Petaluma Historic Commercial District

The Petaluma Historic Commercial District is a 17.4 acres (7.0 ha) historic district in Petaluma, California which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. It is located along Petaluma Boulevard, between B St. and Prospect St.[1]

Petaluma Historic Commercial District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Along Petaluma Blvd., between B and Prospect Sts., Petaluma, California
Area	17.4 acres (7.0 ha)
Architectural style	Italianate, Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	95000354[1]
Added to NRHP	March 31, 1995

It includes Italianate and Classical Revival architecture amongst its 63 contributing buildings and one contributing object.[1]

It includes:

• the Old Petaluma Opera House, at 147-149 Kentucky St., which is separately listed on the National Register.
• the Herold Building, which has "a corner tower and bay windows"[2]
• the American Trust Building, a "carefully executed example of a classically designed bank from the 1920s"[2]
• the Hotel Petaluma, "the district's tallest building and the only one designed in the Mediterranean Revival style"[2]
• Couches, Etc., a "three-story former department store that has a rounded corner and other features of the Streamline Moderne".[2]
• Masonic Building (1882), 43-49 Petaluma Blvd. N., 7/9 Western Ave. Brick building with cast iron detailing, Italianate in style.[2]