Sonoma Plaza

Infobox_nrhp2 | name =Sonoma Plaza
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caption =
location= Sonoma, California
lat_degrees = 38
lat_minutes = 17
lat_seconds = 37
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 122
long_minutes = 27
long_seconds = 12
long_direction = W
locmapin = California
area =
built =1846
architect=
architecture= Italianate, Mission/Spanish Revival
added = April 03, 1975
designated_nhl = December 19, 1960 [http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceID=1535&resourceType=District NHL Summary] ]
governing_body = State
refnum=75000489cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

Sonoma Plaza is the central plaza in the former El Pueblo de Sonoma, now known as Sonoma, California. The town is centered around this plaza, the largest plaza in California. This plaza is surrounded by many historical buildings, including the Mission San Francisco Solano, Captain Salvador Vallejo's "Casa Grande", the Presidio of Sonoma, the Blue Wing Inn, and the Toscano Hotel. In the middle of the plaza, Sonoma's early 20th-century city hall, at the plaza's center and still in use, was designed and built with four identical sides in order not to offend the merchants on any one side of the plaza. The plaza is a National Historic Landmark and still serves as the town's focal point, hosting many community festivals and drawing tourists all year round. It provides a central tourist attraction. It is also the location of the Farmer's Market, held every Tuesday in the summer.

This location was where the Bear Flag Revolt took place in 1846 [http://www.nr.nps.gov/writeups/75000489.nl.pdf NHL Writeu [] ] , which led to the Mexican-American War [http://www.nr.nps.gov/Red%20Books/75000489.red.pdf NPS Red Book] ] .

References

External links

* [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/hh:@field(NUMBER+@band(CA1114)) Library of Congress, Americas Memory]
* [http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/ca/ca44.htm NPS article on Sonoma Plaza]
* [http://www.parks.sonoma.net/sonoma.html State Park Website]