The 47th Annual Historic Home Tour: Sunday, September 17!
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Read MoreChallenging the Myths of Historic Preservation
/Historic myths abound! Preservation Sacramento board member and real estate agent Luis Sumpter helps to separate the facts from the fiction.
Read MorePreservation Roundtable Rescheduled!
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Preservation Sacramento's Board has decided to reschedule our quarterly Roundtable because we recently learned that the Sacramento Asian Pacific Film Festival has secured a copy of Whispering Sidewalks, Japan's first jazz musical, produced in 1936 and starring Sacramento-born jazz singer Betty Inada!
Read MorePreservation Sacramento's Jane Jacobs Walk series returns!
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Part urban planning lesson, part local history tour, Jane Jacobs Walks are part of a national series of events happening every May, showcasing places that embody Jacob’s principles for active sidewalks, mixed use and creative reuse.
Read MoreSave the Date for the 2023 Annual Historic Home Tour
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We are thrilled to announce the date and location of the 47th Annual Preservation Sacramento Historic Home Tour.
Join us Sunday, September 17, 2023, 10 am - 4 pm, as we explore the charm of East Sacramento’s 38th Street!
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The Preservation Sacramento Annual Home Tour is the largest and longest running home tour in Sacramento. One day a year, volunteers open their homes and businesses to members and friends of Preservation Sacramento. With an emphasis on historic buildings, the tour also features quality infill projects that have become important parts of Sacramento’s urban fabric.
Visit the Home Tour page to learn more about this year’s tour and see highlights from past tours.
Save Our Capitol Update: Contact Gov. Newsom, Pro Tem Atkins, State Sen. Ashby: Repair & Restore the Capitol Annex!
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As you may know by now, the Appellate Court issued a judgment that requires the Department of General Services (DGS) to circulate a revised Draft Environmental Impact Report (RDEIR) that addresses the concerns that Save the Capitol/Save the Trees and Save our Capitol (SOC) raised about the location and design of the visitors' center, the new parking garage and the size and design of a new Annex building.
Read MoreRemembering Two of Sacramento’s First Female House Designers
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Julia Morgan was the first licensed female architect in the state of California, but she was not the first woman to work as an architect in Sacramento. In 1906, two years before Morgan obtained her license and over ten years before she began work on the Goethe Mansion on T Street (1921) or the Public Market on J Street (1923), Anna Crabbe Walters started advertising her services as a house designer in The Sacramento Star. Five years later, advertisements for yet another female house designer, Alma Johnson Winn, appeared in the architects’ section of the Sacramento Union. Both women specialized in what were then called “artistic homes,” and several of their buildings still stand in Sacramento today.
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