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Historic Resources

The County's First Historic Resource Inventory

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Sonoma County’s first Inventory of historic resources began in fall 1972, when the Planning Department began coordinating with geography faculty and students at Sonoma State College to conduct a Historic Sites Inventory. The work expanded during the 1974-1975 academic year to include geography and history faculty and students.

The communities surveyed as part of the first Historic Sites Inventory were:

  • Glen Ellen and Kenwood
  • Bodega, Bloomfield, Valley Ford, and Two Rock
  • South Sonoma Valley
  • Cloverdale, Geyserville, Alexander Valley, and Dry Creek Road in Healdsburg
  • Petaluma

About 500 properties were surveyed on the first Inventory.