This $3.8 Million NorCal Estate Was Once a 1900s Power Plant

Steeped in Northern California history, this nine-acre creekside estate sits in the heart of the Alexander Valley in the Sonoma County town of Cloverdale, about 80 miles north of San Francisco. The property was originally home to an early 1900s steam-generating power plant that serviced three towns as well as the historic Italian Swiss Colony winery, now owned and operated by the E. & J. Gallo Winery. In 1946, the abandoned plant caught the eye of Arthur Foster, a Bay Area banker and heir…