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[[Windsor, California|Windsor]]'s town council adopted the existing county landmarks when the town was created. The town council makes the final decisions regarding designations.
Windsor's designations are independent of state and federal designations. The County of Sonoma's historic landmark designations intentionally exclude sites within the cities in the County.
==List of Windsor historic landmarks==
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|A||Bell Ranch House||294 Windsor River Road ||||APN 066-090-029|| ||This house is currently designated as a county historical landmark. A large two story residence designed with the influence of Greek revival architecture, it was constructed in 1860 by Mr. Bell, who was one of the first settlers in Windsor and owned considerable property in the area.||
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|B||Old Windsor Community Methodist Church||251 Windsor River Road ||||APN 066-090-005|| ||In 1898 the Methodist board of ministers gave $500.00 to help finance construction of this, the second Methodist Church in Windsor. A long list of names subscribing various amounts indicates the interest of the community. The church was in constant use from 1898 to 1959, when a new building was constructed. The church was originally constructed as a wood adaptation of the Richardsonion Romanesque architectural style. This style characteristically includes straight-topped windows interspersed with the arched type, and square towers crowned with pyramidal roofs.||
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|C||Methodist Church Parsonage||239 Windsor River Road||||||||This building is said to have been moved from the east side of town when the First Methodist Church burned down and the new one was built. It can be seen in the picture of the church described in paragraph B that is attached. The building was remodeled in the 1980’s as a law office and residence and is more recently returned to church use.||
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|D||The David H. DuVander House||295 Windsor River Road||||||||This house was built in the late 1800’s and was the residence of David H. DuVander a member of a prominent family in the Windsor area that has many relatives still living in the area today. The current owners indicate that the house was once an undertaker’s house and business.||
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|E||Gutchell Residence||321 Windsor River Road ||||APN 066-081-056||||This house was constructed in approximately 1890 and was occupied by the Gutchell family until Mrs. Ora Gutchell passed away in 1968. A very influential Windsor resident, Mrs. Gutchell, had the first telephone in the Windsor area and was the operator for the Windsor District switchboard as far back as 1918. The switchboard was located in the front parlor of the house, and this is where Windsor residents came to pay their phone bills. There was probably a pay phone in front of the house, as a small concrete pad still exists there.||
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|F||Odd Fellows Hall||215 Windsor River Road|||||| ||Built in 1933 this building was the most substantial building in Windsor for many years. The lodge is upstairs and a grocery store is located downstairs. This seems to be the tradition as all accounts of the previous I.O.O.F. buildings in Windsor indicated an identical arrangement.||
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|G||Masonic Temple||371 Windsor River Road||||||||First constructed on this site in 1898 on land owned by Robert Cunningham, one the areas earliest settlers, the original lodge has seen many reconstructions. It was destroyed by fire in 1905 and rebuilt only to be severely damaged by the earthquake of 1906. Early photos show that the building was rebuilt with the same original design. This building along with the I.O.O.F. building is all that remain of the commercial section of “New Windsor”.||
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|H||James Prewett Wagon Shop||8750 Old Redwood Highway||||||||This small wood frame building, most recently occupied by Rumba, a Cuban restaurant, was the Wagon and Smith Shop owned by James Prewett in 1868. James Prewett was one of the earliest settlers and was instrumental in organizing the “Town of Windsor” in 1864. The building is the oldest commercial building in Windsor and is one of the last original buildings from the “Old Windsor”.||
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|I||Mattie Washburn House||8660 Franklin Street|||||| ||This home was the residence of Mattie Washburn a long time resident and school teacher in the Windsor School system. Mattie Wasburn School was named in her honor. Her home is one of the last remaining homes in the original town site of “Old Windsor”.||
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|J||Cunningham House||9225 Foxwood Drive||||||||A pioneer farmhouse-style dwelling built circa 1850 is the oldest known structure in Windsor and may be the oldest wood frame house in Sonoma County. Robert Cunningham, his wife, Isabella, and daughter Mary Jane, were some of Windsor’s earliest homesteaders. Robert Cunningham was a prominent figure in Windsor history. He was a successful famer and built the first corral in the area, a site which was used by American and Spanish settlers for branding livestock. The Cunningham family was instrumental in helping build Windsor’s earliest public structures including the school and Methodist Church.||
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|K||Hembree House||9225 Foxwood Drive||||||||Called “Mattapan”, an Indian word meaning “I sit down” according to Hembree family members, was built in 1931 and is a fine example of the Spanish architectural style of the era. The house, built by Dr. Atlas and Mrs. Clara Hembree, represents the uniting of Windsor’s pioneer families. Robert & Isabella’s granddaughter, Clara McClelland, married Atlas Hembree. The Hembree family arrived in Windsor in 1860, were active in Windsor’s early commercial development in the late 1880’s, following completion of the San Francisco, North Pacific Railroad. Mrs. Clara Hembree created the sunken gardens on the property, collection and nurturing a wide variety of exotic plants and ferns.||
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|L||Mount Weske Stables||1520 Mount Weske Drive ||||||||This octagon structure, which housed the racehorses of Adolph Weske, was likely built in the 1870’s or 1880’s. Mr. Weske was the founder of the California Cracker Company, later known as the American Biscuit Company. The stable measures 105 feet wide with a height of 105 feet wide with a height of 105 feet to the cupola, and was built from 16 train car loads of virgin redwood timber. Four rows of pigeon coops were built around the cupola, where Mr. Weske housed the homing pigeons used to announce his visits to the property from his home in San Francisco.||
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|M||Shiloh Cemetery||7100 Windsor Road ||||APN 065-260-002||||Originally a Methodist Church site, the first burials on what now is known as the Shiloh Cemetery are believed to have occurred as early as 1836, although the earliest headstone dates to 1850. In 1867 the church building burned down, and the property remained dormant until 1885, when members of the community formed the Shiloh Cemetery Association and provided donations for upkeep. The Association continued until 1937, when a two-thirds vote established the Shiloh Cemetery District, providing tax support for the cemetery operations. The District continues today with a three member Board of Trustees appointed by the County Board of Supervisors.||
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|N||Laughlin Home ||||||||||The restored home of the Laughlin family, early settlers of the Russian River Township. Fred Wiseman and Jean Peter built their airplane, the first California built airplane, and taught themselves to fly in the northern pasture of this ranch in 1910. Later Fred Wiseman would later deliver mail from Petaluma to Santa Rosa recognized as the first airmail delivery in the world! The airplane is displayed at the Smithsonian's Postal Museum in Washington D.C.||
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