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Keeping History Alive at the Sonoma Mission, Barracks, Vallejo's Home and Petaluma Adobe
Vallejo's Home - "Lachryma Montis"
Gen. Vallejo
Open to Public:
10 a.m. - 5 p.m. daily except
Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day
Docent Tour Hours:
Sat., Sun 1, 2 & 3 p.m.
In 1850 Vallejo purchased some acreage at the foot of the hills half-a-mile west and north of Sonoma’s central plaza. The land surrounded a spring that the Indians had called Chiucuyem (crying mountain). Vallejo translated it into Latin, Lachryma Montis ( mountain tear).
In 1851 and 1852 the main house was built. It was a two story, wood-frame house built in the carpenter’s gothic Victorian style. Along with several pavilions and other outbuildings, Vallejo’s estate included a large barn and warehouse.
Vallejo and his wife lived at Lachryma Montis for more than 35 years, although as time went by they were forced to live quietly and unpretentiously as the General suffered one economic setback after another.
In 1933 the Vallejo Home and some 20 acres of Lachryma Montis were acquired by the State.
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