Adventure 051, Site 058 – Booth Building

Capture California, the Game-2012

Adventure: 051, Site 058 – Booth Building

California Landmark Number: 596

Team: Thing One, Thing Two

Date:  September 25, 2012

Location:

Latitude: 38° 34.996′ N

Longitude: 121° 30.329′ W

Address: 1015-17 Front Street, Sacramento CA 95814

Description:

Date Built: before 1873

While Newton Booth ran a wholesale grocery store in this building, we wandered through a kite and toy store—much to the delight of Thing One. Booth, who would one day be Governor Booth would signal ships going up the Sacramento River to arrange a price with them from his balcony. In this way, he could avoid competing with other wholesalers. When Booth became Governor, the inauguration ball was held up in the balcony. Not bad—we actually made it to the Govenor's Mansion, just 150 years late.

NO. 596 SITE OF HOME OF NEWTON BOOTH - This is the site of the store and home of Newton Booth, Governor of California 1871-1873 and U.S. Senator 1873-1879.
Location: 1015-17 Front St, Sacramento



References:

• HMDB. org
  
• Noehill
  
• Library of Congress
  

Overall Landmark References:

• David Schmitt's California State Historical Landmark (Schmitt)
  
• State of California's California Historical Landmarks (CHL)
  
• Wikipedia: California State Landmarks (WCSL)
  
• State of California Historical Resources (CHR)
  
• Noehill (NOE)
  
• Historical Marker Database (HMDB)