Semple Von Pfister Store, D Street vicinity, Benicia, Solano County, C...
Significance: One of the first structures built in Benicia, this building is reputed to have been built by Benjamin MacDonald for Robert Semple, who soon rented it to Captain E.H. von Pfister for use as a store... More
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
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
Vallejo, California. Workman at Mare Island shipbuilding yards in his ...
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Vallejo, California. FSA (Farm Security Administration) defense housin...
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Vallejo, California. FSA (Farm Security Administration) defense housin...
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Vallejo, California. FSA (Farm Security Administration) defense housin...
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Vallejo, California. FSA (Farm Security Administration) defense housin...
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Detail of construction on second floor of FSA (Farm Security Administr...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Boiler Shop, Waterfront Avenue, west side ...
Significance: Building 89/91 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 89/91 is significant historically and architecturally. Historically, it is important as one of the oldest ... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Quarters I-T, Cedar Avenue, west side betw...
Significance: Building I-T is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building I-T (Quarters I-T) is highly significant architecturally as a somewhat unusual expression of the Colonial Rev... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Quarters I-T, Cedar Avenue, west side betw...
Significance: Building I-T is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building I-T (Quarters I-T) is highly significant architecturally as a somewhat unusual expression of the Colonial Rev... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Quarters I-T, Cedar Avenue, west side betw...
Significance: Building I-T is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building I-T (Quarters I-T) is highly significant architecturally as a somewhat unusual expression of the Colonial Rev... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Mechanics Shop, Waterfront Avenue, west si...
Significance: Building 271 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 271 is highly significant as the earliest of the "curtain-wall" industrial buildings at Mare Island, a distin... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Magazine, Blake Avenue north of Building A...
Significance: Building A130 is of fine quality materials and design. Its form and style in relation to the period of construction and to the means of transportation (trains) for which it functioned, is equival... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Quarters M, Walnut Avenue, west side betwe...
Significance: Building M is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building M (Quarters M) is highly significant as an element of "Captains' Row" at Mare Island, a group of 12 homes built... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Quarters M, Walnut Avenue, west side betwe...
Significance: Building M is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building M (Quarters M) is highly significant as an element of "Captains' Row" at Mare Island, a group of 12 homes built... More
City of Benicia, General Views, Benicia, Solano County, CA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-142 Survey number: HABS CA-2079
City of Benicia, General Views, Benicia, Solano County, CA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-142 Survey number: HABS CA-2079
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Central Power Plant, California Avenue, no...
Significance: Building 121 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 121, the 1918 central power plant for Mare Island, is highly significant both for its function within the shi... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Drydock No. 2, California Avenue, east sid...
Significance: Building DD2, commonly called Dry Dock 2, is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Its significance relates chiefly to its historic role in the ship repair and construction... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Drydock No. 2, California Avenue, east sid...
Significance: Building DD2, commonly called Dry Dock 2, is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Its significance relates chiefly to its historic role in the ship repair and construction... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Quarters A-A, Walnut Avenue behind Quarter...
Significance: Building A-A is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building A-A is a minor contributor to the historical setting for the "Captains' Row" residential complex along Walnut... More
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
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, South Fire Station, Railroad Avenue near E...
Significance: Building 726, built in 1941, is considered significant for its association with U.S. Naval history and the Mare Island Shipyard (MINSY), the first naval installation on the west coast. Portions of... More
Travis Air Force Base, Building No. 925, W Street, Fairfield, Solano C...
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Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Transportation Building & Gas Station, Thi...
Significance: Building 231 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. It is significant chiefly for its direct association with the rail system at Mare Island. The 1918 building was used ... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Quarters M1, Preston Street, south side ad...
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Pena Adobe, Pena Adobe Road, Vacaville, Solano County, CA
Significance: The adobe structure is the oldest building in Solano County. Built on the Rancho Lost Putos, a 10-square-league tract granted to Manuel Cabeza de Vaca and Juan Felipe Pena in 1843. The city of V... More
Riddell Fish House, 245 West K Street, Benicia, Solano County, CA
Significance: This house was one of the most sumptuous nineteenth-century Benicia residences. Both the shingled exterior and the rich interior spaces are virtually intact. Survey number: HABS CA-2082 Buildin... More
Riddell Fish House, 245 West K Street, Benicia, Solano County, CA
Significance: This house was one of the most sumptuous nineteenth-century Benicia residences. Both the shingled exterior and the rich interior spaces are virtually intact. Survey number: HABS CA-2082 Buildin... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Quarters A44, Maseda Road, cul-de-sac east...
Significance: Building A44 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. It is important as an element of a small cluster of historic homes, built on the bluff overlooking the Ammunition Depo... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Explosive "D" Loading Plant, Railroad Aven...
Significance: Built in 1939, Building A187 is one of two remaining World War II-era projectile loading plants. The high explosive material known as Explosive "D" (Ammonium Picrate) would be received from Build... More
Bolster, Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, Benicia, Solano County, CA
STORED ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Bolster was the first ship in a class of six salvage vessels built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. The Bolster performed numerous salvage operations during its car... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Supply Building, Walnut Avenue, southeast ...
Significance: Building 253 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 253 is significant chiefly as a a good representation of the supply buildings that were constructed at Mare I... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Supply Building, Walnut Avenue, southeast ...
Significance: Building 253 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 253 is significant chiefly as a a good representation of the supply buildings that were constructed at Mare I... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Supply Building, Walnut Avenue, southeast ...
Significance: Building 253 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 253 is significant chiefly as a a good representation of the supply buildings that were constructed at Mare I... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, WAVES Officers Quarters, Cedar Avenue, wes...
Significance: Building 733 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 733 is significant for its association with the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service, or WAVES. In... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Magazine, California Avenue north of Fourt...
Significance: Damage and destruction of many buildings in a 1917 explosion in a black powder magazine resulted in the rather hasty erection of new magazine buildings, of which, A72, A75, A76, and A80 are still ... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Bachelor Enlisted Quarters & Offices, Waln...
Significance: Building 459 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 459 is significant as an example of the Mission Revival style, used in most construction at Mare Island durin... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Sail Loft, Near State Highway No. 37, Vall...
Significance: Mare Island was established by Commander (later Admiral) David Glasgow Farragut as the first Naval base in California. Building No. 55 was a prime example of an industrial building constructed by... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Boat Shop, California Avenue, west side be...
Significance: Building 106 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 106 is significant historically and architecturally. Historically, the large (300' x 100') shop was an impor... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Ordnance Storehouse, Third Street, north s...
Significance: Building 77 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. It is significant as one of the least modified of the brick Classical Revival shops that were built in great numbers in... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Ordnance Storehouse, Third Street, north s...
Significance: Building 77 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. It is significant as one of the least modified of the brick Classical Revival shops that were built in great numbers in... More
General Edwin D. Patrick, Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, Benicia, Solano Co...
STORED ON SITE. mchr Significance: The General Edwin D. Patrick is the sole remaining ship afloat in the Admiral class and remains notable for its longevity as a troopship participating in World War II as the A... More
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...
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...
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
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Quarters 29, Walnut Avenue, west side betw...
Significance: Building 29 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Quarters 29 is significant as an element of a small row of residences that exists along Walnut Avenue to the north of C... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Quarters 29, Walnut Avenue, west side betw...
Significance: Building 29 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Quarters 29 is significant as an element of a small row of residences that exists along Walnut Avenue to the north of C... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Oil House, California Avenue north of Four...
Significance: Originally built in 1898, the Oil House, Building 73, was constructed to store barrels of oil. The barrels were stacked on barrel racks four high and five and six barrels deep. The building was ... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Oil House, California Avenue north of Four...
Significance: Originally built in 1898, the Oil House, Building 73, was constructed to store barrels of oil. The barrels were stacked on barrel racks four high and five and six barrels deep. The building was ... More
Travis Air Force Base, Readiness Maintenance Hangar, W Street, Air Def...
Significance: The ADC Readiness Area at Travis Air Force Base (AFB) offers an extremely coherent cluster of buildings and structures. It occupies a segregated site on the base and is easily recognized as a rea... More
Travis Air Force Base, Readiness Maintenance Hangar, W Street, Air Def...
Significance: The ADC Readiness Area at Travis Air Force Base (AFB) offers an extremely coherent cluster of buildings and structures. It occupies a segregated site on the base and is easily recognized as a rea... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Administrative Offices & Cafeteria, Twelft...
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Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Marine Barracks, Cedar Avenue, west side b...
Significance: Building M37 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. It is the focal point of the Marine Corps compound at Mare Island and is among the most impressive buildings anywhere ... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Marine Barracks, Cedar Avenue, west side b...
Significance: Building M37 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. It is the focal point of the Marine Corps compound at Mare Island and is among the most impressive buildings anywhere ... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Equipment & Recruitment Storehouse, Waterf...
Significance: Building 69 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. The building is important chiefly as an example of the continuing commitment by the Navy to high-quality design and con... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Equipment & Recruitment Storehouse, Waterf...
Significance: Building 69 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. The building is important chiefly as an example of the continuing commitment by the Navy to high-quality design and con... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Equipment & Recruitment Storehouse, Waterf...
Significance: Building 69 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. The building is important chiefly as an example of the continuing commitment by the Navy to high-quality design and con... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Equipment & Recruitment Storehouse, Waterf...
Significance: Building 69 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. The building is important chiefly as an example of the continuing commitment by the Navy to high-quality design and con... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Commandant's Quarters, Walnut Avenue, west...
Significance: Building A is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building A (Quarters A) is highly significant as the key element of Captains' Row at Mare Island, a group of 12 homes bu... More
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
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Hospital Headquarters, Johnson Lane, west ...
Significance: Building H1 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. The building is an excellent example of Beaux Arts classicism, favored in its time for prominent public buildings such ... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Hospital Headquarters, Johnson Lane, west ...
Significance: Building H1 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. The building is an excellent example of Beaux Arts classicism, favored in its time for prominent public buildings such ... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Electrical Distribution Centers, Railroad ...
Significance: Buildings 734 & 736, built in 1941, are considered significant for their association with U.S. Naval history and the Mare Island Naval Shipyard (MINSY), the first naval installation on the west co... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Welding School, South of Thirteenth Street...
Significance: This building is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District, having good historical integrity with approximately 90% of the original building existing. It is a large rectangular ... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Guard House & Barracks, Railroad Avenue ne...
Significance: Building 930, built in 1941, is considered significant for its association with U.S. Naval history and the Mare Island Naval Shipyard (MINSY), the first naval installation on the west coast. Porti... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Pattern Shop, Near State Highway 37, Valle...
Significance: Mare Island was established by Commander (later Admiral) David Glasgow Farragut as the first Naval base in California. Building No. 53 was a prime example of an industrial building constructed by... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Quarters A42, Maseda Road, cul-de-sac east...
Significance: Building A42 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building A42 is important to Mare Island in two respects: as an example of the long-standing tradition of the Navy in ... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Stables, Cedar Avenue, east side Cedar Ave...
Significance: Building 88 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. It is significant architecturally and as a visual indicator of the antiquity of this naval station. Building 88 is an ... More
Frisbie-Walsh House, 235 East L Street, Benicia, Solano County, CA
Significance: This Gothic Revival style cottage is the earliest and probably the most important house in Benicia. Built shortly before 1850 by John Frisbie, General Vallejo's son-in-law, it was soon to Captain... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Hospital Ward, Johnson Lane, west side at ...
Significance: Building H70 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. It is significant historically for its association with the major upgrade of the Mare Island Naval Hospital during the... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Quarters 1-2, Cedar Avenue, southeast corn...
Significance: Building 1-2 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Ten officers' duplexes were built along Cedar Avenue during World War II, of which Quarters 1-2 is a typical example. ... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Quarters 1-2, Cedar Avenue, southeast corn...
Significance: Building 1-2 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Ten officers' duplexes were built along Cedar Avenue during World War II, of which Quarters 1-2 is a typical example. ... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Shell House No. 1, Railroad Avenue, west s...
Significance: Building A3 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building A3 is important as the best example of the various brick magazines that were built in the Ammunition Depot Are... More
Travis Air Force Base, North of California State Highway 12, Fairfield...
Significance: Various uses, including aircraft maintenance, support, nuclear weapons production and storage Survey number: HABS CA-2669 Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction
St. Dominic's Catholic Church, 475 East I Street, Benicia, Solano Coun...
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Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Battery Test Office & Storage Facility, Ca...
Significance: Building 463A had a supporting role in the overhaul and repair of ship and submarine batteries during World War II. Survey number: HABS CA-1543-H Building/structure dates: 1937 Initial Construct... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Chemical Cleaning Facility, North of Fourt...
Significance: Constructed originally as a facility for the cleaning of battle damaged machinery and equipment off of Navy ships and submarines, it played a role in the last year of World War II in Mare Island's... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Quarters E Garage, Walnut Avenue behind Qu...
Significance: Building E-C is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building E-C is a minor contributor to the historical setting for the "Captains' Row" residential complex along Walnut... More
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, 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, 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
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Machine Shop, Waterfront Avenue, west side...
Significance: Building 87 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 87 is important as the second oldest shop building remaining at Mare Island; it was built in 1858, just two ye... More
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 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
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Quarters A43, Maseda Road, cul-de-sac east...
Significance: Building A43 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. It is important as an element of a small tract of historic homes that was built on a bluff overlooking the Ammunition ... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Quarters A43, Maseda Road, cul-de-sac east...
Significance: Building A43 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. It is important as an element of a small tract of historic homes that was built on a bluff overlooking the Ammunition ... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Quarters P, Walnut Avenue, northwest corne...
Significance: Building P is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building P (Quarters P) is significant as an element of a small row of residences that exists along Walnut Avenue to the... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Pump House, California Avenue, east side b...
Significance: Building 110 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Built in 1903, this small octagonal pumphouse served both Dry Dock 1, which was completed in 1891 and Dry Dock 2, cons... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Pump House, California Avenue, east side b...
Significance: Building 110 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Built in 1903, this small octagonal pumphouse served both Dry Dock 1, which was completed in 1891 and Dry Dock 2, cons... More
Carr House, 165 East D Street, Benicia, Solano County, CA
Significance: The Carr House, one of the few masonry buildings in Benicia, was probably constructed in the 1870s. The brick shell is a sober vernacular structure. Much of the trim, including the barge boards,... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Quarters E Storage Shed, Walnut Avenue beh...
Significance: Building E-D is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building E-D is a minor contributor to the historical setting for the "Captains' Row" residential complex along Walnut... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Quarters G, Walnut Avenue, west side betwe...
Significance: Building G is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building G (Quarters G) is a minor element of the row of officers' quarters on the west side of Walnut Avenue, illustrat... More
Fairfield City Hall, 1000 Webster Street, Fairfield, Solano County, CA
Significance: The Fairfield City Hall is one of six buildings in the 33 acre Fairfield Civic Center designed by Robert W. Hawley, Architect. The architect was selected through a design competition under rules ... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Hospital Wards, Cedar Avenue, eat side bet...
Significance: Building H72 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. It is one of two "bookend" additions to the main hospital building (Building H1); the other is Building H80. Together... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Hospital Wards, Cedar Avenue, eat side bet...
Significance: Building H72 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. It is one of two "bookend" additions to the main hospital building (Building H1); the other is Building H80. Together... More
Masonic Temple, 110 West J Street, Benicia, Solano County, CA
Significance: The Masonic Temple is the first hall built by the Masons in California. The building may have been remodeled early in its history but has remained largely unchanged since the 1890s. Survey numbe... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Drydock No. 1, California Avenue, east sid...
Significance: Building DD1 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building DD1 (Dry Dock 1) is arguably the most important single structure at Mare Island, whether considered from the ... More