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What buildings are included in the 2021 photography competition? The Yountville Veteran’s Home Most of the early buildings have been replaced over the years with the present buildings reflecting the Mission Revival influence of the 1920s and 30s. One of the oldest remaining is the Chapel (1917) which is on the National Register. The last of the wood buildings with the broad verandas was razed c.l950. The presence of the Home has had an economic impact upon Yountville over the years and although the Home is now physically separated from the town by Highway 29, it is within the city limits. The Home is California State Landmark #828. Object ID: 2012.69.3.59, from the 1977 survey, Historic Resources Inventory #NapaHistory #NapaThenAndNow #PhotoCompetition2021 #ThePresenceOfThePast #PhotoChallenge #PhotoJournalism #photographer #HistoricPhotography

Where we played: Fox Theatre was open from 1928 to the late 1940s on the northeast corner of First and Randolph. Image courtesy of Tom Malloy. Now the location of the Archer Hotel. Join us this Thursday night to learn more about Lost Napa Valley, https://www.eventbrite.com/myevent?eid=137507208763. #WhoTellsOurStory #NapaThenAndNow #NapaHistory

What buildings are included in the 2021 photography competition? The Yountville Veteran’s Home The Veteran’s Home, established by Mexican War veterans and members of the Grand Army of the Republic, was opened in 1884 as a home for aged and disabled veterans. The Veteran's Home Association purchased the land for the Home from William H. Gibbs in 1882. The Home was administered independently until 1897, when due to the increasing size of the institution, the Association decided to deed the buildings and 910 acres of property to the State of California which has since maintained the Home. NCHS Postcard Collection; Text excerpted from the description in the 1977 survey, Historic Resources Inventory #NapaHistory #NapaThenAndNow #PhotoCompetition2021 #ThePresenceOfThePast #PhotoChallenge #PhotoJournalism #photographer #HistoricPhotography

What buildings are included in the 2021 photography competition? St. Helena High School The style is emphasized in the use of rough faced stone, the broad hipped roof with cross gables, and massive horizontal facade with its transomed windows set deeply into the wall, and the massive horizontal facade with its transomed windows set deeply into the walls. The central tower of the 3-story building adds light to the upper floor. There is the characteristic Romanesque semi-circular arched entryway. Stone for facing of the reinforced concrete building came the Glendale Ranch in Conn Valley; the roof is slate. To comply with new earthquake codes, a new high school was built behind this early 19th century building which is on the National Register. Object ID: 2012.69.6.31, from the 1977 survey, Historic Resources Inventory #NapaHistory #NapaThenAndNow #PhotoCompetition2021 #ThePresenceOfThePast #PhotoChallenge #PhotoJournalism #photographer #HistoricPhotography

What buildings are included in the 2021 photography competition? St. Helena High School The Old St. Helena High School is one of only a few examples of the Richardson Romanesque style in Napa County and significantly depicts in St. Helena the 20th century civic architecture of Luther M. Turton, a prominent Napa architect. Dr. G. B. Crane, pioneer viticulturist, had experimental vineyards on the site of the school in the 1860s; his widow, Mrs. Frances Grason Crane, willed the site to the City in 1908 for a public high school. Photo Object ID: 2017.30.2; Text excerpted from the description in the 1977 survey, Historic Resources Inventory #NapaHistory #NapaThenAndNow #PhotoCompetition2021 #ThePresenceOfThePast #PhotoChallenge #PhotoJournalism #photographer #HistoricPhotography