Historical or otherwise interesting buildings in California

[ruuger]

I have another obscure search:

I'm trying to find a building

1) that's in California (preferably in or near the Sacramento area),
2) could be the location for a charity dinner or other event of that sort, and
3) has some interesting historical/architechtural detail or controversy that two know-it-alls could have an argument about :)

I tried browsing various lists of historical buildings in the US but couldn't find any that would fit my criteria.

Comments

[flyingthesky]

Turn Verein? It's probably a little more German than what you're looking for though.

[ruuger]

Thanks! That sounds good. Who says that German's can't have charity dinners, too ;)

[melannen]

You could pick any historical building and have them argue about historical preservation politics!

...okay maybe that's too boring even for people you want to demonstrate as know-it-alls.

[ruuger]

Hmmm... that could work, since one of the know-it-alls is Jed Bartlett from West Wing, who doesn't know the meaning of boring :D

[rosabelle]

There is the Julia Morgan House.

Also the Alhambra Theater.

[thistleingrey]

Seconding the Julia Morgan House--she did some excellent work in Berkeley, too, though at an hour-ish from Sacramento, it's probably too far to be useful. (Notable are Hearst Mining on the UC campus and the Berkeley City Club, latter of which could easily be the site of some charity dinner, if the OP would like an alternate.)

[ruuger]

Thank you! I'll check those out.