120 EAST J STREET

In 1864, Captain Julian McAllister purchased a typical New England salt box home built in 1790 in Torrington, Connecticut. He had it dismantled and shipped it around the Horn to San Francisco. From the Bay, it was floated by barge up the Carquinez Strait to Benicia and reassembled at its present site. The rectory still has its original fireplace and staircase. In 1865, a master bedroom and kitchen wee added.