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St. Peter's Chapel, Mare Island

1901 establishments in California20th-century churches in the United StatesChurches completed in 1901Churches in Solano County, CaliforniaCommons category link is locally defined
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St Peters Chapel on Mare Island in Vallejo California 2
St Peters Chapel on Mare Island in Vallejo California 2

St. Peter's Chapel, Mare Island (locally, St. Peter's Chapel) is an historic church building located on Walnut Avenue near Cedar Avenue, Vallejo, Solano County, California, in the historic core of the Mare Island Naval Shipyard. It is the first Naval chapel in the Pacific, the first interdenominational chapel in the armed services, and the second chapel built on a U.S. Navy property, the first being the original Naval chapel in Annapolis replaced in 1904. Dedicated on 13 October 1901, St. Peter's Chapel is the oldest extant Naval chapel in the United States. It is "a key contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District, listed in the National Register of Historic Places and a National Historic Landmark, and individually, as one of the most important chapels owned by the U.S. Navy.": 2 

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St. Peter's Chapel, Mare Island
Walnut Avenue, Vallejo

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Walnut Avenue
94592 Vallejo
California, United States
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California State Capitol (Vallejo, California)
California State Capitol (Vallejo, California)

Vallejo California State Capitol was founded on May 4, 1852, at a building in Vallejo, California in Solano County, California. The Vallejo California State Capitol site is a California Historical Landmark No. 574 listed on April 1, 1957.A Vallejo wooden two-story building served as the California State Capitol from May 4, 1852, to February 4, 1853. The building had a half set basement and was located at 300 York Street, Vallejo. General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo (1807-1890) offered the site to the State after the wooden Sacramento California State Capitol building in the Sacramento First Courthouse burnt to the ground in large fire on July 13, 1854.After the Vallejo California State Capitol, the State Capitol moved to the Fischer-Hanlon House, in Benicia, California, from February 3, 1853, to February 24, 1854. The Benicia site is California Historical Landmark #153. Then the California State Capitol moved back to Sacramento, California Historical Landmark #869.The former Vallejo California State Capitol Building was lost on August 20, 1859, as hay stored in the basement caught fire. Site is now a parking lot. Site is California Historical Landmark #574.A historical marker is at the site of the former Vallejo California State Capitol on the Northwest corner of a city parking lot at 200 block of York Street, next to the Vallejo Transit Center. The marker was placed there by Native Sons of the Golden West, Historic Landmark Committee in 1938. There is second smaller marker also.