The Petaluma Historic Commercial District is a historic district in

Petaluma, California Petaluma (Miwok: ''Péta Lúuma'') is a city in Sonoma County, California, located in the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. Its population was 59,776 according to the 2020 census. Petaluma's name comes from the Miwok village na ...

which was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

in 1995. It is located along Petaluma Boulevard, between B St. and Prospect St. It includes

Italianate The Italianate style was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. Like Palladianism and Neoclassicism, the Italianate style drew its inspiration from the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian ...

and

Classical Revival Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy and France. It became one of the most prominent architectural styles in the Western world. The prevailing style ...

architecture amongst its 63 contributing buildings and one

contributing object In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distric ...

. It includes: * Old Petaluma Opera House, at 147-149 Kentucky St., which is separately listed on the National Register. *Herold Building, which has "a corner tower and bay windows" *American Trust Building, a "carefully executed example of a classically designed bank from the 1920s" *Hotel Petaluma, "the district's tallest building and the only one designed in the

Mediterranean Revival Mediterranean Revival is an architectural style introduced in the United States, Canada, and certain other countries in the 19th century. It incorporated references from Spanish Renaissance, Spanish Colonial, Italian Renaissance, French Colonia ...

style" *Couches, Etc., a "three-story former department store that has a rounded corner and other features of the Streamline Moderne". *Masonic Building (1882), 43-49 Petaluma Blvd. N., 7/9 Western Ave. Brick building with cast iron detailing, Italianate in style. Includes map on last page. With * McNear Building (1911), 23 Petaluma Blvd North.

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* Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in California National Register of Historic Places in Sonoma County, California {{SonomaCountyCA-NRHP-stub

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