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.

[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.

[rosabelle]

There is the Julia Morgan House.

Also the Alhambra Theater.