Benicia Historical Museum
2060 Camel Road
Benicia, CA 94510
(707) 745-5435
Wednesday-Sunday
1:00 - 4:00
Benicia Historical Society
PO Box 773
(707) 745-1822
Benicia Capitol State Historic Park
(includes Fischer Hanlon House)
115 West G Street
Benicia, CA 94510-3114
(707) 745-3385
Benicia Peddler's Fair
120 East J St
707-745-8680
Benicia Public Library
150 East L St.
(707) 746-4343
Fairfield Cordelia Library
5050 Business Center Drive
Fairfield, CA 94534
(866) 57-ASKUS
Places of Interest:
Thompson's Corners Saloon
Marker is at the intersection of
Cordelia Road and Ritchie Road,
on the right when traveling west on Cordelia Road
Did you know?
The Town of Cordelia was renamed after Captain Robert "Bully" Waterman's wife, Cordelia Sterling Waterman. The town was originally named Bridgeport.
Dixon Historical Society
PO Box 814, Dixon, CA 95620
(707) 678-2266
Contact: W. F. 'Tige" Thompson
Dixon Lambtown USA Festival
P.O. Box 559
Dixon, Ca, 95620
707-678-7386
Dixon May Fair
655 South 1st Street
Dixon, CA 95620-3849
(707) 678-5529
Dixon Public Library
230 North First St.
Dixon, CA 95620
(707) 678-5447
The Milk Farm
Silveyville Pumpkin and Christmas Tree Farm
6208 Silveyville Road
Dixon, CA, 95620
(707) 678-1823
9:00 am - 5:30 pm
This is located between Davis and Winters (in Solano County), but is listed here for proximity:
University of California
Wolfskill Experimental Orchards (WEO)
Elmira Cabin
(Originally known as the "Sample Hotel")
6081 California Pacific Road
Vacaville, CA, 95625
(707) 447-3230
Jepson Prairie Preserve
California Poppy
Fairfield Civic Center Library
1150 Kentucky Street
Fairfield, CA 94533
Solano County Archives
2543 Cordelia Road
Fairfield, CA 94534-1676
(707) 434-1101
Solano County Law Library
Hall of Justice
600 Union Avenue
(707) 421-6520
Solano County Recorder's Office
675 Texas Street, Suite 2700
(707) 784.6210
Solano Land Trust
1001 Texas Street, Suite C
(707) 432-0150
Town of Cement Site
Rio Vista Library
44 South Second Street
Rio Vista, CA 94571
Rio Vista Museum
16 North Front Street
(707) 374-5169
Saturday and Sunday
1:30 pm to 4:30 pm
Saturday Summer Hours: 11:00 am to 4:30 pm
Foster's Bighorn
143 Main Street
(707) 374-2511
Rush Ranch
3521 Grizzly Island Road,
Suisun CA 94533
Solano History Exploration Center
718 Main Street
Suisun City, California 94585
Suisun City Library
601 Pintail Drive
Suisun City, CA 94585
Western Railway Museum
5848 State Highway 12
(707) 374-2978
12:00 - 5:00
Gomer School Historical Association
4522 Abernathy Road,
Suisun Valley, CA 94585
(707) 438-3674
Rockville Cemetery
4219 Suisun Valley Road,
Suisun, California
(707) 864-2421
Solano Community College Library
4000 Suisun Valley Road
Suisun, CA 94534-3197
(707) 864-7132
Stonedene Foundation
(Save Historic Samuel Martin House, a National Historic Landmark)
Dingley Mill (Private)
Green Valley Falls (City of Vallejo Watershed
Mangels Ranch Adobe
(Santa Eulalia Outbuilding)
4610 Westamerica Drive
Mitchell Memorial Library
510 Travis Ave
Bldg 436
Travis AFB, CA 94535
(707) 424-3279
Travis Air Museum
661 East E Street, Bldg 80
(707) 424-5605
Daily 9:00 - 4:00
Brigadier General Robert F. Travis
Joyful Ranch Foundation
8212 Pleasants Valley Ranch
Vacaville, CA 95688-9008
(707) 448-2288
Pena Adobe & Mowers-Goheen Museum
(Pena Adobe Historical Society)
Pena Adobe Road
Vacaville, CA 95687
(707) 447-0518
Open first Saturday of each month
11:00-2:00 and by appointment
Solano Genealogical Society
610 East Main Street
Vacaville, CA 95688
(707) 446-6869
Vacaville Museum
213 Buck Ave
(707) 447-4513
Wednesday- Sunday 1:00 - 4:30
Docent tours by appointment
Vacaville Public Library - Cultural Center
1020 Ulatis Drive
Vacaville Public Library - Town Square
1 Town Square Place
Vacaville Heritage Council
620 Main Street
Thursday 9:00-1:00
and by appointment
Empress Theater
330 Virginia Street
Vallejo, CA 94590
(707) 552-2400
John F. Kennedy Library
505 Santa Clara Street
Loma Vista Farm
156 Rainier Avenue
Vallejo, CA 94589
(707) 556-8765
Mare Island Historic Park Foundation
1100 Railroad Avenue
MAre Island, CA 94590
707/557-1538
Hours:
10am to 2pm Weekdays; and the 1st and 3rd full weekends of the month; 10am to 4pm.
Springstowne Library
1003 Oakwood Avenue
Vallejo, CA 94591
1-866-57-ASKUS
Vallejo Architectural Heritage Foundation
419 Farragut Ave.
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1129, Vallejo, CA 94590
(707) 644-7649
Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum
734 Marin Street
Vallejo, Ca 94590
(707) 643-0077
Solano County has 14 California State Historic Landmarks, 25 resources listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and 9 California Points of Historical Interest. Nearly half% of the landmarks are located in Benicia. Sadly, the City of Fairfield, our county seat, hasn't officially registered any of its landmarks. To learn how you can nominate a historic property to the State or National registry visit the California Office of Historic Preservation or contact us.
California Association of Museums
P.O. Box 1455
Santa Cruz, CA 95061-1455
(831) 471-9970
California Council for the Promotion of History
6000 J Street
Sacramento CA 95819-6059
(916) 273-0317
California Historical Society
678 Mission Street
San Francisco, California 94105
(415) 357-1848
California Mission Studies Association
P.O. Box 420215
San Diego, Ca 92142
California Museum
1020 O Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
916-653-7524
California Office of Historic Preservation
P.O. Box 942896
Sacramento, CA 94296-0001
(916) 653-6624
California Preservation Foundation
5 Third Street, suite 424
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 495-0349
California State Archives
Reference Desk: (916) 653–2246
General Information: (916) 653–7715
California State Library
(CAlifornia History Room)
P.O. Box 942837
Sacramento, CA 94237-0001
(916) 654-0176
California State Parks
Sacramento, CA 94296
(800) 777-0369 or (916) 653-6995
Conference of California Historical Societies
112 Harvard Ave, #15
Claremont, CA 91711
(909) 480-3964
Society for California Archaeology SCA Business Office
1692 Mangrove Ave. #153,
Chico, CA 95926
(530) 342-3537,
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