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Item Title
Benicia Arsenal, Storehouse, Comandant's Lane, Benicia Industrial Park, Benicia, Solano County, CA
LocationBenicia Industrial Park,
Benicia, CA
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS CA-1828
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-137).
Building/structure dates:
1859 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1910 subsequent work
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 originally three stories high but was extensively damaged in an explosion and fire in 1912 and rebuilt as a two-story structure. It became known as the Clocktower Building after the installation of a large clock honoring longtime arsenal commander Colonel Julian McAllister.
Related Names
Callender, Comdr. F. D.
Fuss, J.
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. WEST FRONT AND SOUTH SIDE
2. FIRST FLOOR, LOOKING EAST
3. SECOND FLOOR, LOOKING EAST
4. SECOND FLOOR, LOOKING SOUTHEAST
5. U.S. Army Photographer VIEW FROM NORTHWEST BEFORE 1912
6. Frank Stumm, Photographer (original negative in collection of Marjorie Elmore, San Jose) VIEW FROM NORTHWEST BEFORE 1912, WITH TOWER IN VALLEY
7. U. S. Army Photographer VIEW FROM SOUTHWEST BEFORE 1912
8. U. S. Army Photographer INTERIOR AFTER FIRE OF 1912
9. U. S. Army Photographer VIEW FROM SOUTHWEST AFTER 1912, CANNON IN FOREGROUND
10. U. S. Army Photographer VIEW FROM SOUTHWEST AFTER 1912
11. Photocopy of postcard (from Marjorie Elmore, San Jose) Frank Stumm, photographer ca. 1908-12 postcard no. 334 WEST FRONT, WITH POOL IN FRONT OF COMMANDANT'S HOUSE IN FOREGROUND
12. J. Fuss, delineator (from Folder 5) 'PLAN ETC. OF NEW ARSENAL FOR BENICIA DEPOT CAL.' PLAN, ELEVATIONS, SECTIONS, DETAILS (right half of CA-1828-13) 13. (From Folder 5) PLAN, ELEVATION, SECTION (left half of CA-1828-12) 14. (From Folder 2) PLAN, ELEVATION, AND DETAILS OF STONES TO BE CUT 15. (From Folder 4) PLAN AND ELEVATION OF MAIN DOORWAY 16. (From Folder 5) DETAILS OF CANNON EMBRASURES
17. April 11, 1912 (From Folder 3) 'BEFORE FIRE DESTROYED 3D FLOOR' PLAN,ELEVATIONS, SECTIONS
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