Petaluma Historic Commercial District

Along Petaluma Blvd., between B and Prospect Sts., Petaluma, California. County/parish: Sonoma.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 31, 1995. NRIS 95000354.

63 contributing buildings. 1 contributing object.

Also known as:

• See also:Old Petaluma Opera House

From Wikipedia:

Petaluma Historic Commercial District

The Petaluma Historic Commercial District is a 17.4 acres (7.0 ha) historic district in Petaluma, California which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. It is located along Petaluma Boulevard, between B St. and Prospect St.

It includes Italianate and Classical Revival architecture amongst its 63 contributing buildings and one contributing object.

It includes:

• Old Petaluma Opera House, at 147-149 Kentucky St., which is separately listed on the National Register.
• Herold Building, which has "a corner tower and bay windows"
• American Trust Building, a "carefully executed example of a classically designed bank from the 1920s"
• Hotel Petaluma, "the district's tallest building and the only one designed in the Mediterranean Revival style"
• Amy's Corporate headquarters, built in 1941 as a Leader department store, (later, Carither's,1946-85; Couches, Etc., 1986-2007), a 3-storey building that has a rounded corner and other features of the Streamline Moderne".
• Masonic Building (1882), 43-49 Petaluma Blvd. N., 7/9 Western Ave. Brick building with cast iron detailing, Italianate in style.
• McNear Building (1911), 23 Petaluma Blvd North.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123862110