Name/Title
Report, AdministrativeEntry/Object ID
2019.021.0062Scope and Content
This is a series of documents relating to the "Disposition of Historical Properties" to the Benicia Arsenal. This was a project to document the history of Ordnance installations which were closing. Items deemed historical were to be sent to OCO Historical Branch when the installations closed.
Benicia Arsenal decided that nine items met the historical definition. They were:
1. Gun, 3-inch coast defense (Creely 1912) in front of headquarters building.
2. Photograph - Brig. Gen. Stephen Vincent Benet, Chief of Ordnance 1874-1891.
3 Bronze plaque designating Benicia a California State Landmark, No 176.
4 Topographical map dated 1868.
5 Collection of photos of CO's of Benicia Arsenal.
6 Key to original building at Benicia (Bldg. # 29) cornerstone laid 1849.
7 Collection of photographs of Benicia Arsenal and Barracks.
8 Collection of early photographic plates (glass) made in 1906.
9 Bell hanging on wooden support between buildings 7 and 8. It is marked "A. Meneely, West Troy, N.Y. 1841".Collection
Benicia Arsenal Collection
