Historic Sites in Nevada County

Information about historic sites in Nevada County, California.

State Historic Parks in Nevada County
- Empire Mine State Historic Park
- Malakoff Diggins STate Hisatoric Park

National Historic Places in Nevada County

State Historical Landmarks in Nevada County

Nevada County Historic Sites by Name

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Aaron Augustus Sargent Homesteads
Allen Chapman House
Alpha and Omega Hydraulic
Alpha Building (204 East Main Street | Grass Valley)
Alpha Hydraulic Diggings (State Route 20 at Alpha Omega Rest Stop | Omega)
American Hill Diggings (West Broad Street off State Route 49 | Nevada City)
Anthony House and Ranch (12749 Pleasant Valley Road | Penn Valley)
Apperson Grave (State Route 20 Near Conservation Road | Tahoe National Forest)

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Bell Hill School Bell
Binkelmann Brewery
Boca Brewery
Boca Dam (Boca Lake Road | Boca)
Boca Ice Harvest Site
Brickelltown Historic District (Donner Pass Road | Truckee)
Bridgeport Covered Bridge (Pleasant Valley Road Over Yuba River South Fork | Bridgeport)
Brimskill Building (15435 Washington Road | Washington)

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Calanan Park Broad Street and Union Alley Nevada City POI Calanan Park Monitor and Drill Core Canyon Creek Bridge Caroline Mead Hanson House Charles Marsh House Chief Truckee Chief Truckee Brockway Road East of Palisade Drive Truckee POI China Wall at Donner Summit China Wall of the Sierra Donner Pass Road Donner Pass Road POI Chinatown Grass Valley (Site) Clinton Narrow Gauge Railroad Coleman House 1866 318 Neal Street (Grass Valley) Columbia Hill School Columbiad Cannon 1850 220 Bank Street (Grass Valley) Crabtree Home 1852 238 Mill Street Grass Valley California 293 Crabtree House

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Davis Mill North Bloomfield Road Davis Mine National 2010000157 Donner Camp Site Donner or Pioneer Monument Donner Party -- Graves Cabin Site Donner Party at Alder Creek 1846 State Route 89 North of Alder Creek Road Truckee POI Donner Party Camp at Alder Creek Valley Donner party Camp Site 1846 State Route 89 North of Alder Creek Road Truckee Donner Party Memorial State Park 1846 South Shore Drive at Donner Pass Road Donner Memorial State Park California 134 Donner Party National Historic Landmark 1846 South Shore Drive at Donner Pass Road Donner Memorial State Park National 1966000218 Donner Pass Road Bridge Donner Pass Road Donner Summit Donner Summit Bridge Donner Summit Railroad Tunnel Sugar Bowl Road at Railroad Tracks Sugar Bowl POI Dow Alexander Park Dr. W. C. Jones Home Site

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Edward Coleman House Edwards Crossing Bridge 1904 North Bloomfield Road Over South Yuba River Nevada County POI Emigrant Trail on Coldstream Road Emigrant Trail to Nevada City 1850 State Route 20 Near Washington Road Tahoe National Forest POI Emmanuel Episcopal Church 1858 245 South Church Street Grass Valley National 1982004984 Empire House 535 Mill Street (Grass Valley) Empire Mine 10791 East Empire Street Grass Valley California 298 Englebright House English and New Salmon Mine Stamp...

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Felix Gillet Fippin Blacksmith Shop 1855 Rough and Ready Highway Near Slave Girl Road Rough and Ready POI Fippin's Blacksmith Shop First Baptist Church 1857 300 Main Street Nevada City POI First Brick Building 1853 220 Church Street Nevada City POI First Brick Building in Nevada City First Log Cabin 10030 Church Street Truckee POI First Long Distance Telephone First Long-Distance Telephone Line 1877 Pleasant Valley Road French Corral California 247 First Transcontinental Railroad--Truckee First Wagons Across the Sierra First Wagons Across the Sierra Donner Pass Road and South Shore Drive Donner Lake POI Five Forty Five Main Street Home (545 Main Street | Nevada City) Five Stamp Mill 1893 Union Alley Nevada City POI Five-Stamp Mill 1893 Flagg Building 1856 233 Broad Street Nevada City POI Floriston (Bronco) Foote's Crossing Road Foote's Crossing Road 1913 Tyler Foote Crossing Road Tahoe National Forest National 1981000180 Four Hundred Broad Street Home (400 Broad Street | Nevada City) Freeman's Crossing Bridge 1921 State Route 49 Over Middle Fork Yuba River Tahoe National Forest POI

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Gateway Cabin 10115 Donner Trail Road Truckee POI George Schaffer George Schaffer 10015 West River Road Truckee POI Giant Monitor 1862 North Bloomfield Road at Relief Hill Road North Bloomfield POI Gilmore Flying Field Gold Hill Mine 1850 Jenkins Street and Hocking Avenue Grass Valley California 297 Gold Quartz Discovery Graniteville Grass Valley Hardware Grass Valley Hardware 116 Mill Street (Grass Valley) Grass Valley Public Library 1905 207 Mill Street Grass Valley National 1992000267 Grass Valley Public Library (Josiah Royce... Grass Valley's Famed Maple

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Hard Rock Gold Mining Hirschdale Road Bridge Hirschdale Road Over Truckee River Boca POI Hobart Mills Holbrooke Hotel 1862 212 West Main Street Grass Valley California 914 Hooligan Rock Howard C. Naffziger Boyhood Home Hydraulic Mining

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Iceland Railroad Bridge 1907 Railroad Bridge Over Truckee River Boca POI Idaho Maryland Core Sample Indian Grinding Rock Rough and Ready Highway Near Blue Creek Road Rough and Ready POI Indian Medicine Stone IOOF Hall: Grass Velley 112-116 Mill Street (Grass Valley) IOOF Hall: Nevada City 1873 225 Broad Street Nevada City POI Isabel Hefelfinger Wagon Shed

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Jax Truckee Diner (10144 West River Street | Truckee) Jibboom Street

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Kidd and Knox Building Kidd and Knox Building 1856 228-236 Broad Street Nevada City POI Kohler Building Kohler Building 1861 15454 Washington Road Washington POI Korean War Memorial, Nevada City Kruger House 1874 10292 Donner Pass Road Truckee National 1982002220 Kruger-White House

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Ladies of the Evening Lake City Site Lake City Road at North Bloomfield Road Malakoff Diggins SHP POI Lake Tahoe Railway & Transportation... Lola Montez House Lone Grave Loutzenheiser Pharmacy Building 102 West Main Street (Grass Valley)

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Malakoff Diggins --North Bloomfield... Malakoff Diggins Clampicnic Area Malakoff Diggins-North Bloomfield Historic District North Bloomfield Road Malakoff Diggins SHP National 1973000418 Marsh (Charles) House 1866 123 Nevada Street Nevada City POI Marsh (Martin Luther) House 1873 254 Boulder Street Nevada City National 1973000415 Martin Luther Marsh House Masonic Lodge: Grass Valley 126 South Auburn Street (Grass Valley) Masonic Lodge: Nevada City 1864 108-110 North Pine Nevada City POI Masonic Lodge: North Bloomfield North Bloomfield Road at Relief Hill Road Malakoff Diggins SHP POI Maybert Road Bridge Maybert Road Over Canyon Creek Washington POI McGlashan Point Meadow Lake – Excelsior Meadow Lake Road Tahoe National Forest POI Memorial Grove Nevada City Miners Foundry Miners Foundry – Allans Machine Shop 325 Spring Street Nevada City POI Montez Home 1852 248 Mill Street Grass Valley California 292 Mooney Flat Hotel Mooney Flat Hotel Site Mooney Flat Road Near Schmidt Court (Penn Valley) Mount Saint Mary's Convent and Academy Mount Saint Mary's Convent and Academy 1865 Church and Chapel Streets Grass Valley California 855 Mount Saint Mary's Convent and Academy 1865 Church and Chapel Streets Grass Valley National 1974000543 Mt. Elisha Stephens

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Nathaniel P. Brown House National Exchange Hotel National Exchange Hotel 1856 211 Broad Street Nevada City California 899 National Exchange Hotel 1856 211 Broad Street Nevada City National 1973000416 Nevada Brewery Nevada Brewery 1882 107 Sacramento Street Nevada City National 1985002303 Nevada City Downtown Historic DIstrict Nevada City Downtown Historic District 1849 Bounded by Main, Spring, Bridge, Commercial, York, Washington, and Coyote Streets Nevada City National 1985002520 Nevada City Emigrant Trail: Marker 3 1850 State Route 20 at Alpha Omega Rest Stop Nevada City Emigrant Route POI Nevada City Emigrant Trail: Marker 4 1850 Burlington Ridge Road Nevada City Emigrant Route POI Nevada City Emigrant Trail: Marker 5 1850 Shake Hill Road Nevada City Emigrant Route POI Nevada City Emigrant Trail: Marker 6 1850 State Route 20 Nevada City Emigrant Route POI Nevada City Emigrant Trail: Marker 7 1850 Missouri Bar Road Nevada City Emigrant Route POI Nevada City Emigrant Trail: Marker 9 1850 Conservation Road Nevada City Emigrant Route POI Nevada City Firehouse #1 1861 214 Main Street Nevada City POI Nevada City Firehouse #2 1861 420 Broad Street Nevada City National 1974000544 Nevada City Firehouse No. 1 Nevada City Firehouse No. 2 Nevada City Free Public Library 1907 211 North Pine Street Nevada City National 1990001809 Nevada City Hall Nevada City High School Site Nevada City Library (Doris Foley Library... Nevada City Methodist Church Nevada County Court House Nevada County Courthouse 1937 201 Church Street Nevada City POI Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Railroad Avenue at Sacramento Street Nevada City POI Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum 5 Kidder Court Nevada City POI Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Office 306 Kidder Street (Grass Valley) Nevada County Traction Co. Nevada County Traction Co. 10933 Allison Ranch Road (Grass Valley) Nevada Theatre Nevada Theatre 1865 401 Broad Street Nevada City California 863 Nevada Theatre 1865 401 Broad Street Nevada City National 1973000417 Nevada Traction Company Newlands Reclamation Project--Boca Dam North Bloomfield Drain Tunnel North Bloomfield Road Malakoff Diggins SHP POI North Bloomfield Mining & Gravel Co. North Bloomfield Mining and Gravel Company North Bloomfield Road Malakoff Diggins SHP California 852 North Bloomfield School North Bloomfield School 1872 23218 North Bloomfield Road North Bloomfield POI North San Juan North San Juan Fire Department North San Juan Fire Department 1862 Reservoir Street North San Juan POI North San Juan Methodist Episcopal... North San Juan United Methodist Church 1856 Flume Street North San Juan POI North Star House North Star Mine Powerhouse 1895 South Mill at Allison Ranch Road Grass Valley California 843 North Star Powerhouse (Mining Museum)

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Old Auburn Road Bridge (Site) Old Bear River Bridge Old Bear River Bridge 1924 20010 Colfax Highway Chicago Park POI Old Brick Gothic Church Building Old Capitol Building Old Chinese Herb Shop Old Nevada City High School Site 1912 630 Zion Street Nevada City POI Old North San Juan School Old North San Juan School 1924 State Route 49 at School Street North San Juan POI Old Pacific Fruit Packing Shed Old South Yuba River Bridge 1921 State Route 49 Over South Yuba River Nevada County POI Old Stone Garage Old Stone Garage 10070 Bridge Street Truckee POI Old Wells Fargo Building Union Alley Nevada City POI Omega Hydraulic Diggings 1850 State Route 20 at Alpha Omega Rest Stop Omega California 629 Original Ott Assay Office Site Ormonde 18289 Maybert Road Washington POI Ormonde Town Site Ott's Assay Office 1855 130 Main Street Nevada City National 1975000447 Overland Emigrant Trail 1849 Highway 49 at Wolf Creek Bridge (P.M. 3.61) Grass Valley California 799 Overland Emigrant Trail--Highway 49

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Pelton Water Wheel Pelton Water Wheel 1928 134 Main Street Nevada City POI Pelton Wheel Manufacturing Site 1879 325 Spring Street Nevada City California 1012 Pine Street Bridge South Pine Street Over Deer Creek Nevada City POI Pine Street Crossing at Nevada City Pioneer Cemetery Pioneer Emigrant Trail (II) Pioneer Emigrant Trail {I) Plaza Grocery Pollard's Station Powell Home 1855 203 South Pine Street Nevada City POI Powell House Purdon Bridge Purdon Road Nevada County POI Purdon Crossing Bridge

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Red Dog Mine Red Dog Road Red Dog POI Red Dog Town Site Red Ledge Stamp Mill Reliance Hose Company No. 3 Reliance Hose Company No. 3 111 Race Street (Grass Valley) Rocking Stone Rocking Stone 10166 High Street Truckee POI Rollins Dam and Reservoir Root Cellar on Mexican War Land Grant Rough and Ready Rough and Ready 1849 Rough and Ready Highway Rough and Ready California 294 Rough and Ready Schoolhouse Site Rough and Ready Toll House Rough and Ready Toll House Rough and Ready Highway Near Blue Creek Road Rough and Ready POI

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Saint Canice Catholic Church Saint Columncille's Catholic Church Saint Patrick's Cemetery Saint Paul Lutheran Church Site Sargent House 1856 449 Broad Street Nevada City National 1980000825 Schallenberger Cabin Site Searls Law Office Searls Law Office 1872 214 Church Street Nevada City POI Sheriff David Fulton Douglass Shoot (Chute) Hill Shoot (Chute) Hill Chute Hill Campground Camp Site #28 Malakoff Diggins SHP POI Sierra Mountain Cemetery Sierra Mountain Cemetery End of East Jibboom Street Truckee POI Sierra Sun-Bonanza Site of Idaho-Maryland Mine Snowshoe Thompson Boreal Ridge Road Boreal Ridge Ski Area POI South Yuba Canal Office South Yuba Canal Office 1855 134 Main Street Nevada City California 832 St. Canice Catholic Church 1864 316 Washington Street Nevada City POI St. Columncille's Church 1860 23457 North Bloomfield Road North Bloomfield POI St. Patrick’s Cemetery Dalton and South Church Streets (Grass Valley) Stephens – Townsend – Murphy Party Donner Pass Road Tahoe National Forest POI Stewart Mansion 410 Zion Street Nevada City POI Summit City / Meadow Lake National Forest Service Road 843 Tahoe National Forest POI Summit City/Meadow Lake

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Tamsen and Elizabeth Donner Ten Stamp Mill Ten Stamp Mill 412 Commercial Street Nevada City POI The Baruh House The Colley House The Flagg Building The Gateway Cabin The Glasson House The Glenbrook Basin The Holbrooke Hotel The Red Castle The Tin Can -- Dot's The Town of Washington The Union Newspaper Theodore Dehone Judah Three Stamp Mill East Main Street and South Auburn Streets (Grass Valley) Tin Can and Dot's Place 10098 Jibboom Street Truckee POI Trans-Sierra Freeway Project (Eastbound) Trans-Sierra Freeway Project (Westbound) Transcontinental Railroad-Truckee 70 Donner Pass Road Truckee California 780 Trinity Episcopal Church 1873 202 High Street Nevada City POI Trinity Episcopal Church (Site of... Truckee Flag Pole Truckee Jail Truckee Round House Truckee: Jewel of the Eastern Sierra 10158 Donner Pass Road Truckee POI Truckee's First Log Cabin Truckee's Vigilance ("601") Committee

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United Methodist Church (433 Broad Street | Nevada City)

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Veterans Memorial Building (255 South Auburn Street | Grass Valley)
Veterans Memorial Flagstaffs (Grass Valley)
Victory Highway Monument (10158 Donner Pass Road | Truckee)
Vietnam War Memorial of Nevada City (Nevada City)
Vietnam War Memorial of Grass Valley (Grass Valley)

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Washington (Washington Road and Alpha Toll Road | Washington)
Washington Brewery (114 East Main Street | Grass Valley)
Washington Elementary School (One School Street | Washington)
Washington Hotel (15432 Washington Road | Washington(
Washington Hotel and Site
Wells Fargo Building Site Nevada City
Wells Fargo Building, North San Juan
Wells Fargo French Corral (Pleasant Valley Road and Broad Street | French Corral)
Wells Fargo North San Juan (29349 State Route 49 | North San Juan)
Western America Skisport Museum (Boreal Ridge Ski Area | Soda Springs)
William Morris Stewart House
Williams Stationery Store
Williams Stationery Store (112 West Main Street | Grass Valley)
World War I Memorial (Grass Valley)
World War II and Korean War Memorial

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You Bet Mine (Red Dog Road | You Bet)
You Bet Town Site (You Bet)

Resources
- Nevada County Historical Society
- Nevada County Dot Com - Historic Sites and History Museums
- Historic Sites and Points of Interest in Nevada County

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