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Daniel Webster Harrier House: rom the Western 739 Ohio St., Vallejo. Privately Railway Museum owned. east of Suisun City to Hastings Adobe: Northeast of Stonedene in FairCollinsville. Privately owned. field, Solano County is full of USS LCS(L)(3)-102: 7th and Nimitz historic buildings and sites. streets, Mare Island. Mare Island Historic District: At least 20 Solano County Includes the old shipyard, on Mare structures are on the National Island. Federally and privately Register of Historic Places. The owned. list contained a few more, but Masonic Temple-Naval Lodge ships such as the U.S. Coast No. 87 Free and Accepted Masons: Guard Cutter Storis and the 707 Marine St., Vallejo. Old Masonic Hall: 106 W. J St., Delta King have moved on. Benicia. Privately owned. Some of the historic places, Benicia Capitol State Historic Park Samuel Martin House, or such as the Benicia state Stonedene: 293 Suisun Valley Road, capitol and the Pena Adobe Fairfield. Privately owned. near Vacaville, are open to the public. Others, such as the Samuel Peña Adobe: in Lagoon Valley/Peña Adobe Regional Park on Peña Adobe Road. Martin House – also known as Stonedene – are privately owned, Owned by Vacaville. 707-447-0518, www.penaadobe.org. Pleasants Ranch: 8212 Pleasants Valley Road, Vacaville. Privately owned but but can still be admired for their exterior architecture. available for some events. www.joyfulranch.com/index.htm. The county sites on the historic register are: Benicia Arsenal, Army Point: Interstate 680, Benicia. www.beniciahistoricalmuseum.org. Benicia Capitol State Historic Park: First Street and G Street, Benicia. Owned by state. 707-745-3385, www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=475. Benicia Cemetery: Bounded by Riverhill Drive, Riverview Terrace, Shirley Drive and Incline Place. Owned by Benicia. Benicia Southern Pacific Railroad Passenger Depot: 90 First St., Benicia. Bird and Dinkelspiel Store: 2145 Collinsville Road, Birds Landing. Privately owned. Jackson Fay Brown House: 6751 Maine Prairie Road, Dixon. Privately owned. Will H. Buck House: 301 Buck Ave., Vacaville. Privately owned. Carr House: 165 E. D St., Benicia. Privately owned. Crooks Mansion: 285 W. G St., Benicia. Privately owned. Dixon Carnegie Library: 135 E. B St., Dixon. Joseph Fischer House: 135 G St., Benicia. Owned by state. 707-745-3385.
Sacramento Northern Railway Historic District-Western Railway Museum: 5848 Highway 12. 707-374-2978, www.wrm.org. Saint Vincent’s Hill Historic District: In Vallejo bounded by Mare Island Way almost to Sonoma Boulevard and from Quincy Alley to Kissel Alley. Owned by private parties and local government. Stamboul (Whaling Bark): Foot of West 12th Street, Benicia. Owned by Benicia. Suisun Masonic Lodge No. 55: 623 Main St., Suisun City. Privately owned. Vacaville Town Hall: 620 E. Main St., Vacaville. Owned by Vacaville. Vallejo City Hall and County Building Branch: 734 Marin St., Vallejo. Owned by Vallejo. Vallejo Old City Historic District: Bounded by Sonoma Boulevard and Monterey, Carolina and York streets in Vallejo. Privately owned. Von Pfister General Store: Von Pfister Alley along waterfront between C and D streets, Benicia. Westminster Presbyterian Church and Cemetery of Tremont: 8290 Tremont Road, Dixon.www.silveyvillecemetery.com/tremont-cemetery. DS
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