Mare Island in Vallejo in Solano County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Officers' Houses

Photographed by Joseph Alvarado, February 25, 2023

1. Officers' Houses Marker

Inscription. Construction of brick houses started July 1855. Comdt’s house completed April 1856. Damaged by earthquake March 30, 1898. Rebuilt 1900.

Plaque presented by Mare Island Employees’ Relief Association Sept. 1954

Erected 1954 by Mare Island Employees’ Relief Association.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Disasters. A significant historical year for this entry is 1855.

Location. 38° 5.864′ N, 122° 16.312′ W. Marker is in Vallejo, California, in Solano County. It is on Mare Island. It is on Walnut Avenue south of 8th Street, on the right when traveling east. The plaque is mounted in the walkway leading from the sidewalk to Quarters A, The Admiral's Mansion. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1065 Walnut Avenue, Vallejo CA 94592, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in California’s San Francisco Bay Area,

in Sacramento Valley,

and specifically in the Central Valley.

It is also on the American Pacific Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Pillar of the Future Built by the Pillars of the Past (within shouting distance of this marker); H.B.M. Centurian Anchor (within shouting distance of this marker); A Large Carved Eagle (Wood) (within shouting distance of this marker); German Marder and Torpedo (within shouting distance of this marker); Farragut Plaza (about 300 feet away,

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measured in a direct line); Mare Island Navy Yard Work Bell (about 300 feet away); Breech Loading Cannon (about 300 feet away); Fourth Marine Division Memorial (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Vallejo.

Photographed by Joseph Alvarado, February 25, 2023

2. Officers' Houses Marker

Quarters A, The Admiral's Mansion image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Joseph Alvarado, February 25, 2023

3. Quarters A, The Admiral's Mansion

Credits. This page was last revised on March 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 7, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California. This page has been viewed 565 times since then and 54 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 7, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California.