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Benicia Arsenal, Barracks, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Barracks, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: This building is an attractive housing unit for a number of troops. The exterior is ornamented by quoins at the corners and a row of Corinthian columns supporting a porch roof. Survey number: HA... More

Benicia Arsenal, Shop Buildings, Tyler Street, Benicia Industrial Park, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Shop Buildings, Tyler Street, Benicia Industrial Park...

Significance: Although constructed separately in 1876, 1877, and 1884, these buildings form a nearly symmetrical composition which dominated the lower arsenal area. They contain great interior open spaces cove... More

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouse, Comandant's Lane, Benicia Industrial Park, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouse, Comandant's Lane, Benicia Industrial Park...

Significance: This building, the largest and most important of the early Benicia Arsenal structures, was erected in 1859 as a fortified storehouse. Constructed of fine rusticated sandstone ashlar, it was origi... More

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouses & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouses & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, C...

Significance: Constructed of locally quarried sandstone, these three permanent buildings at the Benicia Arsenal. The storehouses were commonly known as Camel Barns, because they were supposed to have been used... More

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highways 680 & 780, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highway...

Significance: Part of post-Spanish-American War spurt in building, this powder magazine was part of a pair (see CA-1839-1). Building #13 (Powder Magazine No. 4) was demolished for a freeway intersection. / The... More

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 2, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 2, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: This powder magazine, constructed in 1857, is almost an exact copy of the first stone magazine at the arsenal, which had been constructed the year before, and which also survives. Both are low, m... More

Benicia Arsenal, Barracks, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Barracks, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: First buildings erected when Barracks established here in 1849. Benicia Arsenal established on adjoining land, and eventually moved farther south. The Hospital (CA-1945) was part of this groupin... More

Benicia Arsenal, Hospital, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Hospital, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: This building with its large, two-story ward and a fireplace at each end is somewhat typical of military hospitals in the nineteenth century. It has served at different times as a chapel and an o... More

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouse, Comandant's Lane, Benicia Industrial Park, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouse, Comandant's Lane, Benicia Industrial Park...

Significance: This building, the largest and most important of the early Benicia Arsenal structures, was erected in 1859 as a fortified storehouse. Constructed of fine rusticated sandstone ashlar, it was origi... More

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouse, Comandant's Lane, Benicia Industrial Park, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouse, Comandant's Lane, Benicia Industrial Park...

Significance: This building, the largest and most important of the early Benicia Arsenal structures, was erected in 1859 as a fortified storehouse. Constructed of fine rusticated sandstone ashlar, it was origi... More

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouse, Comandant's Lane, Benicia Industrial Park, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouse, Comandant's Lane, Benicia Industrial Park...

Significance: This building, the largest and most important of the early Benicia Arsenal structures, was erected in 1859 as a fortified storehouse. Constructed of fine rusticated sandstone ashlar, it was origi... More

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highways 680 & 780, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highway...

Significance: Part of post-Spanish-American War spurt in building, this powder magazine was part of a pair (see CA-1839-1). Building #13 (Powder Magazine No. 4) was demolished for a freeway intersection. / The... More

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 2, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 2, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: This powder magazine, constructed in 1857, is almost an exact copy of the first stone magazine at the arsenal, which had been constructed the year before, and which also survives. Both are low, m... More

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 2, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 2, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: This powder magazine, constructed in 1857, is almost an exact copy of the first stone magazine at the arsenal, which had been constructed the year before, and which also survives. Both are low, m... More

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouse, Comandant's Lane, Benicia Industrial Park, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouse, Comandant's Lane, Benicia Industrial Park...

Significance: This building, the largest and most important of the early Benicia Arsenal structures, was erected in 1859 as a fortified storehouse. Constructed of fine rusticated sandstone ashlar, it was origi... More

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highways 680 & 780, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highway...

Significance: Part of post-Spanish-American War spurt in building, this powder magazine was part of a pair (see CA-1839-1). Building #13 (Powder Magazine No. 4) was demolished for a freeway intersection. / The... More

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 2, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 2, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: This powder magazine, constructed in 1857, is almost an exact copy of the first stone magazine at the arsenal, which had been constructed the year before, and which also survives. Both are low, m... More

Benicia Arsenal, Shop Buildings, Tyler Street, Benicia Industrial Park, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Shop Buildings, Tyler Street, Benicia Industrial Park...

Significance: Although constructed separately in 1876, 1877, and 1884, these buildings form a nearly symmetrical composition which dominated the lower arsenal area. They contain great interior open spaces cove... More

Benicia Arsenal, Shop Buildings, Tyler Street, Benicia Industrial Park, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Shop Buildings, Tyler Street, Benicia Industrial Park...

Significance: Although constructed separately in 1876, 1877, and 1884, these buildings form a nearly symmetrical composition which dominated the lower arsenal area. They contain great interior open spaces cove... More

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouses & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouses & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, C...

Significance: Constructed of locally quarried sandstone, these three permanent buildings at the Benicia Arsenal. The storehouses were commonly known as Camel Barns, because they were supposed to have been used... More

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highways 680 & 780, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highway...

Significance: Part of post-Spanish-American War spurt in building, this powder magazine was part of a pair (see CA-1839-1). Building #13 (Powder Magazine No. 4) was demolished for a freeway intersection. / The... More

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highways 680 & 780, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highway...

Significance: Part of post-Spanish-American War spurt in building, this powder magazine was part of a pair (see CA-1839-1). Building #13 (Powder Magazine No. 4) was demolished for a freeway intersection. / The... More

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highways 680 & 780, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highway...

Significance: Part of post-Spanish-American War spurt in building, this powder magazine was part of a pair (see CA-1839-1). Building #13 (Powder Magazine No. 4) was demolished for a freeway intersection. / The... More

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 2, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 2, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: This powder magazine, constructed in 1857, is almost an exact copy of the first stone magazine at the arsenal, which had been constructed the year before, and which also survives. Both are low, m... More

Benicia Arsenal, Commanding Officer's Quarters, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Commanding Officer's Quarters, Benicia, Solano County...

Significance: Fittingly one of the most gracious and elegant buildings on the arsenal grounds, the Commanding Officer's Quarters were built in 1860. Survey number: HABS CA-1843 Building/structure dates: 1860 ... More

Benicia Arsenal, Hospital, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Hospital, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: This building with its large, two-story ward and a fireplace at each end is somewhat typical of military hospitals in the nineteenth century. It has served at different times as a chapel and an o... More

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouse, Comandant's Lane, Benicia Industrial Park, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouse, Comandant's Lane, Benicia Industrial Park...

Significance: This building, the largest and most important of the early Benicia Arsenal structures, was erected in 1859 as a fortified storehouse. Constructed of fine rusticated sandstone ashlar, it was origi... More

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouse, Comandant's Lane, Benicia Industrial Park, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouse, Comandant's Lane, Benicia Industrial Park...

Significance: This building, the largest and most important of the early Benicia Arsenal structures, was erected in 1859 as a fortified storehouse. Constructed of fine rusticated sandstone ashlar, it was origi... More

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouse, Comandant's Lane, Benicia Industrial Park, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouse, Comandant's Lane, Benicia Industrial Park...

Significance: This building, the largest and most important of the early Benicia Arsenal structures, was erected in 1859 as a fortified storehouse. Constructed of fine rusticated sandstone ashlar, it was origi... More

Benicia Arsenal, Guard & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Guard & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, CA

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 ... More

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouses & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouses & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, C...

Significance: Constructed of locally quarried sandstone, these three permanent buildings at the Benicia Arsenal. The storehouses were commonly known as Camel Barns, because they were supposed to have been used... More

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouses & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouses & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, C...

Significance: Constructed of locally quarried sandstone, these three permanent buildings at the Benicia Arsenal. The storehouses were commonly known as Camel Barns, because they were supposed to have been used... More

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highways 680 & 780, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highway...

Significance: Part of post-Spanish-American War spurt in building, this powder magazine was part of a pair (see CA-1839-1). Building #13 (Powder Magazine No. 4) was demolished for a freeway intersection. / The... More

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 2, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 2, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: This powder magazine, constructed in 1857, is almost an exact copy of the first stone magazine at the arsenal, which had been constructed the year before, and which also survives. Both are low, m... More

Benicia Arsenal, Barracks, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Barracks, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: First buildings erected when Barracks established here in 1849. Benicia Arsenal established on adjoining land, and eventually moved farther south. The Hospital (CA-1945) was part of this groupin... More

Benicia Arsenal, Office Building, M Street vicinity, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Office Building, M Street vicinity, Benicia, Solano C...

Survey number: HABS CA-1827 Building/structure dates: 1870 Initial Construction

Benicia Arsenal, Barracks, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Barracks, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: This building is an attractive housing unit for a number of troops. The exterior is ornamented by quoins at the corners and a row of Corinthian columns supporting a porch roof. Survey number: HA... More

Benicia Arsenal, Shops Storehouse, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Shops Storehouse, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-1838 Building/structure dates: 1862 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 19t2 Demolished

Benicia Arsenal, Enlisted Men's Quarters, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Enlisted Men's Quarters, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: Three small structures, nearly identical. Survey number: HABS CA-1949 Building/structure dates: 1870 Initial Construction

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouse, Comandant's Lane, Benicia Industrial Park, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouse, Comandant's Lane, Benicia Industrial Park...

Significance: This building, the largest and most important of the early Benicia Arsenal structures, was erected in 1859 as a fortified storehouse. Constructed of fine rusticated sandstone ashlar, it was origi... More

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouse, Comandant's Lane, Benicia Industrial Park, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouse, Comandant's Lane, Benicia Industrial Park...

Significance: This building, the largest and most important of the early Benicia Arsenal structures, was erected in 1859 as a fortified storehouse. Constructed of fine rusticated sandstone ashlar, it was origi... More

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouses & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouses & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, C...

Significance: Constructed of locally quarried sandstone, these three permanent buildings at the Benicia Arsenal. The storehouses were commonly known as Camel Barns, because they were supposed to have been used... More

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highways 680 & 780, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highway...

Significance: Part of post-Spanish-American War spurt in building, this powder magazine was part of a pair (see CA-1839-1). Building #13 (Powder Magazine No. 4) was demolished for a freeway intersection. / The... More

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 2, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 2, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: This powder magazine, constructed in 1857, is almost an exact copy of the first stone magazine at the arsenal, which had been constructed the year before, and which also survives. Both are low, m... More

Benicia Arsenal, Barracks, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Barracks, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: First buildings erected when Barracks established here in 1849. Benicia Arsenal established on adjoining land, and eventually moved farther south. The Hospital (CA-1945) was part of this groupin... More

Benicia Arsenal, Shop Buildings, Tyler Street, Benicia Industrial Park, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Shop Buildings, Tyler Street, Benicia Industrial Park...

Significance: Although constructed separately in 1876, 1877, and 1884, these buildings form a nearly symmetrical composition which dominated the lower arsenal area. They contain great interior open spaces cove... More

Benicia Arsenal, Shop Buildings, Tyler Street, Benicia Industrial Park, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Shop Buildings, Tyler Street, Benicia Industrial Park...

Significance: Although constructed separately in 1876, 1877, and 1884, these buildings form a nearly symmetrical composition which dominated the lower arsenal area. They contain great interior open spaces cove... More

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highways 680 & 780, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highway...

Significance: Part of post-Spanish-American War spurt in building, this powder magazine was part of a pair (see CA-1839-1). Building #13 (Powder Magazine No. 4) was demolished for a freeway intersection. / The... More

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highways 680 & 780, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highway...

Significance: Part of post-Spanish-American War spurt in building, this powder magazine was part of a pair (see CA-1839-1). Building #13 (Powder Magazine No. 4) was demolished for a freeway intersection. / The... More

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 2, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 2, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: This powder magazine, constructed in 1857, is almost an exact copy of the first stone magazine at the arsenal, which had been constructed the year before, and which also survives. Both are low, m... More

Benicia Arsenal, Shop Buildings, Tyler Street, Benicia Industrial Park, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Shop Buildings, Tyler Street, Benicia Industrial Park...

Significance: Although constructed separately in 1876, 1877, and 1884, these buildings form a nearly symmetrical composition which dominated the lower arsenal area. They contain great interior open spaces cove... More

Benicia Arsenal, Shop Buildings, Tyler Street, Benicia Industrial Park, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Shop Buildings, Tyler Street, Benicia Industrial Park...

Significance: Although constructed separately in 1876, 1877, and 1884, these buildings form a nearly symmetrical composition which dominated the lower arsenal area. They contain great interior open spaces cove... More

Benicia Arsenal, Hospital, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Hospital, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: This building with its large, two-story ward and a fireplace at each end is somewhat typical of military hospitals in the nineteenth century. It has served at different times as a chapel and an o... More

Benicia Arsenal, Enlisted Men's Quarters, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Enlisted Men's Quarters, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: Three small structures, nearly identical. Survey number: HABS CA-1949 Building/structure dates: 1870 Initial Construction

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouse, Comandant's Lane, Benicia Industrial Park, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouse, Comandant's Lane, Benicia Industrial Park...

Significance: This building, the largest and most important of the early Benicia Arsenal structures, was erected in 1859 as a fortified storehouse. Constructed of fine rusticated sandstone ashlar, it was origi... More

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouses & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouses & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, C...

Significance: Constructed of locally quarried sandstone, these three permanent buildings at the Benicia Arsenal. The storehouses were commonly known as Camel Barns, because they were supposed to have been used... More

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highways 680 & 780, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highway...

Significance: Part of post-Spanish-American War spurt in building, this powder magazine was part of a pair (see CA-1839-1). Building #13 (Powder Magazine No. 4) was demolished for a freeway intersection. / The... More

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 2, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 2, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: This powder magazine, constructed in 1857, is almost an exact copy of the first stone magazine at the arsenal, which had been constructed the year before, and which also survives. Both are low, m... More

Benicia Arsenal, Commanding Officer's Quarters, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Commanding Officer's Quarters, Benicia, Solano County...

Significance: Fittingly one of the most gracious and elegant buildings on the arsenal grounds, the Commanding Officer's Quarters were built in 1860. Survey number: HABS CA-1843 Building/structure dates: 1860 ... More

Benicia Arsenal, Commanding Officer's Quarters, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Commanding Officer's Quarters, Benicia, Solano County...

Significance: Fittingly one of the most gracious and elegant buildings on the arsenal grounds, the Commanding Officer's Quarters were built in 1860. Survey number: HABS CA-1843 Building/structure dates: 1860 ... More

Benicia Arsenal, Shop Buildings, Tyler Street, Benicia Industrial Park, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Shop Buildings, Tyler Street, Benicia Industrial Park...

Significance: Although constructed separately in 1876, 1877, and 1884, these buildings form a nearly symmetrical composition which dominated the lower arsenal area. They contain great interior open spaces cove... More

Benicia Arsenal, Enlisted Men's Quarters, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Enlisted Men's Quarters, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: Three small structures, nearly identical. Survey number: HABS CA-1949 Building/structure dates: 1870 Initial Construction

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouse, Comandant's Lane, Benicia Industrial Park, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouse, Comandant's Lane, Benicia Industrial Park...

Significance: This building, the largest and most important of the early Benicia Arsenal structures, was erected in 1859 as a fortified storehouse. Constructed of fine rusticated sandstone ashlar, it was origi... More

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouse, Comandant's Lane, Benicia Industrial Park, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouse, Comandant's Lane, Benicia Industrial Park...

Significance: This building, the largest and most important of the early Benicia Arsenal structures, was erected in 1859 as a fortified storehouse. Constructed of fine rusticated sandstone ashlar, it was origi... More

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouse, Comandant's Lane, Benicia Industrial Park, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouse, Comandant's Lane, Benicia Industrial Park...

Significance: This building, the largest and most important of the early Benicia Arsenal structures, was erected in 1859 as a fortified storehouse. Constructed of fine rusticated sandstone ashlar, it was origi... More

Benicia Arsenal, Main Gateway, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Main Gateway, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-1844 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highways 680 & 780, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highway...

Significance: Part of post-Spanish-American War spurt in building, this powder magazine was part of a pair (see CA-1839-1). Building #13 (Powder Magazine No. 4) was demolished for a freeway intersection. / The... More

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highways 680 & 780, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highway...

Significance: Part of post-Spanish-American War spurt in building, this powder magazine was part of a pair (see CA-1839-1). Building #13 (Powder Magazine No. 4) was demolished for a freeway intersection. / The... More

Benicia Arsenal, Building No. 74, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Building No. 74, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-1775 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Benicia Arsenal, Barracks, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Barracks, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: First buildings erected when Barracks established here in 1849. Benicia Arsenal established on adjoining land, and eventually moved farther south. The Hospital (CA-1945) was part of this groupin... More

Benicia Arsenal, Commanding Officer's Quarters, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Commanding Officer's Quarters, Benicia, Solano County...

Significance: Fittingly one of the most gracious and elegant buildings on the arsenal grounds, the Commanding Officer's Quarters were built in 1860. Survey number: HABS CA-1843 Building/structure dates: 1860 ... More

Benicia Arsenal, Shops Storehouse, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Shops Storehouse, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-1838 Building/structure dates: 1862 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 19t2 Demolished

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouse, Comandant's Lane, Benicia Industrial Park, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouse, Comandant's Lane, Benicia Industrial Park...

Significance: This building, the largest and most important of the early Benicia Arsenal structures, was erected in 1859 as a fortified storehouse. Constructed of fine rusticated sandstone ashlar, it was origi... More

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouse, Comandant's Lane, Benicia Industrial Park, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouse, Comandant's Lane, Benicia Industrial Park...

Significance: This building, the largest and most important of the early Benicia Arsenal structures, was erected in 1859 as a fortified storehouse. Constructed of fine rusticated sandstone ashlar, it was origi... More

Benicia Arsenal, Main Gateway, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Main Gateway, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-1844 Public domain photograph of gates, entrance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Benicia Arsenal, Guard & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Guard & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, CA

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 ... More

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouses & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouses & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, C...

Significance: Constructed of locally quarried sandstone, these three permanent buildings at the Benicia Arsenal. The storehouses were commonly known as Camel Barns, because they were supposed to have been used... More

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highways 680 & 780, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highway...

Significance: Part of post-Spanish-American War spurt in building, this powder magazine was part of a pair (see CA-1839-1). Building #13 (Powder Magazine No. 4) was demolished for a freeway intersection. / The... More

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highways 680 & 780, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highway...

Significance: Part of post-Spanish-American War spurt in building, this powder magazine was part of a pair (see CA-1839-1). Building #13 (Powder Magazine No. 4) was demolished for a freeway intersection. / The... More

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 2, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 2, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: This powder magazine, constructed in 1857, is almost an exact copy of the first stone magazine at the arsenal, which had been constructed the year before, and which also survives. Both are low, m... More

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouse, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouse, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-1978 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Benicia Arsenal, Lieutenant's Quarters, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Lieutenant's Quarters, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: The original plans for the Lieutenant's Quarters are seen in a drawing included here as HABS No. CA-1843-9. This building was not constructed strictly according to those plans. Survey number: HA... More

Benicia Arsenal, Commanding Officer's Quarters, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Commanding Officer's Quarters, Benicia, Solano County...

Significance: Fittingly one of the most gracious and elegant buildings on the arsenal grounds, the Commanding Officer's Quarters were built in 1860. Survey number: HABS CA-1843 Building/structure dates: 1860 ... More

Benicia Arsenal, Shop Buildings, Tyler Street, Benicia Industrial Park, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Shop Buildings, Tyler Street, Benicia Industrial Park...

Significance: Although constructed separately in 1876, 1877, and 1884, these buildings form a nearly symmetrical composition which dominated the lower arsenal area. They contain great interior open spaces cove... More

Benicia Arsenal, Shop Buildings, Tyler Street, Benicia Industrial Park, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Shop Buildings, Tyler Street, Benicia Industrial Park...

Significance: Although constructed separately in 1876, 1877, and 1884, these buildings form a nearly symmetrical composition which dominated the lower arsenal area. They contain great interior open spaces cove... More

Benicia Arsenal, Shop Buildings, Tyler Street, Benicia Industrial Park, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Shop Buildings, Tyler Street, Benicia Industrial Park...

Significance: Although constructed separately in 1876, 1877, and 1884, these buildings form a nearly symmetrical composition which dominated the lower arsenal area. They contain great interior open spaces cove... More

Benicia Arsenal, Hospital, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Hospital, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: This building with its large, two-story ward and a fireplace at each end is somewhat typical of military hospitals in the nineteenth century. It has served at different times as a chapel and an o... More

Benicia Arsenal, Guard & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Guard & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, CA

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 ... More

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouses & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouses & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, C...

Significance: Constructed of locally quarried sandstone, these three permanent buildings at the Benicia Arsenal. The storehouses were commonly known as Camel Barns, because they were supposed to have been used... More

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouses & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouses & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, C...

Significance: Constructed of locally quarried sandstone, these three permanent buildings at the Benicia Arsenal. The storehouses were commonly known as Camel Barns, because they were supposed to have been used... More

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highways 680 & 780, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highway...

Significance: Part of post-Spanish-American War spurt in building, this powder magazine was part of a pair (see CA-1839-1). Building #13 (Powder Magazine No. 4) was demolished for a freeway intersection. / The... More

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highways 680 & 780, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highway...

Significance: Part of post-Spanish-American War spurt in building, this powder magazine was part of a pair (see CA-1839-1). Building #13 (Powder Magazine No. 4) was demolished for a freeway intersection. / The... More

Benicia Arsenal, Gun Yard, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Gun Yard, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-1842 Public domain photograph - Artillery gun, cannon, armed forces, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Benicia Arsenal, Commanding Officer's Quarters, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Commanding Officer's Quarters, Benicia, Solano County...

Significance: Fittingly one of the most gracious and elegant buildings on the arsenal grounds, the Commanding Officer's Quarters were built in 1860. Survey number: HABS CA-1843 Building/structure dates: 1860 ... More

Benicia Arsenal, Shop Buildings, Tyler Street, Benicia Industrial Park, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Shop Buildings, Tyler Street, Benicia Industrial Park...

Significance: Although constructed separately in 1876, 1877, and 1884, these buildings form a nearly symmetrical composition which dominated the lower arsenal area. They contain great interior open spaces cove... More

Benicia Arsenal, Shops Storehouse, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Shops Storehouse, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-1838 Building/structure dates: 1862 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 19t2 Demolished

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouse, Comandant's Lane, Benicia Industrial Park, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouse, Comandant's Lane, Benicia Industrial Park...

Significance: This building, the largest and most important of the early Benicia Arsenal structures, was erected in 1859 as a fortified storehouse. Constructed of fine rusticated sandstone ashlar, it was origi... More

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouse, Comandant's Lane, Benicia Industrial Park, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouse, Comandant's Lane, Benicia Industrial Park...

Significance: This building, the largest and most important of the early Benicia Arsenal structures, was erected in 1859 as a fortified storehouse. Constructed of fine rusticated sandstone ashlar, it was origi... More

Benicia Arsenal, Guard & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Guard & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, CA

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 ... More

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouses & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouses & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, C...

Significance: Constructed of locally quarried sandstone, these three permanent buildings at the Benicia Arsenal. The storehouses were commonly known as Camel Barns, because they were supposed to have been used... More

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