by historydemo | Jan 24, 2018 | Side Street Tour
← 1216 Church Street 1050 Charter Oak → Olive groves can still be found in Napa Valley, reflecting a period when there were several olive oil manufactories in the county in the 19th and early 20th centuries. In addition to the California Olive Oil...
by historydemo | Jan 24, 2018 | Side Street Tour
← 1327 Railroad Avenue 835 Charter Oak Avenue → In 1875, when the St. Helena Viticultural Society was organized, the founders and officers decided they needed a warehouse for the purpose of storing grape brandy in bond. This Special Internal Revenue Bonded...
by historydemo | Jan 24, 2018 | Side Street Tour
← 1345 Railroad Avenue 1216 Church Street → This stuccoed building was built in 1875. It has two sections that form an L-shaped plan. In 1886, called the U.S. Saloon, it offered both lodging and a bowling alley. By 1899, it had become the Roma Hotel. By...
by historydemo | Jan 25, 2018 | Side Street Tour
← Scout Hall, Railroad Avenue 1327 Railroad Avenue → The Taylor, Duckworth & Company Foundry Building was built in 1884 to accommodate its foundry and machine works, with a specialty in the winepresses so important to this viticultural region. It is one...
by historydemo | Jan 25, 2018 | Side Street Tour
← 1500 Railroad Avenue 1345 Railroad Avenue → This simple frame false front building on Railroad Avenue, opposite the Southern Pacific Depot, appears little altered by time, giving a glimpse of how many of the 19th and early 20th century false front...
by historydemo | Jan 25, 2018 | Side Street Tour
← 1478 Railroad Avenue Scout Hall, Railroad Avenue → The first depot in St. Helena was that of the Napa Valley Railroad arriving in the town in 1868. It was located at the corner of Railroad Avenue and Hunt Avenue and it served both passenger and freight...
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