Sonoma Developmental Center

Sonoma Developmental Center--Main Building
Sonoma Developmental Center is located in California
Sonoma Developmental Center
Sonoma Developmental Center is located in the United States
Sonoma Developmental Center
Location15000 Arnold Drive
Eldridge, California
Coordinates38°20′50″N 122°31′7″W / 38.34722°N 122.51861°W / 38.34722; -122.51861
Area1,670 acres (7 km2)
NRHP reference No.00001180
Added to NRHPOctober 6, 2000

The Sonoma Developmental Center (SDC) was a large state school in California, United States for people with developmental disabilities, and is located in Eldridge in Sonoma County.[1] Former names for this hospital include California Home for the Care and Training of Feeble Minded Children (1883);[2] Sonoma State Home (1909);[3] Sonoma State Hospital (1953); and Sonoma Developmental Center starting in 1986. The center closed on 31 December 2018.[4]

  1. ^ "What to do with SDC?". The North Bay Business Journal. 2021-10-05. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
  2. ^ Dowd, Katie (2016-06-16). "Historic asylums and sanitariums of Northern California". SFGATE. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
  3. ^ "National Register #00001180: Sonoma State Home in Eldridge, California". Retrieved 2008-03-29.
  4. ^ "Sonoma Developmental Center quietly closes its doors". Sonoma Index-Tribune. 2019-01-01. Retrieved 2022-06-06.