Welcome to the
Historic Landmarks of Vallejo
Geo Trail!
This is one of 18 caches that are intended to introduce you to the Historic Landmarks of Vallejo, California. The complete list of caches are referenced on GC65Y05.
They are not recommended after dark.
Instructions for the "Vallejo Historical Landmarks GeoTrail"
1. Obtain a VHLGT Passport. You can pick one up in person at either the Vallejo Visitors Bureau, 289 Mare Island Way or the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum, 734 Marin Street. Current hours of operation are listed on GC65Y05: VHLGT Trailhead.
2. When you find a VHLGT geocache, sign the log and record the code word specific for that Landmark(s) on your passport.
3. Share your experiences online when you get home. Log into your geocaching.com account and track all of the caches you’ve found. Let us know in your log if you’re a first time visitor to Vallejo.
Limited Edition Geocoin
• Find at least 16 Vallejo Historical Landmarks GeoTrail geocaches (passport with code word recorded) and receive a free Visit Vallejo geocoin. (Only one geocoin per household or team.)
To Obtain Geocoin
• After finding the caches, each team will be required to stop by either the Vallejo Visitors Bureau or the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum to have their code words verified. Coins will not be mailed. Please consider hours of operation when planning your visit.
* Geocoins are available while supplies last.
About This Architectural Historical Landmark
#19 Christian Science Church 733 Kentucky St
This Byzantine Revival church was originally built for the Christian Science Church in 1929 by Henry H Gutterson.
Gutterson attended U.C. Berkeley where he studied under John Galen Howard. \While assisting with drawings of the Burnham Plan for San Francisco, he was introduced to the City Beautiful movement. Gutterson followed Howard’s example and studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris during 1906-1909. Gutterson left before graduating due to financial difficulties and worked briefly in New York City.
He taught for a year (1911) and then joined Howard on the design staff for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition. John Galen Howard was hired in 1912 to supervise the architecture for the St. Francis Wood suburb in San Francisco. Galen and Gutterson worked together on the fountains and public architecture of the tract, which was laid out by the Olmsted. After a couple of years, Howard turned over the supervision duties to Gutterson in 1914.
Gutterson also worked in the Oakland city architect's office before opening a private practice in 1916. He remained active in civic planning, was a member of the Berkeley Planning Commission, and was co-founder and president of the Berkeley Planning and Housing Association.
He taught briefly at UC Berkeley from 1920 to 1921, was the supervising architect of St. Francis Wood, and took on commissions in San Francisco, Berkeley, and Oakland. In Berkeley, he worked with Bernard Maybeck, helped to complete Maybeck's designs, and built additions to the First Church of Christ, Scientist (Maybeck, 1910). In 1928, he also designed the Ardenwood Christian Science retirement home, near St. Francis Wood, in a French chateau style.
Gutterson's career was nearly cut short by an attempt on his life. He was shot in the shoulder and seriously wounded by a client in November 24, 1925 at his office at 526 Powell Street. Gutterson's draftsman, Angelo Hewetson, was killed before the client, John Hitchcock, killed himself. A newspaper account says the client was "laboring under the insane delusion that he was being cheated in the reconstruction of an apartment house."
From 1927 to 1930, he served as president of the Sierra Nevada chapter of the A.I.A., was appointed to the state Board of Architecture (1929-1934), and served on the Berkeley City Planning Commission (1934-1936). He continued to design in the 1930s and early 1940s with a notable assignment to take over Maybeck's work on the Principia College in Illinois.24 He died of cancer in 1954 after suffering with the disease for some time.
Ok now that you know the history of this place lets go find the cache since this is a letter box it will require some extra steps to get to the cache: from the posted coords walk or drive 153ft east Then go right 153ft. Then go 129ft west then look to the North about 15-20ft you should see the familiar object check the hint Have Fun!