Head north on First Street East for approximately 2 blocks

291 First Street East
1910
This restored house was the home of Henry Maysonnave who willed the property to the City of Sonoma. It is now the headquarters of the Sonoma League for Historic Preservation and is its Heritage Center for research using the archives of the League.

270 First Street West (In Depot Park)
This large single-story rectangular building is a 1978 replica of the original depot of the Sonoma Valley Railway. In 1890, when it was the depot for the San Francisco North Pacific Railway (later Northwestern Pacific Railway), the Depot was removed from the north side of the Plaza to this location. This building is now the museum of the Sonoma Valley Historical Society.

241 First Street West
1870
Giacomo Mazza built the first story of his house with stone from General Vallejo’s quarries. It has 16-inch-thick walls and had originally only three rooms. Bought by Northwestern Railroad in 1888 as a saloon for travelers, it later became Northwestern Depot Hotel. After the railroad closed down in 1917, it became a private residence; then a print shop; then, for years was empty until it was remodeled in 1974 and is now The Depot Hotel Restaurant.

Spain Street at Third Street West
1851
California State Parks
General Mariano G. Vallejo built the house for his growing family in 1851. Called Lachryma Montis (tears of the mountain), the property was named for its spring which supplied the farm and town of Sonoma with water, using redwood pipes.

This New England pre-fab two-story house is a fine example of Gothic Revival; the interior is furnished with many of the original Vallejo furnishings. Also on the property is a prefab Swiss Chalet style building originally used by General Vallejo as a storehouse for wines and olives; it is now a museum.

After Vallejo’s death in 1890, his fifteenth child, Luisa Vallejo Emparan, owned the house. The State purchased the property in 1933 and now maintains it as a State Historic Monument. (CHL No. 18).