Historic Districts
Vacant / Not In Use
California - Sonoma County
Sonoma County California (Page 2) has 34 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 3 places of National significance and 9 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Petaluma Adobe, SS POMONA (Shipwreck), Sonoma Plaza, Petaluma Historic Commercial District and Ranch Site, The.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Middle Period and Kashia-Pomo dating back to 2999 BC.

Many famous people are associated with these Sonoma County historic places including Gen. Guadelupe M. Vallejo, Lt. Mariano Valejo, Mariano Vallejo, Isaac E. Shaw, Milton Wasserman and Philip Sweed.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Sonoma County places including I.M Scott, Union Iron Works, Louis A. Simon, Sellon & Hemmings, Copeland & Pierce McElroy, James A. Wetmore, William Howard Knowles, Brainerd Jones, George Allen Strout and Charles I. Havens. Prominent architectural styles found in Sonoma Country are Queen Anne, Italianate and Bungalow/Craftsman.

Petaluma Adobe (added 1970 - - #70000151)
Also known as Rancho Petaluma Adobe;Rancho Petaluma
4 mi. E of Petaluma on Casa Grande Rd. , Petaluma
Goldenrowley, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Vallejo,Gen. Guadelupe M.
Significant Year:
1846, 1836
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Agriculture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
Petaluma Historic Commercial District (added 1995 - - #95000354)
Also known as See also:Old Petaluma Opera House
Along Petaluma Blvd., between B and Prospect Sts. , Petaluma
Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival, Italianate, No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Meeting Hall, Specialty Store, Warehouse
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Business, Specialty Store
More Information:
archives document
Petaluma Silk Mill (added 1986 - - #86000386)
Also known as Carlson-Currier Silk Mfg. Co.;Belding-Heminway-Corticelli;Su
420 Jefferson St. , Petaluma
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Havens,Charles I., Jones,Brainerd
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce, Industry
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Current Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
More Information:
archives document
Petaluma Woman?s Club (added 2024 - - #100010437)
518 B Street, Petaluma
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Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railway Powerhouse (added 1991 - - #91000918)
Also known as Hogan Building;P & SR Sub-Station
238--258 Petaluma Ave. , Sepbastopol
Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Transportation
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Professional
More Information:
archives document
Pinschower, Simon, House (added 1982 - - #82002276)
Also known as Vintage Towers Bed And Breakfast Inn
302 N. Main St. , Cloverdale
Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Pond Farm Pottery (added 2023 - - #100009799)
Armstrong Woods Road, Austin Creek State Recreation Area, Guerneville
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Area of Significance:
Art, Education, Social History
Pond Farm Pottery Historic District (added 2014 - - #14000307)
17000 Armstrong Woods Rd., Guerneville
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Railroad Square District (added 1979 - - #79000561)
Also known as See Also:Hotel La Rose
Roughly bounded by 3rd, Davis, Wilson, and 6th Sts. and Santa Rosa Creek , Santa Rosa
Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Hotel, Rail-Related
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Business, Hotel, Rail-Related
More Information:
archives document
Railroad Square District (Boundary Decrease) (added 2025 - - #100012291)
Also known as See Also:Hotel La Rose, Railroad Square, Railroad Historic District
Bounded by Third, Davis, Wilson, Fifth and Sixth Streets and the Santa Rosa Creek, Santa Rosa
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Area of Significance:
Commerce, Transportation, Architecture, Ethnic Heritage-European
More Information:
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Ranch Site, The (added 1971 - - #71000205)
Also known as 4-Son-292
Address Restricted , Bodega Bay
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Middle Period
Period of Significance:
1000-2999 BC, 1000 AD-999 BC
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Historic Sub-function:
Processing
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
Rosenburg's Department Store (added 1994 - - #94001497)
700 Fourth St. , Santa Rosa
Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Hertzka, Wayne S., Knowles, William Howard
Architectural Style:
Moderne
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Department Store
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
SS POMONA (Shipwreck) (added 2008 - - #07000306)
Fort Ross Cove, off Fort Ross Historic State Park , Jenner
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Union Iron Works, Scott, I.M
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Architecture, Engineering, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Water-Related
Current Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Outdoor Recreation, Underwater
More Information:
archives document
Salt Point Landing Historical and Archaeological District (added 2022 - - #100007268)
Address Restricted, Jenner
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Area of Significance:
Maritime History, Commerce, Transportation, Engineering, Archeology-Historic Non-Aboriginal
Salt Point State Park Archeological District (added 1971 - - #71000207)
Also known as Salt Point Archaeological Zone
Address Restricted , Stewarts Point
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Prehistoric, Historic - Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Kashia-Pomo
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1900-1750 AD, 1000 AD-999 BC
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Camp, Institutional Housing, Manufacturing Facility, Village Site
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
Sebastopol Depot of the Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railway (added 1996 - - #96000109)
Also known as West County Museum
261 S. Main St. , Sebastopol
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Transportation
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture, Social
Current Sub-function:
Clubhouse, Museum
More Information:
archives document
Shaw, Isaac E., Building (added 1991 - - #90002155)
Also known as Scandia Building
219 N. Cloverdale Blvd. , Cloverdale
Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Person
Historic Person:
Shaw,Isaac E.
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Exploration/Settlement, Communications
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Department Store
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
Sonoma Depot (added 1975 - - #75000488)
284 1st St., W , Sonoma
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
Sonoma Grammar School (added 1980 - - #80000871)
Also known as Sonoma Community Center
276 E. Napa St. , Sonoma
Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Lutgens,A.C.
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Social
Current Sub-function:
Civic
More Information:
archives document
Sonoma Plaza (added 1975 - - #75000489)
Also known as Ol Sonoma;Sonoma Pueblo;See Also:Vallejo Estate;Sonoma Plaza
Center of Sonoma , Sonoma
C.Maylett, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Mission/Spanish Revival, Italianate
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Military, Politics/Government
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
State, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Landscape, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Plaza, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Business, Museum, Park, Plaza
More Information:
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Sonoma Plaza (Boundary Increase) (added 1992 - - #92000293)
Also known as See Also:Sonoma Plaza
Area S and E of town plaza, along Broadway and the N side of E. Napa St. , Sonoma
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne, Italianate
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Business, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Sonoma State Home--Main Building (added 2000 - - #00001180)
Also known as Sonoma State Hospital, Sonoma Developmental Center
15000 Arnold Dr. , Eldridge
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
McElroy, Copeland & Pierce, Sellon & Hemmings
Architectural Style:
Gothic
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Health/Medicine
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Domestic, Education, Health Care
Historic Sub-function:
Hospital, Institutional Housing, Library, School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
Sonoma Valley Woman's Club (added 2015 - - #14001115)
Sonoma, Sonoma
NoeHill, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman
Area of Significance:
Social History, Other, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1974 AD
Strout, George A., House (added 1980 - - #80000870)
Also known as Strout House;Kimball House
253 Florence Ave. , Sebastopol
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Strout,George Allen
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne
Historic Person:
Strout,George Allen
Significant Year:
1903
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Sweed, Philip, House (added 1992 - - #92000787)
301 Keokuk St. , Petaluma
Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Rodd,Samuel
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne
Historic Person:
Sweed,Philip
Significant Year:
1892
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Sweet House (added 1988 - - #87002415)
607 Cherry St. , Santa Rosa
Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne
Historic Person:
Sweet,James S.,et al.
Significant Year:
1894
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Education, Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
More Information:
archives document
Temelec (added 2006 - - #06000312)
Also known as Temelec Farm
220 and 221 Temelec Circle , Sonoma
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival, Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture, Social
Current Sub-function:
Clubhouse, Outdoor Recreation
More Information:
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Temelec (added 2005 - - #05000928)
220 and 221 Temelec Circle , Sonoma
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US Post Office--Petaluma (added 1985 - - #85000140)
Also known as Petulama Post Office
120 4th St. , Petaluma
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Wetmore,James A., Simon,Louis A.
Architectural Style:
Mission/Spanish Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Post Office
Current Function:
Government
Current Sub-function:
Post Office
More Information:
archives document
Vallejo Estate (added 1972 - - #72000262)
Also known as Lachryma Montis
Corner of Spain and W. 3rd Sts. , Sonoma
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Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Vallejo,Mariano
Significant Year:
1852
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
State, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Work In Progress
More Information:
archives document
Walters Ranch (added 1977 - - #77000351)
Also known as Griffin Vineyard;Sweetwater Ranch
6 mi. S of Healdsburg at 6050 Westside Rd. , Healdsburg
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Sodini,Angelo
Architectural Style:
Italianate
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Processing, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Processing, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Wasserman House (added 1979 - - #79000562)
Also known as Poulsen House
930 Mendocino Ave. , Santa Rosa
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Bungalow/Craftsman
Historic Person:
Wasserman,Milton
Significant Year:
1915
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Watson School (added 1978 - - #78000800)
Also known as Watson School Wayside Park
15000 Bodega Hwy. , Bodega
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
West, Mark, Springs Lodge (added 1978 - - #78003521)
2520 Mark West Springs Rd. , Santa Rosa
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Owner:
Private

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