Saturday, March 28th, 2020 The Riverboat Captains & Mansions Walking … [Read More...]
Napa County Landmarks
Preserving irreplaceable historic buildings and properties.
Saving Places Documentary
The Sonoma League for Historic Preservation is proud to present Saving Places, an award-winning, one-hour documentary filmed and directed by Sonoma filmmaker Joseph Daniel and powerfully narrated by Sebastopol voice legend Peter Coyote. Saving Places follows the intrepid crews and passionate volunteers of HistoriCorps, a small but mighty non-profit organization, through an entire season of demanding work preserving and restoring … Read More
2020 Spring History Classes of Napa County
This four week course will define and explain the term “ghost winery” as well as cover the history, architectural style and heritage, preservation and revival of each featured winery! Some classes will offer a sampling of the wines from the individual wineries.
Thursdays, April 30 – May 21, 2020from 6:30… Read More
Six Practical Reasons to Save Old Buildings
1. Old buildings have intrinsic value.
Buildings of a certain era, namely pre-World War II, tend to be built with higher-quality materials such as rare hardwoods (especially heart pine) and wood from old-growth forests that no longer exist.
Prewar buildings were also built by different standards. A century-old building might be a better long-term bet than its brand-new counterparts.
Take, … Read More
