Nevada City Downtown Historic District
Nevada City Downtown Historic District | |
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| Location | Roughly bounded by Spring, Bridge, Commercial, York, Washington, Coyote, and Main Sts., Nevada City, California |
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| Area | 16 acres (6.5 ha) |
| Built | 1917 |
| Architect | Multiple |
| Architectural style | Moderne, Italianate |
| NRHP reference No. | 85002520[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 23, 1985 |
The Nevada City Downtown Historic District is a 16-acre (6.5 ha)
National Hotel, which is separately listed on the National Register.[1] Several historical buildings have received California Historical Landmark
status, and have been preserved.
Numbering
- Buildings on Broad Street, numbered from 211 to 420
- Buildings on Commercial Street, numbered from 200 to 405
- Buildings on Main Street, numbered from 30 through 308
- Buildings on South Pine Street, numbered from 108 to 203
- Buildings on North Pine Street, numbered from 108-1/2 to 231
- Buildings on Springs Street, numbered from 300 to 325
- Buildings on Church Street, numbered 214 to 222
- Buildings on Washington Street, numbered 310 and 317
Buildings
- National Hotel, 211 Broad Street
- Court house in Courthouse Square and city hall Art deco facades are attributable to Works Progress Administrationprojects.
- St. Canice Catholic Church, 317 Washington Street
- Doris Foley Library for Historical Research (NRHP No. 90001809), 211 (re-numbered 231) North Pine Street, is a Carnegie library.
- Miners Foundry (CHL No. 1012), 325 Spring Street, was the first manufacturing location of the Pelton wheel.
- National Hotel (CHL No. 899), 211 Broad Street, is one of the oldest continuously operating hotels west of the Rocky Mountains.
- Nevada City Firehouse No. 2 is a Neoclassical-Greek Revival style building. The firehouse was built in 1860 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 3, 1974.
- Nevada Brewery (NRHP No. 85002303), 107 Sacramento Street, was used for brewing and serving lager beer to the mining community.
- Nevada Theatre (CHL No. 863), 401 Broad Street, is California's oldest original-use theatre.
- Ott's Assay Office
- The South Yuba Canal Office (CHL No. 832) was the headquarters for the largest network of water flumes and ditches in California.[3] Located at 134 Main Street, it was the headquarters for the largest network of water flumes and ditches in California.[3] It became a California Historical Landmark in May 1970.
Built in 1855, it was originally known as the Potter Building. A two-story brick structure,[4] it was fitted with iron doors and shutters, plus a filigree balcony railing.[5] The company's original ditch was put into use in 1850. The South
Gallery
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Corner of Broadway and Pine -
Masonic Building, 108 N Pine Street -
Alpha Building, 210 Broad Street -
Commercial Street -
Left: Ott's Assay Office, 130 Main Street; Right: South Yuba Canal Building -
Historic New York Hotel building, 408 Broad Street -
Left: McGees Annex, 315 Broad St. Right: City Hall, 317 Broad St. -
Nevada Theatre, 401 Broad Street -
Nevada City United Methodist Church -
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Nevada City Firehouse No. 2, Main Street -
The Independent building, 310 Broad Street -
I.O.O.F building, 225 Broad Street -
Two Room Inn, 431 Broad Street -
Fire House Museum (on far left), 214 Main Street -
A fifteen-ton Pelton wheel in front of the South Yuba Canal Building on Main Street -
Ott's Assay Office with Pelton Wheel monument to the right. -
St. Canice Catholic Church -
Doris Foley Library -
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Charles Marsh house
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nevada City Downtown Historic District (California).
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Nevada City Downtown Historic District". National Park Service. and accompanying photos
- ^ a b "California State Historical Landmarks in Nevada County". California Environmental Resources Evaluation System. Archived from the original on May 11, 2008. Retrieved May 28, 2010.
- ISBN 0-8047-4482-3.
- ^ "Ott's Assay Office & The South Yuba Canal Building". malakoff.com. Retrieved June 30, 2013.
- ^ a b Forest Service, USDA (February 14, 2006). "South Yuba Canal Maintenance Project". Federal Register. 71 (30).