Knights Landing, California, northeast of Woodland, Yolo County. (The land that Knights Landing is located on was once known as Baltimore.) (Photographs taken by Peggy B. Perazzo, July 2005 unless otherwise noted, used with permission.)

“Knights Landing is a shipping point on the river, and is the oldest town in Yolo County. It was once of the most noted points in the Sacramento Valley during and before the territorial era of California.” (Excerpt from “Woodland, California,” By. R. A. Thompson, Out West magazine, Vol. XVII, No. 1, July, 1902, pp. 120-135.)

Front Street looking east in Knights Landing, California (postcard photograph)

Knights Landing Sign (population 846)

The First National Bank building in Knights Landing

According to Crafting and Valley Jewel by David L. Wilkins, the First National Bank building in Knights Landing was designed by William Henry Weeks in the Classical Revival style. It was decorated with exterior columns of “classical detailing (which) were constructed of terra cotta tile....” William R. Fait, a local building contractor, was involved in building the bank. When I photographed the building in July 2005, the building was is disrepair and not in use.

Knights Landing Cemetery, California, located at Roads 102 and 113, Knight's Landing, California.

Photographs of Knights Landing Cemetery