Brian Soward and his friend Casey (above) bought one of the “Sallie’s” signs as the Salvation Army facility on Lytton Springs Road closed for good on Saturday.
The facility has been purchased by the Lytton Tribe of Pomo Indians, which operates a casino in San Pablo.
The tribe, which has not stated what it plans for the property, has also acquired land east of Windsor, with the stated intention of building housing, recreational facilities and a winery.
The tribe, which traces its origins to land just across the freeway to the east, sold all that land in the 1930s and lost all rights to it in 1961. It unsuccessfully attempted to get the land back in 1991.
The Lytton facility was owned by Salvation Army for more than a century and served as an orphanage for decades, before it became a rehabilitation center for men addicted to drugs or alcohol.
