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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XOL_santa-rosa-post-office-and-federal-building-historical_Santa-Rosa-CA.html
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 Interio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XOK_comstock-house-restoration-historical_Santa-Rosa-CA.html
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 feat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XOB_luther-burbanks-garden-historical_Santa-Rosa-CA.html
1881 - In This Garden - 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.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J3Q_hood-house_Santa-Rosa-CA.html
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM118Q_isaac-de-turk-1843-1896_Santa-Rosa-CA.html
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 Ben…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM112D_lee-bros-building-1906_Santa-Rosa-CA.html
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1121_santa-rosa-rural-cemetery_Santa-Rosa-CA.html
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 Count…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM84T_luther-burbank-home_Santa-Rosa-CA.html
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 …