Union Hotel (Sonoma, California)

Union Hotel and Union Hall Site is historical site of buildings built in 1850, in Sonoma, California in Sonoma County, California. The Union Hotel and Union Hall Site is a California Historical Landmark No. 627 listed on January 13, 1958. The original Union Hotel was a one-story adobe built by three veterans of the Mexican–American War. Next to the Union Hotel was built the Union Hall. The two buildings were lost in 1866 fire. The Union Hotel was rebuilt into a two-story stone hotel. The hotel was on the second floor and a hall was on the first floor. The Union Hotel and Union Hall were on the south side of the Sonoma Plaza.

Union Hotel and Union Hall Site
Union Hotel in 1923 (second building)
Location35 Napa Street , Sonoma, California
Coordinates38°17′31″N 122°27′31″W / 38.291855°N 122.458747°W / 38.291855; -122.458747
Built1850, 174 years ago
Architect
DesignatedJanuary 13, 1958
Reference no.627
Union Hotel (Sonoma, California) is located in California
Union Hotel (Sonoma, California)
Location of Union Hotel and Union Hall Site in California
Union Hotel (Sonoma, California) is located in the United States
Union Hotel (Sonoma, California)
Union Hotel (Sonoma, California) (the United States)

The Union Hotel was a social center of the town. United States Army soldiers such as William Tecumseh Sherman, Joseph Hooker, George Stoneman, and George Derby used the hall as gathering space. The hall also used as a theatre for plays, social, musical, and political events. The Union Hotel closed in 1955 and was sold to Bank of America, which removed the building for a new bank branch. The Union Hotel was at 35 Napa Street in Sonoma.[1][2]

A California historical marker is at 35 Napa Street in Sonoma, a bank parking lot with a flag poles. The historical marker for the Union Hotel and Union Hall Site, was placed there by the California Department of Parks & Recreation in working with the Sonoma Branch of Bank of America in 1982.[3]

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  1. ^ "Union Hotel #627". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
  2. ^ "CHL # 627 Union Hotel and Union Hall Site Sonoma". www.californiahistoricallandmarks.com.
  3. ^ "Site of Union Hotel and Union Hall Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org.