In honor of March being designated “National Women’s History Month,” the Napa County Library and Rebecca Yerger – local historian and Napa Valley Register columnist – are offering “Diverse Pioneers: Historical Women of Napa Valley.” This special, FREE, one-hour Zoom presentation will highlight the lives, times and accomplishments of – pioneer settler Maria de […]
Napa County’s Ghost Wineries
2020 Autumn 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! Zoom Class! Tuesdays, September 22nd through October 13, 2020, from 7 – 8 PM. […]
May is Preservation Month!
Every year in May, local preservation groups, state historical societies, and business and civic organizations across the country celebrate Preservation Month through events that promote historic places and heritage tourism, and that demonstrate the social and economic benefits of historic preservation. A Brief History Preservation Month began as National Preservation Week in 1973. In 2005, […]
Saving Places Documentary – Cancelled!
Cancelled due to COVID -19 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 […]
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 […]
