Temelec Hall
Historical place in Sonoma County, United States
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Temelec Hall is historical building built in 1858, in Sonoma, California in Sonoma County, California. The Temelec Hall is a California Historical Landmark No. 496 listed on June 10, 1936. Temelec Hall is also a National Register of Historic Places April 19, 2006. Temelec Hall was built by Captain Granville P. Swift (1821-1875), a member of the Bear Flag Party and took part in the short Mexican–American War in 1846–1848. Swift was the great-grandnephew to Daniel Boone. Swift found gold in 1849 California Gold Rush. With the gold, Swift built the building with stone quarried here by native labor. General Persifor Frazer Smith, a United States Army commander in lived in a small house near Temelec Hall in 1849. After Swift Temelec Hall was sold a few times. In 1915 it was sold to the Coblentz family, who restored the run down building. Coblentz family sold the Hall and it lands in 1961, to a developer. The developer built the Temelec retirement community with the Hall as historical centerpiece.[2][3][4]
Temelec Hall | |
Temelec Hall | |
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| Location | 220 Temelec Circle, Sonoma, California |
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| Coordinates | 38.33729°N 122.0155°W |
| Built | 1858, 168 years ago |
| Architectural style | East Coast Federalist |
| NRHP reference No. | 06000312 [1] |
| CHISL No. | 237 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | April 19, 2006 |
| Designated CHISL | June 10, 1936 |
A historical marker is at Temelec Hall, placed by the by Native Sons of the Golden West in 2008.[5]