#237:  Temelec Hall

Location:

Temelec Adult Community, 220 Temelec Circle, 3 mi SE of Sonoma

Plaque:

State Plaque

Notes:

None

From the Guidebook:

This structure was erected in 1858 by Captain Granville P. Swift, a member of the Bear Flag Party, using stone quarried here by native Indian labor. General Percifor F. Smith, U.S. military commander in California, lived in the little house nearby in 1849.

From the plaque:

Temelec Hall, built in 1858 by Captain Granville P. Swift, member of the Bear Flag Party, and its outbuildings, fountains, reservoir and retaining walls have been listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior, April 19, 2006.

©2009 David Schmitt