2019-2020 Nevada County Gold Digital Edition

A CALIFORNIA CULTURAL DISTRICT
NEVADA CITY
WALKING TOUR
The Stone House
KIAL JAMES PHOTOGRAPHY
• Start on Broad Street near the freeway
and in front of the National Hotel (#1).
• Walk up Broad, turn left on South Pine
Street, go one block (#2).
• Return and continue up Broad to the
split, cross street and head back (#3-5).
• Continue back down Broad (#6).
• At York Street, turn left to Chinese
Quarter and right on Commercial Street
(#7).
• Continue down Commercial to end and
Union Street and plaza (#8-9).
• Take Union back to Broad Street, cross
over freeway to Sacramento Street
which is to the right (#10).
NewYork Hotel
Powell House
1. THE NATIONAL EXCHANGE HOTEL: 211
Broad Street. Building’s facade unchanged
since 1854. Thousands of dollars in gold
passed over the bar which was shipped
‘round the Horn.
2. POWELL HOUSE: 203 S. Pine Street.
Dating from 1860, building was once home
to a soda works which manufactured carbonated
drinks.
3. CITY HALL: 317 Broad Street. First built on
the site in 1878, replaced with “modern
building” in 1937 constructed by WPA.
Completely renovated.
4. NEVADA THEATRE: 401 Broad Street.
Opened in 1865 making it the oldest theatre
building in California.
6. NEW YORK HOTEL: 408 Broad Street.
Dates from 1880, fire destroyed original
hotel built in 1863.
7. CHINESE QUARTER: Commercial and York
Streets. Existed from the beginning of the
Gold Rush to about 1879. Buildings date
from mid-1800s, among some of the oldest
in Nevada City.
8. SOUTH YUBA CANAL BUILDING: On plaza
at Commercial and Union Streets.
Headquarters for largest network of water
flumes and ditches in the state. Office used
from 1857 to 1880. Holdings later became
part of the PG&E hydroelectric system.
Building is now home to the Nevada City
Chamber of Commerce.
ANDREW WRIGHT / LIGHTHAWKPHOTO
Nevada Theatre
5. HOMES OF INTEREST: 449 Broad Street is
believed to date from 1885, and at one time
housed a doctor’s office and a jail. Plaque on
the property honors Senator Aaron A.
Sargent, author of an amendment to the
U.S. Constitution which would have given
women the right to vote. He built a house
on the property in the 1850s.
Charles E. Mulloy home built in the late
1870s sits between East and West Broad
Streets. Mulloy, a successful businessman,
shocked residents when he hanged himself
in the barn.
9. OTT’S ASSAY OFFICE: On plaza. James J.
Ott made historic assay of silver ore in 1858
which started the rush to the Comstock
Lode in Nevada.
10. THE OLD BREWERY: Corner of
Sacramento Street. Known today as The
Stone House. Step inside to explore this
landmark building. The building was constructed
of granite block from the Sierra
around 1882. Lager was brewed on the site
and served to thirsty miners.
ANDREW WRIGHT / LIGHTHAWKPHOTO
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