Saved: Preservation by Local Businesses

Pangloss Cellars, photo found at Fodors.com

Recently, the Sonoma League for Historic Preservation awarded three privately-owned wineries awards for their preservation of historic winery facilities: Buena Vista Winery, Pangloss Cellars, and Three Sticks Winery.  Their efforts involved seismic retrofits without marring building aesthetics, a sensitive restoration on the Sonoma Plaza, and the preservation of early buildings linked to the Mexican government.  Originally posted in the Sonoma Valley Sun.

Lost: J. McDonald Bungalow, Healdsburg, CA.

Photo by Google Earth

This early 1900s bungalow was in need of attention until 2008, when a vintner remodeled it as a tasting room, complete with a wrap around terrace to enjoy views of the vineyard.  In this bucolic landscape of Sonoma County, the bungalow's adaptive reuse exemplified the county's agrarian character.

The Windsor Times just posted an article mentioning its new owner, UPTick, decided that its aesthetics and use as a commercial facility was insufficient for their needs, and so it was demolished with little interest in preservation.  The construction company, Harkey Construction was first to post an announcement, complete with the before shot of the remodeled bungalow.  The architect will replace the bungalow with a "Mid Century Agrarian Modern" facility.