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
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, Machine Shop, California Avenue, southwest...
Significance: Building 680 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 680 is significant historically and architecturally. Historically, this 1940 building was the heart of the s... More
Taluga, Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, Benicia, Solano County, CA
STORED ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Taluga is significant as an example of the T3-type tankers, which were developed with steam propulsion rather than turbo-electric drives. The ship is also significant as ... 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
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 120 East J Street, Benicia, Solano County...
Significance: St. Paul's Episcopal Church and Parish Hall constitutes a harmonious mid-nineteenth century ecclesiastical ensemble despite the varying dates of construction and extensive alterations made over th... 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, 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
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
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, Gunner's House, Maseda Road, west side nea...
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Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Quarters M2, Preston Street, south side ad...
Significance: Building M2 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Quarters M2 is important as one of three Eastlake Style homes at Mare Island: the three homes along the south side of t... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Temporary Storage, Railroad Avenue near Ei...
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Benicia State Capitol, First & G Streets, Benicia, Solano County, CA
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Benicia State Capitol, First & G Streets, Benicia, Solano County, CA
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Mare Island Naval Shipyard, First Aid Station, Railroad Avenue near 18...
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Travis Air Force Base, Nuclear Weapons Assembly Plant 3, W Street, Arm...
Significance: Building 934 is significant as a contributor to the AFSWP "Q" Area, also referred to as "Fairfield Air Force Station (AFS)," the "Air Materiel Command (AMC) West River Depot," and the "3083rd Air ... More
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
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
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Ordnance Warehouse, Blake Avenue, northeas...
Significance: Building A266 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. It is important for its role in ordnance handling and machining late during the World War II effort, as well as for i... 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, 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, 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
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
Crooks House, 285 West G Street, Benicia, Solano County, CA
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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
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
American Racer, Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, Benicia, Solano County, CA
STORED ON SITE. mchr Significance: The American Racer is a cargo ship designed to carry general, refrigerated, and liquid freight in express ocean service. Propelled by steam turbines geared to a single screw, ... 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, 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
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
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
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Printing Plant, California Avenue, northwe...
Significance: Building 65 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. It is important as an example of transitional design at Mare Island. It was not a shops building; it was designed for ... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Defense Electronics Equipment Operating Ce...
Significance: Building 505 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 505 is significant for its association with the communications facility at Mare Island, one of many non-shipy... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Defense Electronics Equipment Operating Ce...
Significance: Building 505 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 505 is significant for its association with the communications facility at Mare Island, one of many non-shipy... 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
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, 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
Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo,...
Significance: The Caquinez Bridge is a cantilever truss structure which carries three lanes of westbound Interstate-80 traffic across the Carquinez Strait. (Eastbound I-80 traffic is carried by a parallel stru... More
Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo,...
Significance: The Caquinez Bridge is a cantilever truss structure which carries three lanes of westbound Interstate-80 traffic across the Carquinez Strait. (Eastbound I-80 traffic is carried by a parallel stru... More
Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo,...
Significance: The Caquinez Bridge is a cantilever truss structure which carries three lanes of westbound Interstate-80 traffic across the Carquinez Strait. (Eastbound I-80 traffic is carried by a parallel stru... More
Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo,...
Significance: The Caquinez Bridge is a cantilever truss structure which carries three lanes of westbound Interstate-80 traffic across the Carquinez Strait. (Eastbound I-80 traffic is carried by a parallel stru... More
Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo,...
Significance: The Caquinez Bridge is a cantilever truss structure which carries three lanes of westbound Interstate-80 traffic across the Carquinez Strait. (Eastbound I-80 traffic is carried by a parallel stru... More
Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo,...
Significance: The Caquinez Bridge is a cantilever truss structure which carries three lanes of westbound Interstate-80 traffic across the Carquinez Strait. (Eastbound I-80 traffic is carried by a parallel stru... More
Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo,...
Significance: The Caquinez Bridge is a cantilever truss structure which carries three lanes of westbound Interstate-80 traffic across the Carquinez Strait. (Eastbound I-80 traffic is carried by a parallel stru... More
Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo,...
Significance: The Caquinez Bridge is a cantilever truss structure which carries three lanes of westbound Interstate-80 traffic across the Carquinez Strait. (Eastbound I-80 traffic is carried by a parallel stru... More
Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo,...
Significance: The Caquinez Bridge is a cantilever truss structure which carries three lanes of westbound Interstate-80 traffic across the Carquinez Strait. (Eastbound I-80 traffic is carried by a parallel stru... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Administrative Offices, Walnut Avenue, eas...
Significance: Building 521 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 521 is significant historically and architecturally. Historically, the building is important as the administ... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Administrative Offices, Walnut Avenue, eas...
Significance: Building 521 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 521 is significant historically and architecturally. Historically, the building is important as the administ... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Structural Shop, Near State Highway 37, Va...
Significance: Mare Island was established by Commander (later Admiral) David Glasgow Farragut as the first Naval base in California. Building No. 51 was a prime example of an industrial building constructed by... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, East of Nave Drive, Vallejo, Solano County...
Significance: The Mare Island Historic District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places for its significance under National Register criteria A, C, and D, in the areas of military history, indust... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, East of Nave Drive, Vallejo, Solano County...
Significance: The Mare Island Historic District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places for its significance under National Register criteria A, C, and D, in the areas of military history, indust... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, East of Nave Drive, Vallejo, Solano County...
Significance: The Mare Island Historic District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places for its significance under National Register criteria A, C, and D, in the areas of military history, indust... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, East of Nave Drive, Vallejo, Solano County...
Significance: The Mare Island Historic District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places for its significance under National Register criteria A, C, and D, in the areas of military history, indust... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, East of Nave Drive, Vallejo, Solano County...
Significance: The Mare Island Historic District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places for its significance under National Register criteria A, C, and D, in the areas of military history, indust... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, East of Nave Drive, Vallejo, Solano County...
Significance: The Mare Island Historic District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places for its significance under National Register criteria A, C, and D, in the areas of military history, indust... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, East of Nave Drive, Vallejo, Solano County...
Significance: The Mare Island Historic District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places for its significance under National Register criteria A, C, and D, in the areas of military history, indust... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, East of Nave Drive, Vallejo, Solano County...
Significance: The Mare Island Historic District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places for its significance under National Register criteria A, C, and D, in the areas of military history, indust... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, East of Nave Drive, Vallejo, Solano County...
Significance: The Mare Island Historic District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places for its significance under National Register criteria A, C, and D, in the areas of military history, indust... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, East of Nave Drive, Vallejo, Solano County...
Significance: The Mare Island Historic District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places for its significance under National Register criteria A, C, and D, in the areas of military history, indust... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, East of Nave Drive, Vallejo, Solano County...
Significance: The Mare Island Historic District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places for its significance under National Register criteria A, C, and D, in the areas of military history, indust... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, East of Nave Drive, Vallejo, Solano County...
Significance: The Mare Island Historic District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places for its significance under National Register criteria A, C, and D, in the areas of military history, indust... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, East of Nave Drive, Vallejo, Solano County...
Significance: The Mare Island Historic District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places for its significance under National Register criteria A, C, and D, in the areas of military history, indust... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Acid Mixing Facility, California Avenue & ...
Significance: Building 463 was built in 1932 as an acid mixing facility. It and related acid storage tanks had a significant role during World War II in supporting submarine battery repair and overhaul. This ... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Forge Shop, Railroad Avenue, southwest cor...
Significance: Building 386/388/390 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. The significance of this building is both historical and architectural. Its construction in 1922 represented ... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Forge Shop, Railroad Avenue, southwest cor...
Significance: Building 386/388/390 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. The significance of this building is both historical and architectural. Its construction in 1922 represented ... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, St. Peter's Chapel, Walnut Street & Cedar ...
Significance: Part of naval complex. / St. Peter's Chapel is significant as a key contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District, listed in the National Register of Historic Places and as a National ... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Firehouse, Vallejo, Solano County, CA
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Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Firehouse, Vallejo, Solano County, CA
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United States Dry Dock, Mare Island--from Vallejo, Solano County
The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 581. LOT subdivision subject: Solano County. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.
Straits of Carquines, from Benicia - Solano County
The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 574. LOT subdivision subject: Solano County. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.
Mare Island General view from Vallejo, Solano County
The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 579. LOT subdivision subject: Solano County. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Commandant's Office & Administration Build...
Survey number: HABS CA-1543-A National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 75002103
Benicia Arsenal, Building No. 74, Benicia, Solano County, CA
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Vallejo, California. Mail racks at the office of the FSA (Farm Securit...
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A black and white photo of a group of people. Office of War Informatio...
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A black and white photo of a group of men. Office of War Information P...
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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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A wind farm off California Rt. 12 near Rio Vista in Solano County, Cal...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Canteen & Brig, Railroad Avenue near Eight...
Significance: Building 934, built in 1943, 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, 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
USNS Comet, Suisan Bay Reserve Fleet, Benicia, Solano County, CA
STORED ON SITE. mchr Significance: USNS Comet was the first purpose-built, deep-draft, ocean-going vessel designed for roll-on/roll-off handling of vehicles and other wheeled cargoes. Survey number: HAER CA-34... 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, 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
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Rectory, 122 East J Street (moved from To...
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Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Shell House, On Railroad Avenue, northwest...
Significance: The historical significance of this building was in its function as a shell house. Building A6 was one of four shell houses that were clustered between (east of) Building A1 (magazine) and the ma... More
Pleasants Valley Road Bridge, Spanning Pleasants Creek at Pleasants Va...
Significance: The Pleasants Valley Road Bridge is a good example of early reinforced concrete bridge construction. It has a closed spandrel concrete arch, exemplifying concrete bridge construction in rural Cal... More
Winthrop Victory, Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, Benicia, Solano County, CA
STORED ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Winthrop Victory is significant as an example of the Victory class, a new class of cargo ships that entered service during World War II. These fast, long-range vessels su... 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