Architecture

Founded in Petaluma – Friedman’s Home Improvement Celebrates its 75th Anniversary

I just realized that Friedman's Home Improvement store celebrates its 75th Anniversary this month. Friedman's …

The upcoming soft opening of Petaluma's Grand Central Café scheduled for April 3 at 226 Weller Street provides …

November 9, 2020 // by Katherine J. Rinehart

Before October 2020, some may have thought of the Hood House, constructed in 1858, for its proximity to the …

September 24, 2020 // by Katherine J. Rinehart

My recent blog post featuring the history of Petaluma Christian Church, aka Polly Hannah Klaas Performing Arts …

September 20, 2020 // by Katherine J. Rinehart

With plans underway to construct a new church on Schuman Lane in 1971, members of the Petaluma Christian …

Shown here is the home of James W. Armstrong, a pioneer of Petaluma and Sonoma County as it appeared in April …

I just read the article in yesterday's Petaluma Argus-Courier "Petaluma Approves Controversial Apartments" …

We had an amazing turn out for this morning's talk at the Petaluma Regional Library on the history and …

September 6, 2018 // by Katherine J. Rinehart

Last Thursday night while I was at the Sonoma County Museum, after learning that my master's thesis project …

August 11, 2018 // by Katherine J. Rinehart

Keeping up my tradition of periodic mini house histories, which until now I've written and posted directly to …