Capture California, the Game-2012
Adventure: 051, Site 135-City
Hotel
National Registry ID: 1983001248
Team: Thing One, Thing Two
Date: September 27, 2012
Location:
Latitude:
N 37° 59.010
Longitude: W 120° 22.915
Address:
145 S. Washington St., Sonora, CA USA
Date Built: 1852
You can envision the miners hanging around the front of the building, but none, except those who struck it rich probably slept here. Like the out-of-luck miner, we move on as well.
From the Waymarking site:
Alonzo Green, Sonora mayor in 1852 and 1853, and James Lane were associated in the building of the City Hotel in 1852. Constructed of slate, adobe, and red brick, it is one of the oldest buildings in Sonora. In the 1860s, it was purchased by Olivier Bemis. The street level part of the hotel had a large sitting room, bar and restaurant, with rooms upstairs. In the early 1900s, the hotel ran a horse pulled bus daily to meet the trains for the convenience of prospective guests."
From the NHRP:
The significance of the City Hotel in Sonora lies in its method of construction and its importance"in the community life of Tuolumne County. In addition, the City Hotel survives today, 130 years after it was built, one of Sonora's oldest buildings and certainly an example of a very early building still standing in California'-s Gold Rush country
References:
- National Registry of Historical Places-Documents
and Photos
- Waymarking
Overall Landmark References:
- National
Registry of Historical Places (NRHP)
- WayMarking
(WAY)
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