Walters Ranch Hop Kiln
Landmark Vineyards purchased the property in 2016. Landmark Vineyards', Landmark Hop Kiln Winery, is restoring the buildings that are in the Russian River Valley. It was hops, not grapes that was Sonoma County's first major crop. By 1940 hops was no longer and major crop due to the downy mildew disease and insect phylloxera.
There are other historical buildings on the site, A 1888 sheep barn was built with square nails and wood peg construction. Also a Italianate house.
A California historical marker is at 6050 Westside Road, Healdsburg. The historical marker at Walters Ranch Hop Kiln was placed there by the California Department of Parks and Recreation in working with the Griffin Vineyard on May 1, 1977.
Walters Ranch Hop Kiln is on the National Register of Historic Places in Sonoma County, California.
See also
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Walters Ranch Hop Kiln #893". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
- ^ "CHL # 893 Walters Ranch Hop Kiln Sonoma". www.californiahistoricallandmarks.com.
- ^ "Home". Landmark Vineyards.
- ^ Parks, Shoshi (June 23, 2022). "A quest to find the fantastical castles of Sonoma's beer history". SFGATE.
- ^ "Walters Ranch Hop Kiln Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org.
- ^ "National Register #77000351: Walters Ranch Historic District in Healdsburg, California". noehill.com.