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
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
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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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
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
Travis Air Force Base, Building No. 925, W Street, Fairfield, Solano C...
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Travis Air Force Base, Building No. 925, W Street, Fairfield, Solano C...
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Travis Air Force Base, Building No. 925, W Street, Fairfield, Solano C...
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Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Magazine, Corbett Road, southwest end of ...
Significance: This magazine structure (Building No. A-210), built in 1942, is considered significant for its association with United States (U.S.) Naval history and the Mare Island Naval Shipyard (MINSY), the f... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Quarters A58, Maseda Road, near terminus s...
Significance: Building A58 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building A58 is important to Mare Island in two respects: as an example of the long-standing tradition of the Navy bui... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Magazine, Tyler Road south of golf course,...
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Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Quarters M1, Preston Street, south side ad...
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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, Smithery, California Avenue, west side at ...
Significance: Part of naval complex. Buiding 46 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 46 is arguably the most important building at Mare Island and is a candidate for the sho... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, No. 70 Iron Platers, California Avenue, we...
Significance: Building 52 is a contributing element of the Mare Island District. Building 52 is a part of a key group of very early brick shops buildings in the shipyard at Mare Island which together comprise ... 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, Bag Charge & Filling House, Blake Avenue n...
Significance: In 1933, this large two-story building was constructed along the waterfront in the Naval Ammunition Depot as a bag charge and filling house. The first floor was divided into three sections (a pri... 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, 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, Magazine No. 2, Railroad Avenue, west side...
Significance: Building A20 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building A20 is a key element of the Ammunition Depot area of Mare Island. It represents a second generation of magaz... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Bandstand, Eighth Street, south side betwe...
Significance: Building 56 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 56 is significant as the key ceremonial facility at Mare Island, as the centerpiece of the landscape at Alden ... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Bandstand, Eighth Street, south side betwe...
Significance: Building 56 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 56 is significant as the key ceremonial facility at Mare Island, as the centerpiece of the landscape at Alden ... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Bandstand, Eighth Street, south side betwe...
Significance: Building 56 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 56 is significant as the key ceremonial facility at Mare Island, as the centerpiece of the landscape at Alden ... 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, Quarters E, Walnut Avenue, west side betwe...
Significance: Building E is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building E (Quarters E) is highly significant as an element of "Captains' Row" at Mare Island, a group of 12 homes built... 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
Travis Air Force Base, Base Spares Warehouse No. 1, Dixon Avenue & W S...
Significance: Building 904 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 D... More
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
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Administrative Offices & Cafeteria, Twelft...
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Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Administrative Offices & Cafeteria, Twelft...
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Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Administrative Offices & Cafeteria, Twelft...
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Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Coal Sheds, Waterfront Avenue, northwest c...
Significance: Buildings 141-153 are contributing elements of the Mare Island Historic District. The building numbers, 141-153, apply to a series of large coal sheds, located along the waterfront near the north... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Coal Sheds, Waterfront Avenue, northwest c...
Significance: Buildings 141-153 are contributing elements of the Mare Island Historic District. The building numbers, 141-153, apply to a series of large coal sheds, located along the waterfront near the north... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Coal Sheds, Waterfront Avenue, northwest c...
Significance: Buildings 141-153 are contributing elements of the Mare Island Historic District. The building numbers, 141-153, apply to a series of large coal sheds, located along the waterfront near the north... 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, 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, 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, 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
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
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
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
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
Travis Air Force Base, B-36 Hangar, Between Woodskill Avenue & Ellis, ...
Significance: Building 810 is significant as an excellent example of a double-cantilever, medium bomber hangar used for maintenance of the B-36. It was one of the first such double-bay bomber hangars erected n... More
Benicia Arsenal, Duplex Officer's Quarters, Benicia, Solano County, CA
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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, 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, Quarters U, Cedar Avenue, west side betwee...
Significance: Building U is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building U (Quarters U) is important as the last of the Colonial Revival officers' quarters to be built along Cedar and ... 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
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
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...
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
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Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Sentry Houses, Railroad Avenue near Eighte...
Significance: Buildings A272 & A279, built in 1942, 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 ... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Sentry Houses, Railroad Avenue near Eighte...
Significance: Buildings A272 & A279, built in 1942, 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 ... 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, 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, 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
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Finger Piers 22 & 23, Railroad Avenue near...
Significance: Finger Piers 22 & 23, completed in 1942, are considered significant for their association with U.S. Naval history and the Mare Island Naval Shipyard (MINSY), the first naval installation on the we... 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
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
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, 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
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, 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, 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
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, 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, 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