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Front view of the Mecham House at 498 Pepper Road in Petaluma, California, 1977

Title

Front view of the Mecham House at 498 Pepper Road in Petaluma, California, 1977

Creator (Person)

["Chamberlain, Ronald M., 1935-"]

Creation Date (Original)

1977

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Description

Photo--black and white: Mecham house on Pepper Road, front view in 1977. White one-story clapboard house with two chimneys and a cupola with a weathervane. Photographed by Ron Chamberlain.

Item Format or Genre

["black-and-white photographs"]

Local History and Culture Theme

["Arts and Architecture"]

Subject (Family)

["Mecham family--Homes and haunts"]

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Western Sonoma County Historical Society Collection"]

Digital Collections Identifier

casebwsc_pho_003417

Item Details
Image Details

Item Details

Title

Front view of the Mecham House at 498 Pepper Road in Petaluma, California, 1977

Creator (Person)

["Chamberlain, Ronald M., 1935-"]

Title Statement

Ron Chamberlain.

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Description

Photo--black and white: Mecham house on Pepper Road, front view in 1977. White one-story clapboard house with two chimneys and a cupola with a weathervane. Photographed by Ron Chamberlain.

Biographical or Historical Note

Located on Pepper Road, 1 mile west of Highway 101. Built in 1890 as a wedding gift to Isabel Mecham. Her father, Harrison Mecham, named it the Garden Valley Ranch. The John S. Watson family came as tenant-operators in 1926 and acquired interest in the property in 1965. Following an extensive electrical fire in August 1984 the building, despite its landmark status, was demolished.

Creation Date (Original)

1977

Category

["8: Communication Artifact"]

Subcategory

["Documentary Artifact"]

Material Type (WSCHS)

["Print, Photographic"]

Item Type

["Still image"]

Item Format or Genre

["black-and-white photographs"]

Number of Parts or Pages

Other Physical Details

black-and-white

Item Physical Dimensions

10.5" x 12"

Local History and Culture Theme

["Arts and Architecture"]

Subject (Family)

["Mecham family--Homes and haunts"]

Subject (Time Period)

1970-1979

WSCHS Subject (People)

["Chanberlain, Ron","Mecham"]

WSCHS Subject (Topical)

["architecture","weathervane","copula","1977","Pepper Road","Meacham House","buildings"]

Country

["United States"]

State or Province

["California"]

California County

["Sonoma"]

City or Town

["Petaluma"]

Geographic Feature

["Pepper Road"]

Street Address

498 Pepper Road, Petaluma, California

Latitude

38.283942

Longitude

-122.700385

Geocoding Status

["Exact geocoding"]

Creator Note

Photographed by Ron Chamberlain, 2nd & Church, Occidental, Calif. 95465

Source of Title and Description Note

Title supplied by cataloger

Original Collection Name

["Western Sonoma County Historical Society Photographic Collection"]

Credit line

Courtesy, Western Sonoma County Historical Society

Local System Identifier

3417

Digital Collections Identifier

casebwsc_pho_003417

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Western Sonoma County Historical Society Collection"]

Digital Collections Area Group(s)

["Local History & Culture"]

Accession #

79-13-017

Original/Copy Note

Original

Shelving Location of Physical Item(s)

WSCHS Archives: Rack A: Shelf 5: Box 10

Copyright Statement

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