Sonoma Barracks
The Sonoma Barracks is a two-story, wide-balconied, adobe building facing the central plaza of the City of Sonoma, California. It was built by order of Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo to house the Mexican soldiers that had been transferred from the Presidio of San Francisco in 1835.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Building
- Description: historic landmark and museum in Sonoma, California
- Also known as: “The Barracks”
- Address: CA
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mission San Francisco Solano and Blue Wing Inn.
Mission San Francisco Solano
Church
Mission San Francisco Solano was the 21st, last, and northernmost mission in Alta California. It was named for Saint Francis Solanus. It was the only mission built in Alta California after Mexico gained independence from Spain.
Blue Wing Inn
Museum
Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Blue Wing Inn in Sonoma, California, was one of the first hotels built in the state north of San Francisco. What began as the first property transfer in the new Pueblo de Sonoma and a simple adobe residence transformed with time and the addition of more rooms into a storied landmark. Blue Wing Inn is situated 330 feet southeast of Sonoma Barracks.
Sonoma Plaza
Park
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sonoma Plaza is the central plaza of Sonoma, California. The plaza, the largest in California, was laid out in 1835 by Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, founder of Sonoma.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sonoma and El Verano.
Sonoma
Photo: Rennett Stowe, CC BY 2.0.
Sonoma is a city in the Sonoma Valley within Sonoma County, in the north part of the Bay Area of California. With its central location in wine country, the city of Sonoma, with little over 10,000 residents, attracts thousands of visitors from around the world for wine tastings.
El Verano
El Verano is a village of 3,900 people in the Sonoma Valley, part of Sonoma County, within the San Francisco Bay Area in California. This page also has information on Boyes Hot Springs and Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente, two adjacent, unincorporated areas.Lokoya
Hamlet
Lokoya is an unincorporated community in Napa County, California, United States. It lies at an elevation of 1,765 feet. Lokoya is located 9 miles northwest of Napa. … Lokoya is situated 6 miles north of Sonoma Barracks.
Sonoma Barracks
- Categories: California Historical Landmark, barracks, and museum
- Location: Sonoma County, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.29376° or 38° 17′ 38″ northLongitude
-122.45662° or 122° 27′ 24″ westElevation
92 feet (28 metres)Open location code
84CV7GVV+G9OpenStreetMap ID
way 32985513OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Slovenian to Spanish—“Sonoma Barracks” goes by many names.
- Slovenian: “Sonoma Barracks”
- Spanish: “El Cuartel de Sonoma”
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