Function:
Defense
Current Sub-function:
Naval Facility
More Information:
archives document
Martin, Samuel, House (added 1977 - - #77000349)
Also known as Stonedene
293 Suisun Valley Rd. , Suisun
Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Martin,Samuel, Morgan,Julia
Architectural Style:
Gothic Revival
Historic Person:
Martin,Samuel
Significant Year:
1861
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Historic - Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Suisuni, South Patwin
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling, Village Site
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Masonic Temple--Naval Lodge No. 87, Free and Accepted Masons (added 2013 - - #13000575)
707 Marin St., Vallejo
EugeneZelenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Old Masonic Hall (added 1972 - - #72000259)
Also known as Benicia Masonic Hall
106 W. J St. , Benicia
EugeneZelenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Social History
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Social
Historic Sub-function:
Clubhouse
Current Function:
Social
Current Sub-function:
Clubhouse
More Information:
archives document
Pena Adobe (added 1972 - - #72000261)
Also known as The Pena Adobe on Los Putos Rancho
2 mi. SW of Vacaville on I-80 , Vacaville
Birwin79, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Pena,Juan Felipe
Significant Year:
1842
Area of Significance:
Social History
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
Pleasants Ranch (added 2006 - - #06000280)
Also known as Hoskins/Pleasants Ranch
8212 Pleasants Valley Rd. , Vacaville
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Cook, A.A.
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Processing, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Storage
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Processing, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Storage
More Information:
archives document
SS JEREMIAH O'BRIEN (added 1978 - - #78000796)
Also known as Liberty Ship JEREMIAH O'BRIEN
E of Benicia at Suisun Bay , Benicia
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
New England Shipbuilding Corp.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Commerce, Military, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Defense, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Naval Facility, Water-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
STAMBOUL (Whaling Bark) (added 1988 - - #88002030)
Also known as Whaling Bark STAMBOUL
Foot of W. 12th St. , Benicia
Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Waterman & Ewell
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Commerce, Transportation, Industry, Architecture
Cultural Affiliation:
19th Century Maritime
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Landscape, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Park, Water-Related
More Information:
archives document
Sacramento Northern Railway Historic District (added 2012 - - #12000402)
5848 CA 12, Suisun City
LPS.1, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Engineering, Architecture, Commerce, Education
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
More Information:
archives document
Saint Vincent's Hill Historic District (added 2003 - - #03001168)
Roughly bounded by Mare Island Way almost to Sonoma Blvd. and from Quincy Alley to Kissel Alley , Vallejo
Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
Mid 19th Century Revival, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Health Care, Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Auditorium, Business, Medical Business/Office, Park, Post Office, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Health Care, Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Religion, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Business, Medical Business/Office, Multiple Dwelling, Museum, Park, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Suisun Masonic Lodge No. 55 (added 1978 - - #78000798)
Also known as Stanley Y. Beverley Lodge
623 Main St. , Suisun City
Epolk, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Rush,Hiram
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Clubhouse
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Social
Current Sub-function:
Business, Clubhouse
More Information:
archives document
USCGC STORIS (cutter) (added 2012 - - #12001110)
U.S. Maritime Administration National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benicia
DanMS, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Military, Exploration/Settlement, Science, Commerce, Engineering, Social History
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
More Information:
archives document
Vacaville Town Hall (added 1978 - - #78000799)
Also known as Old Town Hall
620 E. Main St. , Vacaville
Birwin79, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Steiger,F.A.
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
City Hall
Current Function:
Government
Current Sub-function:
City Hall
More Information:
archives document
Vallejo City Hall and County Building Branch (added 1976 - - #76000535)
Also known as Vallejo City Hall
734 Marin St. , Vallejo
Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Perry,Charles E.
Architectural Style:
Other, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
City Hall, Courthouse
Current Function:
Government
Current Sub-function:
City Hall
More Information:
archives document
Vallejo Old City Historic District (added 1973 - - #73000460)
Also known as Frisbee Grant
Sonoma Blvd., and Monterey, Carolina, and York Sts. , Vallejo
Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman, Queen Anne, Italianate
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Von Pfister General Store (added 2015 - - #15000360)
Benicia, Benicia
SueA, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Mission/Spanish Revival
Historic Person:
von Pfister, Edward Horatio
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1825-1949 AD
Westminster Presbyterian Church and Cemetery of Tremont (added 2018 - - #100002240)
8290 Tremont Road, Dixon
Pgavinduffy, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Early-Mid 19th Century
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Exploration/Settlemen
Period of Significance:
1871-1929 AD
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