Head south on Second Street East for a block past East Napa Street.

Just south of East Napa Street
c. 1909
One of the four bridges that cross Nathanson Creek as it meanders through East Sonoma, this stone bridge is the only one of its style in the city. Concrete replace stone soon after this bridge was constructed. Development brought silt, and the creek bottom filled, destroying a breeding ground for fish. Note marking tone dated 1909 with names of the City Trustees at that time.

531 Second Street East
c. 1876
This house is well situated and is the finest example of bracketed Italianate architecture in Sonoma. Two flat roof verandas have square columns with decorated capitals and brackets. The same decorations appear between windows of projecting diagonal bays on both stories. The building has Mansard overhanging roofs with wide cornices, paneled frieze boards and curved brackets and features delicate, wrought iron roof cresting.

532 Second Street East
c. 1859
Situated on a three-acre lot and originally called “Pine Lodge” because it was surrounded by pine trees, this large, slate-roofed, two story Greek Revival mansion features a handsome portico with eight Doric columns.

The west end has a circular bay window. built for Frederick and Dorothea (Clewe) Durhing, it originally was typical of a two story Greek Revival structure. The west wing was added in the 1890s and in 1928, Duhring’s daughter commissioned San Francisco architectural firm, Bliss and Faville, to remodel the house.

When German-bornm immigrants Frederick and Dorothea Durhing arrived in Sonoma in 1854, they were completely penniless. By selling Mrs. Duhring’s trousseau, they were able to start a small business which prospered , and they became a leading family of the community. Thomas Church installed a garden in 1927.