Adventure 051, Site 084 – First Sacramento State Capitol/First Sacramento Courthouse

Capture California, the Game-2012

Postcard of Courthouse from HMDB

Adventure: 051, Site 084 – First Sacramento State Capitol/First Sacramento Courthouse

California Landmark Number: 869

Team: Thing One, Thing Two

Date:  September 26, 2012

Location:

Latitude: 38° 34.957′ N

Longitude: 121° 29.824′ W

Address: 7^th and I Streets, Sacramento, CA

Description:

It is getting towards the end of the afternoon. Thing One and Thing Two are getting a bit tired, after all our historic walk—the walk is to historic sites, not that it is historic—has taken us around 12 miles. But we continue on. After all, there is a plaque before us. It is the site of the first California State Capitol . Actually the legislature met here on several occasions when the State Capitol building was not available. In between times, it served as Sacramento's first courthouse.



NO. 869 SITE OF FIRST AND SECOND STATE CAPITOLS AT SACRAMENTO - Sacramento's first County Courthouse, formerly located on this site, served as California's State Capitol from January 16, 1852 to May 4, 1852 and from March 1, 1854 to May 15, 1854, when it housed the third and fifth sessions of the State Legislature.
Location: NW corner of 7th and I Sts, Sacramento



From HMDB.org:
Sacramento’s first county courthouse, formerly located on this site, served as California’s State Capital from January 16, 1852 to May 4, 1852 for the third session of the legislature and from March 1, 1854 to May 15, 1854 for the fifth session. Destroyed by fire on July 13, 1854, it was rebuilt in less than six months. The second courthouse served as the Capital from 1855 – 1869 when a transition began to the current Statehouse. A third courthouse occupied this site and remained until replaced by the County Jail in 1989.



References:

• HMDB.org
  

Overall Landmark References:

• David Schmitt's California State Historical Landmark (Schmitt)
  
• Wikipedia: California's National Landmarks (WCNL)
  
• 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)