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Item Title
Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 2, Benicia, Solano County, CA
LocationPowder Magazine No. 2,
Benicia, CA
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS CA-1948
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-136).
Building/structure dates:
1857 initial construction
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, massive, groin-vaulted structures of local sandstone ashlar. Above the door of this magazine is a sculptural group, supposedly executed by a French stonemason, John Gomo, representing an eagle perched on a cannon barrel.
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. NORTH FRONT AND WEST SIDE
2. DETAIL OF DOORWAY, NORTH FRONT
3. INTERIOR LOOKING WEST
4. INTERIOR LOOKING WEST, COLUMN IN FOREGROUND
5. INTERIOR, DETAIL OF CENTER COLUMN
6. INTERIOR, DETAIL OF WEST COLUMN
7. INTERIOR, DETAIL OF EAST COLUMN
8. Photocopy of photograph (from U. S. Army) U. S. Army Photographer date unknown DETAIL OF DOORWAY, NORTH FRONT
9. Photocopy of photograph (from U. S. Army) U. S. Army Photographer 1944 INTERIOR
10. Photocopy of architectural drawing (from National Archives, Cartographic Division, Record Group 156, Folder 4) Delineator and date unknown ELEVATION AND SECTION
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