Lytton, California | |
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  Lytton, California  Lytton, California | |
| Coordinates:38°39′34″N122°52′18″W / 38.65944°N 122.87167°W /38.65944; -122.87167 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Sonoma |
| Elevation | 184 ft (56 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| Area code | 707 |
| GNIS feature ID | 227874[1] |
Lytton is anunincorporated community inSonoma County,California, United States. The community is onU.S. Route 101, 3.4 miles (5.5 km) north ofHealdsburg.[2]
The community of Lytton grew up around a large luxuryresort built at the site in 1872 by Capt. William H. Litton. After Litton's death in the 1880s, the site briefly became a military school for boys, until in 1893 it was purchased by anOakland doctor and converted into asanitarium. TheSalvation Army purchased the sanitarium in 1904, and for many years thereafter operated it as the Lytton Orphanage and School for Boys and Girls. Beginning in 1959, the facility became an adult rehabilitation center.[3] The Salvation Army finally sold the Lytton Springs facility in 2017.[4] TheLytton Band of Pomo Indians purchased the site for some $30 million, after many years of unsuccessfully trying to reacquire lands lost during the federal dissolution of California Indian rancherias.[5]
Lytton once had a station on theNorthwestern Pacific Railroad.[3]
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