Capture California, the Game-2012
Adventure: 051, Site 098 –
Placer County Courthouse
No number, but a historical landmark
indicating this is the site of the first hanging in Placer.
Team: Thing One, Thing Two
Date: September 27, 2012
Location:
Latitude:
38° 53.813′ N
Longitude:
121° 4.56′ W
Address:
101 Maple Street, Auburn CA 95603
Date Built: 1894
From the Placer County Courthouse Museum Brochure:
Three courthouses have served Placer County. The first, a canvas and wood structure, with a nearby jail built of logs. In 1852 the Court of Sessions ordered a new courthouse to be built. This building was a wood frame building with plaster walls. A bell tower called jurors to duty and sounded the fire alarm. The jail remained at its old site until it burned in June, 1855. Later that year a two-story brick jail was built next to the new courthouse. An iron cat walk connected the upstairs of the jail building to the courthouse. In 1893, after forty years, the courthouse had deteriorated to the point of needing replacement. Setting of the cornerstone of the new and third courthouse was placed on July 4, 1894. A copper box, placed under the cornerstone by local officials, held a variety of gold, silver coins, newspapers and county documents. Four years later, on July 4, 1898, the third courthouse was dedicated.
At the dedication ceremony, Judge J.E. Prewitt eulogized the merits of the new edifice:
It is our Temple of
Justice; repository of our titles; fortress of our personal and
property rights; fountain head of our school system; and registry of
our births, marriages and deaths.
References:
- Historical
Marker Database (HMDB.org)
- Placer
County Museum
Overall Landmark References:
- Historical
Marker Database (HMDB)
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