Alkali Flat Historic District
The Alkali Flat Historic District is a historic district in Sacramento, California. It is the oldest surviving neighborhood in Sacramento. The older Alkali Flat buildings and homes were built between 1853 and 1869 by the Sacramento's upper class. Alkali Flat borders are: 12th Street, H Street (Government Alley), 7th Street, and Southern Pacific Train tracks to the north. History
As the older upper class houses, became less wanted Irish and Mexicans immigrants moved in the 1920’s. In 1920s, the neighborhood got its name Alkali Flat, as white powder once coated the ground from seasonally in the Sutter slough with spring and winter flooded. All the home were old and run down by the 1950s, the city started a redevelopment program for Alkali Flat. The city zoned Alkali Flat as a C-4 zone for business. KCRA Television moved in along with other businesses. The County of Sacramento built offices and parking in Alkali Flat. The Capitol Corridor project and I-5 work in 1991, removed house in Sacramento and some moved into Alkali Flat. The art group Royal Chicano Air Force (RCAF) opened in 1960s in Alkali Flat. It was one of the "most important collective artist groups" A new city redevelopment program for Alkali Flat started on February 10, 1972. The “Redevelopment Plan Alkali Flat Project No 6” zoned some of Alkali Flat as residential, starting a effort to preserve the history of Alkali Flat. Some historic homes were moved to Alkali Flat in the 1990s. The Blue Line (Sacramento RT) has a station, the Alkali Flat/La Valentina station and the Globe station that opened in 1987. National Register of Historic Places
In 1984 Alkali Flat received three National Register of Historic Places listings:
Alkali Flat Central Historic District: 95-acre E and F Streets, between 9th and 12th Sts, (#84000929 on July 26, 1984) . Alkali Flat North Historic District: 23-acre D and 11th Streets (#84000933 on April 19, 1984). Alkali Flat West Historic District: 67-acre E, F, and 8th Streets, mostly residential with some canals. (#84000933 on July 26, 1984)

Notable places
Some of the notable places in Alkali Flat Historic District: There are 46 buildings on Central Alkali Flat National list: Alkali Flat West has 17 buildings on the National list. Alkali Flat North has 14 buildings on the National list. J. Neely Johnson House Fourth Governor of California home. National Register #76000512 
 Mesick House  National Register #82002236. Kuchler Row National Register #82002234. Hubbard-Upson House, National Register #77000327  
 Anton Wagner Duplex
Phoenix Milling Company now The Globe Mill 
 Van Voorhies House
Crystal Cream and Butter Company 
Phoenix Flour Mill 
California Almond Growers Exchange (1910-1915)
 Southern Pacific Hospital on 8th & F Street
 Banta Mill (1898-1902)
Burnett & Sons Novelty Wood Works 
Sacramento Hostel,  1885 Victorian mansion 
Gordon D. Schaber Sacramento County Courthouse
Sacramento County Public Law Library
KCRA-TV
Zapata Park, 1 acre park, with Community Gardens. Neely Johnson Park, 1 acre park

Gallery

See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Sacramento County, California
Old Sacramento State Historic Park
Old Sacramento Chinatown

Further reading 

 Alkali Flat North Historic District, National Register of Historic Places listing
 Alkali Flat West Historic District, National Register of Historic Places listing
 Sacramento's Alkali Flat, James Scott and Tom Tolley, 2010, ISBN 9780738571515

References 

Neighborhoods in Sacramento, California
National Register of Historic Places in Sacramento, California
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in California