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Photographer: Andrew Ruppenstein
Taken: March 12, 2011
Caption: Commandant's Home, circa 2011
Additional Description: "Historic Commanding Officer's Quarters (Previously known as the Commodant's Residence - Arsenal Building No. 28): Built in 1860 by Col. Julian McAllister, the two-story, 8883 sq.ft., 20-room Greek Revival mansion was used as a residence for the commander of the Benicia Arsenal, as well as the former home of poet Stephen Vicent Benet, whose father commanded the post from 1905 to 1911. The interior has intricate inlaid parquet flooring and elegant scrollwork and woodwork. The building, located at One Commandant's Lane, is listed on the National Register of Historical Buildings and is now owned by the City of Benicia. It was once leased as a restaurant, which later closed in 1979 after a kitchen fire. Closed for over 20 years, funds were raised for much-needed renovations and were completed in 2009,..." - from the Benicia Chamber of Commerce's history of Benicia.
Submitted: March 13, 2011, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p146961
File Size: 1.326 Megabytes

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