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Coordinates: 38°35′04″N 121°29′23″W / 38.584444°N 121.489722°W / 38.584444; -121.489722
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Alkali Flat Historic District
A house in the West district
LocationSacramento, California
NRHP reference No.84000929
84000933
84000936
Added to NRHPCentral and West districts: 26 July 1984
North district: 19 April 1984
Alkali Flat Sacramento, California in 1884, 12th Street Enterprise Store S. H. Farley.

The Alkali Flat Historic District is a historic district in Sacramento, California. It is the oldest surviving neighborhood in Sacramento. The older Alkali Flat buildings and homes were built between 1853 and 1869 by the Sacramento's upper class. Alkali Flat borders are: 12th Street, H Street (Government Alley), 7th Street, and Southern Pacific Train tracks to the north.[1][2][3]

History

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As the older upper class houses became less wanted, Irish and Mexicans immigrants moved in the 1920’s. In 1920s, the neighborhood got its name "Alkali Flat" as white powder once coated the ground seasonally in the Sutter slough during spring and winter floods. All of the homes were run down by the 1950s. The city started a redevelopment program for Alkali Flat. The city zoned Alkali Flat as a C-4 zone for business. KCRA Television moved in, along with other businesses. The County of Sacramento built offices and parking in Alkali Flat. The Capitol Corridor project and I-5 established in 1991, removed houses in Sacramento and some moved into Alkali Flat.[4] The art group Royal Chicano Air Force (RCAF) opened in 1960s in Alkali Flat.[5] It was one of the "most important collective artist groups"[6] A new city redevelopment program for Alkali Flat started on February 10, 1972. The “Redevelopment Plan Alkali Flat Project No 6” zoned some of Alkali Flat as residential, starting an effort to preserve the history of Alkali Flat.[7][8] Some historic homes were moved to Alkali Flat in the 1990s.[9][10][8]

The Blue Line (Sacramento RT) has a station, as well as the Alkali Flat/La Valentina station and the Globe station that opened in 1987.[11][12]

National Register of Historic Places

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In 1984 Alkali Flat received three National Register of Historic Places listings:

Notable places

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Some of the notable places in Alkali Flat Historic District:
There are 46 buildings on Central Alkali Flat National list:[16] Alkali Flat West has 17 buildings on the National list.[17] Alkali Flat North has 14 buildings on the National list.[18]

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See also

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Further reading

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References

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  1. ^ "Alkali & Mansion Flats History". Alkali & Mansion Flats Historical Neighborhood Association. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  2. ^ "Alkali Flat/Mansion Flats Strategic Neighborhood Action Plan" (PDF). August 23, 2005.
  3. ^ Holst, Krissy (November 5, 2011). "A walk in Alkali Flat is a step back in time". Sacramento Press. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  4. ^ "Alkali Flat - Sacramento, CA". Niche. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  5. ^ Orozco, Donna (March 3, 2021). "Arts Visalia celebrates influential Chicano artist Ricardo Favela, a Dinuba native". Visalia Times Delta. Favela went on to found the Royal Chicano Air Force (FCAF) with Montoya and Estefan Villa along with others at Sac State.
  6. ^ Nicolás Kanellos; Francisco A. Lomelí; Claudio Esteva Fabregat (1993). Handbook of Hispanic Cultures in the United States: Literature and art. Arte Publico Press. p. 195. ISBN 978-1-61192-163-2.
  7. ^ “Redevelopment Plan Alkali Flat Project No 6, cityofsacramento.org
  8. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  9. ^ "Time Table for the Western Division #229 To Take Effect Tuesday, August 1, 1939 at 12:01 A. M." (PDF). Southern Pacific Railroad. August 1, 1939.
  10. ^ "Train links Sacramento, Bay Area". Lodi News-Sentinel. December 12, 1991 – via Google News.
  11. ^ "SacRT System Map" (PDF) (Map). Sacramento Regional Transit District. August 29, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  12. ^ Walker, Bill (March 13, 1987). "Pride runneth over in city 'On the move'". The Sacramento Bee. pp. A1, A26.
  13. ^ "National Register Information System – (#84000929)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  14. ^ "National Register Information System – (#84000933)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  15. ^ "National Register Information System – (#84000933)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  16. ^ Notable places in Central Alkali Flat Historic District noehill.com
  17. ^ Alkali Flat West Historic District, noehill.com
  18. ^ Alkali Flat North noehill.com
  19. ^ "NPGallery Asset Detail". npgallery.nps.gov. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
  20. ^ "National Register Information System – (#82002236)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  21. ^ Kuchler Row, noehill.com
  22. ^ Hubbard-Upson House noehill.com
  23. ^ Anton Wagner Duplex parks.ca.gov
  24. ^ The Globe Mill, oftsatglobemills.com
  25. ^ Van Voorhies House, calisphere.org
  26. ^ Crystal Cream and Butter Company, crystalcreamery.com
  27. ^ Phoenix Flour Mill, calisphere.org
  28. ^ Southern Pacific Hospital calisphere.org
  29. ^ ovelty Wood Works, calisphere.org
  30. ^ HI Sacramento Hostel
  31. ^ Zapata Park cityofsacramento.org
  32. ^ eely Johnson Park, cityofsacramento.org
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