Sonoma State Home-Main Building

15000 Arnold Dr., Eldridge, California. County/parish: Sonoma.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 06, 2000. NRIS 00001180.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Sonoma Developmental Center
  • Sonoma State Hospital

From Wikipedia:

Sonoma Developmental Center

The Sonoma Developmental Center (SDC) was a large state school in California, United States for people with developmental disabilities, and is located in Eldridge in Sonoma County. Former names for this hospital include California Home for the Care and Training of Feeble Minded Children (1883); Sonoma State Home (1909); Sonoma State Hospital (1953); and Sonoma Developmental Center starting in 1986. The center closed on 31 December 2018.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123862134

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