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California Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Shelda Mairel,

California Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Shelda Mairel,

California Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Shelda Mairel, a 91B and 88M, assigned to the 118th Maintenance Company, in Stockton pulls security at an intermediate staging base at the Sierra College in Rocklin, Ja... More

Fischer-Hanlon House, G Street between First & West Second Streets, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Fischer-Hanlon House, G Street between First & West Second Streets, Be...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a basement, underground, lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

USNS Comet, Suisan Bay Reserve Fleet, Benicia, Solano County, CA

USNS Comet, Suisan Bay Reserve Fleet, Benicia, Solano County, CA

STORED ON SITE. mchr Significance: USNS Comet was the first purpose-built, deep-draft, ocean-going vessel designed for roll-on/roll-off handling of vehicles and other wheeled cargoes. Survey number: HAER CA-34... More

City of Benicia, General Views, Benicia, Solano County, CA

City of Benicia, General Views, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-142 Survey number: HABS CA-2079

City of Benicia, General Views, Benicia, Solano County, CA

City of Benicia, General Views, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-142 Survey number: HABS CA-2079

City of Benicia, General Views, Benicia, Solano County, CA

City of Benicia, General Views, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-142 Survey number: HABS CA-2079

Benicia Arsenal, Barracks, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Barracks, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: First buildings erected when Barracks established here in 1849. Benicia Arsenal established on adjoining land, and eventually moved farther south. The Hospital (CA-1945) was part of this groupin... More

Wichita, Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Wichita, Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, Benicia, Solano County, CA

STORED ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Wichita is significant as the first of seven ships designed as auxiliary replenishment oilers (AOR) that served in the U.S. Navy. The Wichita class design was based on th... More

Riddell Fish House, 245 West K Street, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Riddell Fish House, 245 West K Street, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: This house was one of the most sumptuous nineteenth-century Benicia residences. Both the shingled exterior and the rich interior spaces are virtually intact. Survey number: HABS CA-2082 Buildin... More

Riddell Fish House, 245 West K Street, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Riddell Fish House, 245 West K Street, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: This house was one of the most sumptuous nineteenth-century Benicia residences. Both the shingled exterior and the rich interior spaces are virtually intact. Survey number: HABS CA-2082 Buildin... More

Bishop J. H. D. Wingfield House, 36 Wingfield Way, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Bishop J. H. D. Wingfield House, 36 Wingfield Way, Benicia, Solano Cou...

Significance: The only remaining structure in the St. Augustine's College complex, this building was the home of Bishop J.H.D. Wingfield, who was president of the college and rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Chur... More

Benicia Arsenal, Shop Buildings, Tyler Street, Benicia Industrial Park, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Shop Buildings, Tyler Street, Benicia Industrial Park...

Significance: Although constructed separately in 1876, 1877, and 1884, these buildings form a nearly symmetrical composition which dominated the lower arsenal area. They contain great interior open spaces cove... More

Benicia Arsenal, Shop Buildings, Tyler Street, Benicia Industrial Park, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Shop Buildings, Tyler Street, Benicia Industrial Park...

Significance: Although constructed separately in 1876, 1877, and 1884, these buildings form a nearly symmetrical composition which dominated the lower arsenal area. They contain great interior open spaces cove... More

St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 120 East J Street, Benicia, Solano County, CA

St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 120 East J Street, Benicia, Solano County...

Significance: St. Paul's Episcopal Church and Parish Hall constitutes a harmonious mid-nineteenth century ecclesiastical ensemble despite the varying dates of construction and extensive alterations made over th... More

Benicia State Capitol, First & G Streets, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia State Capitol, First & G Streets, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Benicia Arsenal, Benicia Industrial Park, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Benicia Industrial Park, Benicia, Solano County, CA

A black and white photo of a farm. A black and white photo of a farm. Public domain postcard scan.

Union Hotel, 401-05 First Street, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Union Hotel, 401-05 First Street, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: Little is known about this hipped-roof structure. Thompson and West's maps in their 1878 Historical Atlas of Solana County indicates that the Solano House is located here; that may have been this... More

John C. Heenan, the champion of America: (the benicia boy)

John C. Heenan, the champion of America: (the benicia boy)

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3523

Crooks House, 285 West G Street, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Crooks House, 285 West G Street, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highways 680 & 780, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highway...

Significance: Part of post-Spanish-American War spurt in building, this powder magazine was part of a pair (see CA-1839-1). Building #13 (Powder Magazine No. 4) was demolished for a freeway intersection. / The... More

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highways 680 & 780, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highway...

Significance: Part of post-Spanish-American War spurt in building, this powder magazine was part of a pair (see CA-1839-1). Building #13 (Powder Magazine No. 4) was demolished for a freeway intersection. / The... More

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 2, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 2, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: This powder magazine, constructed in 1857, is almost an exact copy of the first stone magazine at the arsenal, which had been constructed the year before, and which also survives. Both are low, m... More

Carr House, 165 East D Street, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Carr House, 165 East D Street, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: The Carr House, one of the few masonry buildings in Benicia, was probably constructed in the 1870s. The brick shell is a sober vernacular structure. Much of the trim, including the barge boards,... More

Yankee doodle on his muscle: or the way the Benicia boy astonished the English men

Yankee doodle on his muscle: or the way the Benicia boy astonished the...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 7377

First Lt. Ronald Quack, logistics officer with the

First Lt. Ronald Quack, logistics officer with the

First Lt. Ronald Quack, logistics officer with the 749th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 115th Regional Support Group, California Army National Guard, digs a hole for a new tree to be planted as his daugh... More

City of Benicia, General Views, Benicia, Solano County, CA

City of Benicia, General Views, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-142 Survey number: HABS CA-2079

City of Benicia, General Views, Benicia, Solano County, CA

City of Benicia, General Views, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-142 Survey number: HABS CA-2079

Benicia Arsenal, Commanding Officer's Quarters, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Commanding Officer's Quarters, Benicia, Solano County...

Significance: Fittingly one of the most gracious and elegant buildings on the arsenal grounds, the Commanding Officer's Quarters were built in 1860. Survey number: HABS CA-1843 Building/structure dates: 1860 ... More

Riddell Fish House, 245 West K Street, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Riddell Fish House, 245 West K Street, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: This house was one of the most sumptuous nineteenth-century Benicia residences. Both the shingled exterior and the rich interior spaces are virtually intact. Survey number: HABS CA-2082 Buildin... More

Riddell Fish House, 245 West K Street, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Riddell Fish House, 245 West K Street, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: This house was one of the most sumptuous nineteenth-century Benicia residences. Both the shingled exterior and the rich interior spaces are virtually intact. Survey number: HABS CA-2082 Buildin... More

Bolster, Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Bolster, Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, Benicia, Solano County, CA

STORED ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Bolster was the first ship in a class of six salvage vessels built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. The Bolster performed numerous salvage operations during its car... More

Benicia Arsenal, Hospital, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Hospital, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: This building with its large, two-story ward and a fireplace at each end is somewhat typical of military hospitals in the nineteenth century. It has served at different times as a chapel and an o... More

St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 120 East J Street, Benicia, Solano County, CA

St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 120 East J Street, Benicia, Solano County...

Significance: St. Paul's Episcopal Church and Parish Hall constitutes a harmonious mid-nineteenth century ecclesiastical ensemble despite the varying dates of construction and extensive alterations made over th... More

General John Pope, Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, Benicia, Solano County, CA

General John Pope, Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, Benicia, Solano County, C...

STORED ON SITE. mchr Significance: At the time of the documentation, the General John Pope was the sole remaining ship afloat in the P2-S2-R2 class and was notable for its longevity as a troopship that particip... More

Benicia Arsenal, Duplex Officer's Quarters, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Duplex Officer's Quarters, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Public domain scan of a architecture diagram, settlement map, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Frisbie-Walsh House, 235 East L Street, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Frisbie-Walsh House, 235 East L Street, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: This Gothic Revival style cottage is the earliest and probably the most important house in Benicia. Built shortly before 1850 by John Frisbie, General Vallejo's son-in-law, it was soon to Captain... More

Benicia State Capitol, First & G Streets, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia State Capitol, First & G Streets, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Benicia Arsenal, Benicia Industrial Park, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Benicia Industrial Park, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Picryl description: Public domain image related to an industrial revolution, industry history, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouse, Comandant's Lane, Benicia Industrial Park, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouse, Comandant's Lane, Benicia Industrial Park...

Significance: This building, the largest and most important of the early Benicia Arsenal structures, was erected in 1859 as a fortified storehouse. Constructed of fine rusticated sandstone ashlar, it was origi... More

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouse, Comandant's Lane, Benicia Industrial Park, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouse, Comandant's Lane, Benicia Industrial Park...

Significance: This building, the largest and most important of the early Benicia Arsenal structures, was erected in 1859 as a fortified storehouse. Constructed of fine rusticated sandstone ashlar, it was origi... More

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouse, Comandant's Lane, Benicia Industrial Park, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouse, Comandant's Lane, Benicia Industrial Park...

Significance: This building, the largest and most important of the early Benicia Arsenal structures, was erected in 1859 as a fortified storehouse. Constructed of fine rusticated sandstone ashlar, it was origi... More

Benicia Arsenal, Guard & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Guard & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: This building, a very good example of nineteenth-century military architecture, solves in a deft way the problem of coupling two different functions into a compact structure, by placing the guard ... More

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouses & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouses & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, C...

Significance: Constructed of locally quarried sandstone, these three permanent buildings at the Benicia Arsenal. The storehouses were commonly known as Camel Barns, because they were supposed to have been used... More

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouses & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouses & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, C...

Significance: Constructed of locally quarried sandstone, these three permanent buildings at the Benicia Arsenal. The storehouses were commonly known as Camel Barns, because they were supposed to have been used... More

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highways 680 & 780, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highway...

Significance: Part of post-Spanish-American War spurt in building, this powder magazine was part of a pair (see CA-1839-1). Building #13 (Powder Magazine No. 4) was demolished for a freeway intersection. / The... More

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 2, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 2, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: This powder magazine, constructed in 1857, is almost an exact copy of the first stone magazine at the arsenal, which had been constructed the year before, and which also survives. Both are low, m... More

Carr House, 165 East D Street, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Carr House, 165 East D Street, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: The Carr House, one of the few masonry buildings in Benicia, was probably constructed in the 1870s. The brick shell is a sober vernacular structure. Much of the trim, including the barge boards,... More

Semple Von Pfister Store, D Street vicinity, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Semple Von Pfister Store, D Street vicinity, Benicia, Solano County, C...

Significance: One of the first structures built in Benicia, this building is reputed to have been built by Benjamin MacDonald for Robert Semple, who soon rented it to Captain E.H. von Pfister for use as a store... More

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouse, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouse, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-1978 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Benicia Arsenal, Lieutenant's Quarters, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Lieutenant's Quarters, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: The original plans for the Lieutenant's Quarters are seen in a drawing included here as HABS No. CA-1843-9. This building was not constructed strictly according to those plans. Survey number: HA... More

California Army National Guard exercise planners from

California Army National Guard exercise planners from

California Army National Guard exercise planners from the 115th Regional Support Group gather in the Emergency Operations Center in Roseville and get the latest updates coming in from the field at 2:30 a.m., Ja... More

City of Benicia, General Views, Benicia, Solano County, CA

City of Benicia, General Views, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-142 Survey number: HABS CA-2079

City of Benicia, General Views, Benicia, Solano County, CA

City of Benicia, General Views, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-142 Survey number: HABS CA-2079

Benicia Arsenal, Commanding Officer's Quarters, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Commanding Officer's Quarters, Benicia, Solano County...

Significance: Fittingly one of the most gracious and elegant buildings on the arsenal grounds, the Commanding Officer's Quarters were built in 1860. Survey number: HABS CA-1843 Building/structure dates: 1860 ... More

Riddell Fish House, 245 West K Street, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Riddell Fish House, 245 West K Street, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: This house was one of the most sumptuous nineteenth-century Benicia residences. Both the shingled exterior and the rich interior spaces are virtually intact. Survey number: HABS CA-2082 Buildin... More

Riddell Fish House, 245 West K Street, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Riddell Fish House, 245 West K Street, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: This house was one of the most sumptuous nineteenth-century Benicia residences. Both the shingled exterior and the rich interior spaces are virtually intact. Survey number: HABS CA-2082 Buildin... More

Bolster, Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Bolster, Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, Benicia, Solano County, CA

STORED ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Bolster was the first ship in a class of six salvage vessels built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. The Bolster performed numerous salvage operations during its car... More

General Edwin D. Patrick, Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, Benicia, Solano County, CA

General Edwin D. Patrick, Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, Benicia, Solano Co...

STORED ON SITE. mchr Significance: The General Edwin D. Patrick is the sole remaining ship afloat in the Admiral class and remains notable for its longevity as a troopship participating in World War II as the A... More

Benicia Arsenal, Shop Buildings, Tyler Street, Benicia Industrial Park, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Shop Buildings, Tyler Street, Benicia Industrial Park...

Significance: Although constructed separately in 1876, 1877, and 1884, these buildings form a nearly symmetrical composition which dominated the lower arsenal area. They contain great interior open spaces cove... More

Benicia Arsenal, Shop Buildings, Tyler Street, Benicia Industrial Park, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Shop Buildings, Tyler Street, Benicia Industrial Park...

Significance: Although constructed separately in 1876, 1877, and 1884, these buildings form a nearly symmetrical composition which dominated the lower arsenal area. They contain great interior open spaces cove... More

Benicia Arsenal, Shop Buildings, Tyler Street, Benicia Industrial Park, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Shop Buildings, Tyler Street, Benicia Industrial Park...

Significance: Although constructed separately in 1876, 1877, and 1884, these buildings form a nearly symmetrical composition which dominated the lower arsenal area. They contain great interior open spaces cove... More

Benicia Arsenal, Hospital, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Hospital, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: This building with its large, two-story ward and a fireplace at each end is somewhat typical of military hospitals in the nineteenth century. It has served at different times as a chapel and an o... More

Frisbie-Walsh House, 235 East L Street, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Frisbie-Walsh House, 235 East L Street, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: This Gothic Revival style cottage is the earliest and probably the most important house in Benicia. Built shortly before 1850 by John Frisbie, General Vallejo's son-in-law, it was soon to Captain... More

St. Dominic's Catholic Church, 475 East I Street, Benicia, Solano County, CA

St. Dominic's Catholic Church, 475 East I Street, Benicia, Solano Coun...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Benicia Arsenal, Guard & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Guard & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: This building, a very good example of nineteenth-century military architecture, solves in a deft way the problem of coupling two different functions into a compact structure, by placing the guard ... More

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouses & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouses & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, C...

Significance: Constructed of locally quarried sandstone, these three permanent buildings at the Benicia Arsenal. The storehouses were commonly known as Camel Barns, because they were supposed to have been used... More

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouses & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouses & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, C...

Significance: Constructed of locally quarried sandstone, these three permanent buildings at the Benicia Arsenal. The storehouses were commonly known as Camel Barns, because they were supposed to have been used... More

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highways 680 & 780, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highway...

Significance: Part of post-Spanish-American War spurt in building, this powder magazine was part of a pair (see CA-1839-1). Building #13 (Powder Magazine No. 4) was demolished for a freeway intersection. / The... More

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highways 680 & 780, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highway...

Significance: Part of post-Spanish-American War spurt in building, this powder magazine was part of a pair (see CA-1839-1). Building #13 (Powder Magazine No. 4) was demolished for a freeway intersection. / The... More

Carr House, 165 East D Street, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Carr House, 165 East D Street, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: The Carr House, one of the few masonry buildings in Benicia, was probably constructed in the 1870s. The brick shell is a sober vernacular structure. Much of the trim, including the barge boards,... More

Masonic Temple, 110 West J Street, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Masonic Temple, 110 West J Street, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: The Masonic Temple is the first hall built by the Masons in California. The building may have been remodeled early in its history but has remained largely unchanged since the 1890s. Survey numbe... More

California - Barstow through Benicia

California - Barstow through Benicia

California - Barstow through Benicia Public domain photograph - aerial photo, work of US government, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

California - Barstow through Benicia

California - Barstow through Benicia

California - Barstow through Benicia Public domain photograph - aerial photo, work of US government, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Benicia Arsenal, Dock, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Dock, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Picryl description: Public domain image of an artillery gun, or cannon, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Strike team transfers fuel off decommissioned Navy ship

Strike team transfers fuel off decommissioned Navy ship

BENICIA, Calif. - Petty Officer 2nd class Angela G. Korenko and Petty Officer 2nd class Mark J. Wickman, both machinery technicians stationed at the Pacific Strike Team in Novato, Calif., pay out messenger line... More

John C. Heenan, "The Benicia Boy" - champion of the world / L.M.

John C. Heenan, "The Benicia Boy" - champion of the world / L.M.

John C. Heenan, full-length portrait, facing slightly right, in boxing stance. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3522

City of Benicia, General Views, Benicia, Solano County, CA

City of Benicia, General Views, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-142 Survey number: HABS CA-2079

City of Benicia, General Views, Benicia, Solano County, CA

City of Benicia, General Views, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-142 Survey number: HABS CA-2079

Benicia Arsenal, Barracks, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Barracks, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: First buildings erected when Barracks established here in 1849. Benicia Arsenal established on adjoining land, and eventually moved farther south. The Hospital (CA-1945) was part of this groupin... More

Benicia Arsenal, Office Building, M Street vicinity, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Office Building, M Street vicinity, Benicia, Solano C...

Survey number: HABS CA-1827 Building/structure dates: 1870 Initial Construction

Wichita, Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Wichita, Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, Benicia, Solano County, CA

STORED ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Wichita is significant as the first of seven ships designed as auxiliary replenishment oilers (AOR) that served in the U.S. Navy. The Wichita class design was based on th... More

Riddell Fish House, 245 West K Street, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Riddell Fish House, 245 West K Street, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: This house was one of the most sumptuous nineteenth-century Benicia residences. Both the shingled exterior and the rich interior spaces are virtually intact. Survey number: HABS CA-2082 Buildin... More

Benicia Arsenal, Barracks, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Barracks, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: This building is an attractive housing unit for a number of troops. The exterior is ornamented by quoins at the corners and a row of Corinthian columns supporting a porch roof. Survey number: HA... More

Mission Santa Ynez, Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Mission Santa Ynez, Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, Benicia, Solano County, ...

STORED ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Mission Santa Ynez is significant as the last surviving example of the thirty-one Mission tankers built by The Marinship Corporation. The design was an adaptation of the ... More

Bishop J. H. D. Wingfield House, 36 Wingfield Way, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Bishop J. H. D. Wingfield House, 36 Wingfield Way, Benicia, Solano Cou...

Significance: The only remaining structure in the St. Augustine's College complex, this building was the home of Bishop J.H.D. Wingfield, who was president of the college and rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Chur... More

Bishop J. H. D. Wingfield House, 36 Wingfield Way, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Bishop J. H. D. Wingfield House, 36 Wingfield Way, Benicia, Solano Cou...

Significance: The only remaining structure in the St. Augustine's College complex, this building was the home of Bishop J.H.D. Wingfield, who was president of the college and rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Chur... More

General Edwin D. Patrick, Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, Benicia, Solano County, CA

General Edwin D. Patrick, Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, Benicia, Solano Co...

STORED ON SITE. mchr Significance: The General Edwin D. Patrick is the sole remaining ship afloat in the Admiral class and remains notable for its longevity as a troopship participating in World War II as the A... More

General Edwin D. Patrick, Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, Benicia, Solano County, CA

General Edwin D. Patrick, Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, Benicia, Solano Co...

STORED ON SITE. mchr Significance: The General Edwin D. Patrick is the sole remaining ship afloat in the Admiral class and remains notable for its longevity as a troopship participating in World War II as the A... More

Benicia Arsenal, Shops Storehouse, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Shops Storehouse, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-1838 Building/structure dates: 1862 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 19t2 Demolished

Frisbie-Walsh House, 235 East L Street, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Frisbie-Walsh House, 235 East L Street, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: This Gothic Revival style cottage is the earliest and probably the most important house in Benicia. Built shortly before 1850 by John Frisbie, General Vallejo's son-in-law, it was soon to Captain... More

Benicia Arsenal, Enlisted Men's Quarters, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Enlisted Men's Quarters, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: Three small structures, nearly identical. Survey number: HABS CA-1949 Building/structure dates: 1870 Initial Construction

Benicia State Capitol, First & G Streets, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia State Capitol, First & G Streets, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

St. Dominic's Catholic Church, 475 East I Street, Benicia, Solano County, CA

St. Dominic's Catholic Church, 475 East I Street, Benicia, Solano Coun...

Public domain photograph of church building, Christianity, religious architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

US Coast Guard Icebreaker Glacier, Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, Benicia, Solano County, CA

US Coast Guard Icebreaker Glacier, Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, Benicia, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a portrait of a scientist, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouse, Comandant's Lane, Benicia Industrial Park, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouse, Comandant's Lane, Benicia Industrial Park...

Significance: This building, the largest and most important of the early Benicia Arsenal structures, was erected in 1859 as a fortified storehouse. Constructed of fine rusticated sandstone ashlar, it was origi... More

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouse, Comandant's Lane, Benicia Industrial Park, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouse, Comandant's Lane, Benicia Industrial Park...

Significance: This building, the largest and most important of the early Benicia Arsenal structures, was erected in 1859 as a fortified storehouse. Constructed of fine rusticated sandstone ashlar, it was origi... More

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouses & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouses & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, C...

Significance: Constructed of locally quarried sandstone, these three permanent buildings at the Benicia Arsenal. The storehouses were commonly known as Camel Barns, because they were supposed to have been used... More

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highways 680 & 780, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highway...

Significance: Part of post-Spanish-American War spurt in building, this powder magazine was part of a pair (see CA-1839-1). Building #13 (Powder Magazine No. 4) was demolished for a freeway intersection. / The... More

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 2, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 2, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: This powder magazine, constructed in 1857, is almost an exact copy of the first stone magazine at the arsenal, which had been constructed the year before, and which also survives. Both are low, m... More

California - Barstow through Benicia

California - Barstow through Benicia

California - Barstow through Benicia Public domain photograph - aerial photo, work of US government, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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