| California (Napa County), Calistoga — 359 — Bale Grist Mill |
| | This historic grist mill known as the “Bale Mill” was erected by Dr. E.T. Bale, Grantee Carne Human Rancho, in 1846. The mill with its surrounding land was deeded to the Native Sons of the Golden West by Mrs. W.W. Lyman. Restored through the efforts of the Native Son Parlors of Napa County. Under the leadership of past Grand President Bismark Bruck, a grandson of Dr. Bale, and by the Historic Landmarks Committee of the Native Sons of the Golden West. The restored mill was dedicated . . . — Map (db m18672) |
| California (Napa County), Calistoga — Calistoga City Hall |
| | The site of the City Hall originally held the Bedlam Opera House, named after a niece of Sam Brannan, founder of Calistoga. Burned to the ground at the turn of the Century, it was rebuilt and completed in 1902.
Originally built to house Calistoga’s volunteer fire department, the building was used concurrently as the City Hall, the Library, the Circuit Court and the hall for the town band.
The site has been in use continually as the City of Calistoga’s Legislative Office Building since . . . — Map (db m18560) |
| California (Napa County), Calistoga — 687 — Calistoga Depot |
| | Built by Sam Brannan for the Napa Valley Railroad in 1868 one year before the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad. Second oldest remaining railroad station in California. Northern terminus of the Napa Valley Railroad and its successors the Napa Valley Branches of the Central Pacific Railroad and the Southern Pacific Railroad.
Restored in 1978 by Calistoga Depot Association
Dedicated March 17, 1979
Sam Brannan Chapter No.1004
E Clampus Vitus — Map (db m18570) |
| California (Napa County), Calistoga — 685 — Calistoga Sam Brannan Center |
| | The Calistoga Sam Brannan center, including the Sharpsteen Museum and the Sam Brannan Cottage, is dedicated to Calistoga’s early pioneers.
The complex, named for Sam Brannan, Calistoga’s original entrepreneur, will preserve and perpetuate the rich heritage of this area for future generations.
Dedicated August 19, 1978
Sam Brannan Chapter No.1004
E Clampus Vitus — Map (db m18587) |
| California (Napa County), Calistoga — Dr. Edward Turner Bale |
| | Edward Bale sailed from England to California in the 1830s and settled in Monterey where he was named surgeon-in chief of the Mexican Army by General Mariano Vallejo. In 1839 he married Vallejo’s niece, Maria Soberanes, and in 1841 was granted a large rancho in the upper Napa Valley. Cattle were raised for hides and tallow and wheat was planted along the river in this valley. Bale constructed a gristmill at his site to process the locally grown grain. He also built a sawmill on his rancho where . . . — Map (db m18635) |
| California (Napa County), Calistoga — 82002211 — Mount View Hotel |
| |
This Property
MOUNT VIEW HOTEL
Has been placed on the
NATIONAL REGISTER
OF HISTORICAL PLACES
By the United States
Department of the Interior — Map (db m18598) |
| California (Napa County), Calistoga — 561 — Schramsberg |
| | Founded in 1862 by Jacob Schram. This was the first hillside winery of the Napa Valley. Robert Louis Stevenson, visiting here in 1880, devoted a chapter of his “Silverado Squatters” to Schramsberg and its wines. Ambrose Bierce and Lilly Hitchcock Coit were other cherished friends. The original house and winery have been excellently preserved.
REGISTERED HISTORIC LANDMARK NO.561
Plaque placed by California States Park Commission in<
Cooperation with the Napa Valley Historical . . . — Map (db m18620) |
| California (Napa County), Napa — Embarcadero de Napa |
| | Near this site was located the Embarcadero de Napa. While the exact date of establishment is unknown, it is recorded that Captain John Sutter sent his schooner Sacramento here in 1844 to get lime from Nicholas Higuerra, the first nonnative citizen of Napa City. Aboard the schooner were Joseph B. Chiles and other members of his party who had left Westport, Missouri in 1843 to come to the Napa Valley. This served as the terminal for passengers and freight well into the 20th Century. . . . — Map (db m25754) |
| California (Napa County), Napa — 878 — First Presbyterian Church Building |
| | Designed by pioneer architects R.H. Daly and Theodore Eisen, this church is an outstanding example of late Victorian Gothic architectural styling. It is the best surviving example in this region of early works associated with Eisen, who later became an important Southern California architect. The First Presbyterian Church has been in continuous use since its construction in 1874. Longest early Pastorates are Richard Wylie and Erwin Bollinger.
California Registered Historical Landmark No. 878 . . . — Map (db m18781) |
| California (Napa County), Napa — Lisbon Winery 1882 |
| | Last surviving native-stone winery in Napa. Built and operated by Joseph Mathews (Mateus), a native of Portugal, this winery produced a variety of wines including prize-winning sherry. Mathews was a pioneer in the exportation of fine Napa wines to Europe.
Dedicated April 9, 1978 by the Native Sons of the Golden West, Donald E. Madsen - Grand President — Map (db m16731) |
| California (Napa County), Napa — Napa Courthouse Flag Staff |
| | First constructed 1892-3.
Restored under volunteer leadership of Solano-Napa Builders Exchange through contributions and skilled labor of these citizens and organizations of Napa County.
Dedicated April 13, 1985
By the
Native Sons of the Golden West
William Bundesen, Grand President — Map (db m16404) |
| California (Napa County), Napa — Pfeiffer Building |
| | First stone and oldest surviving commercial building in Napa. Built by Philip Pfeiffer as brewery 1875. Other uses included "Stone Saloon" and Sam Kee Laundry (1920's-1970's). Italianate front represents a much earlier style of wooden construction now vanished from Napa.
Dedicated April 25, 1982
Native Sons of the Golden West
Larry E. Mowinckel, Grand President — Map (db m16416) |
| California (Napa County), Napa — Semorile Building — 1884-1988 |
| | Built by Bartolomeo Semorile and designed by Napa architect Luther M. Turton as an outstanding example of Victorian commercial architecture.
The Semorile family came to Napa in 1869 and started their grocery business just east of this site. Early in 1889 they established a new store and residence in this building, remaining until their retirement in 1924.
Plaque placed by
Sam Brannan Chapter No. 1004 of
E Clampus Vitus, July 28, 1984 — Map (db m16477) |
| California (Napa County), Napa — Winship Building 1888 |
| | When E.A. Winship arrived from Minneapolis in 1887, it became clear that he was a gentleman and that he had money to invest. In March 1888, he purchased this site for $15,000 and announced plans for a brick building. This building, designed by Luther M. Turton, is one of the most notable of its time. In quality of design and location in the heart of town, it recalls the excitement of the time and the promise that it held.
Dedicated by
Sam Brannan Chapter No. 1004
E Clampus Vitus, March . . . — Map (db m16605) |
| California (Napa County), St. Helena — 814 — Beringer Brothers Winery |
| | Built by Frederick and Jacob Beringer, natives of Mainz, Germany. This winery has the unique distinction of never having ceased operations since its founding in 1876. Here, in the European tradition, were dug underground wine tunnels hundreds of feet in length. These maintain a constant temperature of 58 degrees. A factor considered necessary in the maturing and aging of fine wines.
California Registered Historical Landmark No.814
Plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation . . . — Map (db m18734) |
| California (Napa County), St. Helena — Cesare Mondavi 1883 – 1959 |
| | Cesare Mondavi, an Italian immigrant, settled first in Minnesota in 1908. After a brief career in the iron mines, he opened a saloon. In 1922 he moved his family to California’s Central Valley, where he became an independent fruit shipper, sending wine grapes to his former saloon customers, Italian-born wine makers. In 1943 he purchased Charles Krug Winery for $75,000. He and his sons, Peter and Robert parted ways, with Peter remaining at Charles Krug. Today, Peter and his sons, Marc and Peter, . . . — Map (db m18701) |
| California (Napa County), St. Helena — Charles Krug 1825 - 1892 |
| | Charles Krug, a Prussian immigrant with controversial political beliefs for which he was briefly jailed, finally arrived in San Francisco in 1852. He likely came with no grape-growing or winemaking experience, but his insight, thirst, and inherent understanding that premium wines are made from European grape varieties inspired him to take the lead in advances in winemaking. Innovations such as using a cider press to efficiently crush the grapes, planting insect-resistant rootstock, and . . . — Map (db m18696) |
| California (Napa County), St. Helena — 563 — Charles Krug Winery |
| | Founded in 1861 by Charles Krug (1825 – 1892). This is the oldest operating winery in Napa Valley. The pioneer wine maker of this world famous wine region, Krug made the first commercial wine in Napa County in 1858, at Napa.
REGISTERED HISTORICAL LANDMARK NO. 563
Plaque placed by California State Parks Commission in cooperation with the California Historical Society and Napa County Historical Society
October 5, 1957 — Map (db m18693) |
| California (Napa County), St. Helena — Hudson House |
| | The Hudson House, constructed in 1852, was residence of David Hudson, a California pioneer involved in the Bear Flag Revolt. That revolt is credited with the design of the California State Flag and established California as a republic.
In 1883, the Hudson House was rolled on redwood logs from the current site of the Rhine House and remodeled as a residence for Jacob L. Beringer, founding partner of Beringer Brothers Winery.
The Hudson House was remodeled in 1989 to become the Beringer . . . — Map (db m18702) |
| California (Napa County), St. Helena — Larkmead Winery / Kornell Cellars |
| | Felix Salmina arrived from Switzerland in the 1860’s and in 1892 purchased this winery that had been established in 1884 by Lillian Hitchcock Coit. Felix converted the winery into a larger facility using stone quarried from nearby hills and expanded the vineyards. Initially grapes sold for $5.00 per ton and wine for 5 cents a gallon. After prohibition, Larkmead developed a reputation as “one of the outstanding wine processing plants” in the Napa Valley. It was here that Hans Kornell . . . — Map (db m18601) |
| California (Napa County), Yountville — Good Indian Go Big Hill — Bad Indian Go Bad Place |
| | Interred in this spot are the ashes of the Wappo village Kaymus (Caymus) Indian Tribe, who in the American Period were known as the George C. Yount Indians. This tribe cremated their dead and all their articles, usually on a pyre or in a sweat house. A portion of the carefully preserved ashes were mixed with pitch and daubed on the faces and bodies of the mourners.
Erected by the Yountville Cemetery Association
Donated by Glenn Browne
September 2, 2000 — Map (db m16578) |
| California (Napa County), Yountville — 693 — Grave of George C. Yount |
| | George Calvert Yount (1794-1865) was the first United States citizen to be ceded a Spanish land grant in Napa Valley (1836). Skilled hunter, frontiersman, craftsman and farmer, he was the true embodiment of all the finest qualities of an advancing civilization blending with the existing primitive culture. Friend to all, this kindly host of Caymus Rancho, encouraged sturdy American pioneers to establish ranches in this area, which was well populated before the Gold Rush.
CALIFORNIA REGISTERED . . . — Map (db m18632) |
| California (Napa County), Yountville — 564 — Site of Yount’s Blockhouse |
| | In this vicinity stood the log blockhouse constructed in 1836 by George Calvert Yount, pioneer settler in Napa County. Nearby was his adobe house in 1837. And across the bridge his grist and saw mills, erected before 1845. Born in North Carolina in 1794, Yount was a trapper, rancher, and miller, and grantee of the Ranchos Caymus and LaJota. He died at Yountville in 1865.
CALIFORNIA REGISTERED HISTORICAL LANDMARK No.564
Plaque placed by the California State Park Commission in cooperation with . . . — Map (db m18737) |
| California (Napa County), Yountville — 828 — Veterans Home of California |
| | Established in 1884 by Mexican War Veterans and members of the Grand Army of the Republic who recognized the need for a home for California’s aged and disabled veterans. In January 1897 the Veterans Home Association deeded the home and its 910 acres of land to the State of California which has maintained it since that date.
California Registered Historical Landmark No.828
Plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with the State Department of Veterans . . . — Map (db m18743) |
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