Lachryma Montis (Sonoma, California)

USA / California / Sonoma / Sonoma, California
 museum, place with historical importance, Victorian Gothic (architecture), 1850s construction

House of General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo erected at Lachryma Montis in 1851–52 was designed and prefabricated in New England, shipped by sailboat around Cape Horn, and assembled on site. The style is Carpenter Gothic—the American wood-frame version of Victorian Gothic Revival, which had come into vogue on the East Coast in the previous decade.
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Coordinates:   38°17'56"N   122°27'45"W
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