#26 Veteran's Hall

#26 - Veteran’s Hall - 231 North First Street (426)

It is still one of the largest assembly halls in downtown Dixon, and routinely hosts the Sacramento Blood Bank collection drives. As noted on the stone relief on the building front.

Dixon’s American Legion Post 208 in Dixon was formed just after World War I, in 1920,

This building has two stories and a side-facing gable roof. The walls are stucco. The symmetrical front elevation originally had a recessed second story with sets of vertically paned windows. The second story is now flush with the first and has vertical board siding and two panels of large windows. In the center is an octagonal window in the form of a ship's wheel. Below, the original part of the elevation has a slightly raised central section with multipaned oblong windows, raised letters reading "Veterans Memorial Hall," and a bracketed entrance. On each side of the entry are two oblong panels that either cover or have replaced window bands. Above them are short bands of single-paned windows. Pilasters border the original elevation. The expansion of the second story is a major alteration to the building. The property's boundary is its current parcel.

The Veteran’s Hall was built in 1923. The Veterans Memorial Hall was completed in 1924. It then became the headquarters for the local American Legion post, which had received its charter four years earlier. The building has continued in its original use for nearly eighty years. An important element of the original design, the relationship of the first and second stories on the front elevation, has been obliterated by the expansion of the second story. Nevertheless, the first story is interesting. It has the formal layout usually found on classical buildings, but the detailing, notably at the cornice and on the pilasters, is abstract. In this it resembles Art Deco designs that became popular in the late 1920s and 1930s. But the building goes its own way in the use of narrow horizontal window bands, which balance rather than enhance the verticality of the pilasters. Research would be helpful to learn the origins of the design. The present appearance of the building does not reflect enough of its original look for the building to be eligible for the National Register or the California Register.

Dixon Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8151 and Dixon American Legion Post 208 use the facility concurrently through the Dixon Veterans Building Association. The Building Association runs the facility, which includes a bar, coffee shop, offices, three meeting rooms, and an assembly area.

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