Benicia Arsenal, Guard & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, CA
Summary
Significance: This building, a very good example of nineteenth-century military architecture, solves in a deft way the problem of coupling two different functions into a compact structure, by placing the guard house in front of the larger shed-like engine room.
Survey number: HABS CA-1832
Building/structure dates: 1872 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: after 1900 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Location
benicia, 38.04937, -122.15858
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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