The 1905 Comstock House is undergoing a restoration. This house was designed by local architect Brainerd Jones, who also created most of the buildings in Petaluma's historic core as well as the nearby Belvedere.
Jones included may whimsical . . . — — Map (db m102519) HM
This site of old Fremont School was deeded to the
City in 1924 by the Santa Rosa School District
and
developed through the generosity of clubs and
citizens in memoriam to pioneer Santa Rosans. — — Map (db m316444) HM
This was the site of Rancho Los Guilucos (18,833 acres), granted in 1839 by Governor Juan Bautista Alvarado to John Wilson and his wife, Ramona Carrillo, sister-in-law of General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo. The house, constructed in 1858 by William . . . — — Map (db m80730) HM
Isaac De Turk came to Santa Rosa from Indiana in 1858. The son of a viticulturist, he was one of the first to appreciate the favorable conditions for growing wine grapes in this area and in 1862 established Belle Mount Vineyards at the foot of . . . — — Map (db m55049) HM
Brothers William H. Lee (born 1854) and Charles E. Lee (born 1856) came to California from Michigan and by the 1880’s had established a successful warehousing and drayage business. The earthquake of 1906, which caused greater damage to Santa Rosa . . . — — Map (db m54780) HM
Luther Burbank was born in Massachusetts on March 7, 1849 and arrived in Santa Rosa in October 1875. In 1884 he purchased four acres surrounding this site as a place for horticultural experiments. Here he lived and worked until his death on April . . . — — Map (db m12590) HM
In This Garden 1881 - 1926 Luther Burbank wrought with living plants to bring the world greater fertility, wealth and beauty developing new varieties which produced better fruits and more beautiful flowers. — — Map (db m159543) HM
The McDonald Mansion, originally called "Mableton", was built in 1879 as a summer home for the McDonald Family, whose primary residence was in San Francisco. The family chose the name "Mableton" in homage to the Mississippi family home of . . . — — Map (db m270223) HM
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
December 29, 1994
Designed by architects Charles Caulkins and Hertzka & Knowles in the Streamlined
Moderne variation of the Art Deco style. Rosenberg’s department store . . . — — Map (db m316425) HM
Completed in 1910 at 401 Fifth Street
Designed by James Knox Taylor, FAIA
Moved to this site in 1979
Preservation Architect, Dan Peterson, AIA
Listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the United Staes Department of the . . . — — Map (db m102518) HM
Established in 1854 with the burial of Thompson Mize on Oliver Beaulieu’s property, this cemetery holds the remains of over 5000 citizens hailing from all parts of the United States and various foreign countries. Graves include famous Sonoma County . . . — — Map (db m54767) HM
Recognizing our "Lost" Veterans
U.S. military veterans buried in unknown
locations within the Rural Cemetery
Seminole War
Charles W. Langdon
Mexican War
Robert McCallon · Anthony McDermott
Civil War Union . . . — — Map (db m316446) WM
St. Francis Vineyards & Winery was named in honor of St. Francis of Assisi, Patron Saint of animals and ecology, and founder of the Franciscan order that established missions throughout California.
Francis Bernardone was born in Assisi, Umbria, . . . — — Map (db m307590) HM
