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8/14/2019 Placerville Presentation[1]

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PlacervillePlacerville

Our history makes us unique.It gives us memories, events

and people who are special forus to know and / or to learn

from. It gives us a uniqueheritage.


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Placerville CourthousePlacerville CourthouseTheoriginal

Buildingburned in1910. This

buildingwas built in1912 andrestored in1968.


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11stst FirehouseFirehouse

ConfidenceConfidence

Placerville City Hall, a two-story brick building built in 1860,originally housed the Confidence Engine Company #1.

The brigade started out in 1857 as the Mountaineer Engine Company,but after buying a used engine called the Confidence and finding theycouldnt remove its engraved name, they decided to change their nameto match the engine. The Placerville City Hall has occupied the buildingsince 1902.

The Jane Stuart Building was built in 1862 by immigrant Jane Stuart,who raised the money for its construction by driving a herd of horsesacross the plains and selling them to a horse dealer.The two-story building is faced with a wooden balcony and stands next

to the City Hall on Main Street.


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Zeisz Brewery Ruins

The Zeisz Brewery Ruins are all that remain of aonce extensive brewery establishment run by

Bavarian brewer Jacob Zeisz. The building wasbuilt in 1862, and from within its stone wallscame a fine brew made from pure Sierra water.It was torn down in 1966, and today only

portions of the wine vault and upper wallsremain, crumbling away in a parking lot locatedat 658 Main Street.


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I.O.O.F. Hall - 1859I.O.O.F. Hall - 1859An earlierbuilding herewas a huge roller

skating rink inthe 1870s. Itburned in 1913.The top floor isnow a largewooden dancefloor on springs

only one of 7dance floors like

it in the US.


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Fairchild buildingFairchild building


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Creekside PlaceCreekside PlaceThis is anewer

addition toPlacerville.If you walkthrough it

you canseeHangtownCreek at

the back.


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Placerville HardwarePlacerville HardwareThis site was first awooden hotel. In1855 it waspurchased and abrick building wasbuilt to show thetownspeople it wasa business here tostay. Sure enough,

in 1856 after the bigfire it was one of thefew buildings leftstanding. It is theoldest continually

operating hardwarestore on this side ofthe MississippiRiver.


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The Bell TowerThe Bell Tower

Placerville suffered three fires in1856. An alarm system wasneeded. The bell was orderedfrom England and cost $380.The original wooden tower wascompleted in 1898 at a cost of$149.50. Originally it had adrinking fountain in the middle.

The bell tower has been movedonce and then rebuilt here as a

steel structure in 1912.

It is a unique structure with itsown unique history.


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The Fairchild BuildingThe Fairchild Building


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The Tracy BuildingThe Tracy Building

The Tracys originallysold shoes here. Mrs.Tracy was the townschool teacher andthey did not have anychildren. They lefteverything they had tothe city of Placervilleand its youth. Todaythe Tracy Memorialgives away thousands

of dollars in collegescholarships and manyof their things can stillbe viewed at the countyhistory museum.


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Hangmans TreeHangmans Tree

This is now a touristattraction. This spotsupposedly has theoriginal tree stumpunder the floor thatgave Placerville itssecond name asHangtown. It was awild mining town in

those days.


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SnowshoeSnowshoeThompsonThompson

He delivered

the mail overthe Sierras.We saw his

skies at thecountymuseum.


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Cary HotelCary HotelIn 1849 this was the ElDorado Hotel. It burned in1856. It was rebuilt byWilliam Cary in 1857 out ofbrick. This hotel was pretty

fancy in its day with hotand cold running water!

In 1860 the Wells Fargooffice opened in the hoteland during the SilverComstock Lode in Nevada,more than $90 million wasdumped on the porch onits way to Sacramento.


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Round Tent StoreRound Tent Store


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Empire TheaterEmpire TheaterBuilt in 1850.Lotta Crabtree, a

famous singerand dancer onceperformed here.Tired minerswould go here

for a night ofentertainment. In1852 it had arestaurant, poolroom, a bowling

alley, and atheater. In the1980s we usedthe theater forour schoolChristmas

Performance.


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One of the oldest buildingsOne of the oldest buildings

Take time to see thedepth of the rockwalls at the entrance

of one of the oldestbuildings inPlacerville. Rockwalls were formed

from the tailings ofgold mines.


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Placerville NewsPlacerville NewsSee the

square nailsin the floorof PlacervilleNews and

boards thatdate back to1856.


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John McFarland Pearson, a Scotsman, arrived inPlacerville during the early 1850s and built the lowerportion of this building in 1859, with walls twenty-two

inches thick. Pearson was an Ice Merchant. He wouldcut ice from mountain lakes, haul them into town byhorse and wagon, and then sell the blocks to variousneeders of ice. He then branched out into the sodabusiness, producing soda water, cream soda, and

syrups which he sold to the townsfolk. Pearsons sonsadded the brick second story in 1897 for use as abottling room. Several interesting features areincorporated into this unique structure. Undergroundrooms, mine tunnels used to store ice and soda, iron

doors which help support part of the upper floor, and awater driven elevator which once transported the heavycases of soda from the bottling room to the storageareas all combine to create one of the most unusualbuildings of the Gold Rush.


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Placerville began as a gold miningPlacerville began as a gold mining

town. Placer - villetown. Placer - ville


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A previous Sutters Mill SchoolA previous Sutters Mill School

fieldtrip to Placervillefieldtrip to Placerville


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The Court Security GuardThe Court Security Guard

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