Temelec Hall is historical building built in 1858, in Sonoma, California in

Sonoma County, California Sonoma County () is a county (United States), county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States Census, its population was 488,863. Its county seat and largest city is Santa Rosa, California, Santa Rosa. It is to the n ...

. The Temelec Hall is a California Historical Landmark No. 496 listed on June 10, 1936. Temelec Hall is also a National Register of Historic Places April 19, 2006. Temelec Hall was built by Captain

Granville P. Swift Granville Perry Swift (May 1, 1821 in Lexington, Kentucky – April 21, 1875) was a California pioneer who participated in the Bear Flag Revolt in 1846 and who was highly successful at gold mining. His great-uncle was Daniel Boone. He came to Cal ...

(1821-1875), a member of the Bear Flag Party and took part in the short Mexican–American War in 1846–1848. Swift was the great-grandnephew to Daniel Boone. Swift found gold in 1849

California Gold Rush The California Gold Rush (1848–1855) was a gold rush that began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. The news of gold brought approximately 300,000 people to California fro ...

. With the gold, Swift built the building with stone quarried here by native labor. General

Persifor Frazer Smith Persifor Frazer Smith (November 16, 1798May 17, 1858) was a United States Army officer during the Seminole Wars and Mexican–American War. As commander of U.S. forces in California, he was one of the last military governors of the occupied terr ...

, a United States Army commander in lived in a small house near Temelec Hall in 1849. After Swift Temelec Hall was sold a few times. In 1915 it was sold to the Coblentz family, who restored the run down building. Coblentz family sold the Hall and it lands in 1961, to a developer. The developer built the Temelec retirement community with the Hall as historical centerpiece. A historical marker is at Temelec Hall, placed by the by Native Sons of the Golden West in 2008.

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{{National Register of Historic Places National Register of Historic Places in Sonoma County, California California Historical Landmarks History of Sonoma County, California 1858 in California 1858 establishments in California

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