Adventure 051, Site 136 – Rameriz – Preston Building

Capture California, the Game-2012

Adventure: 051, Site 136 – Rameriz – Preston Building

Local Registry ID: TCHS #8-2003, Plaque #8

Team: Thing One, Thing Two

Date:  September 27, 2012

Location:

Latitude: 37° 57.179′ N

Longitude: 120° 25.383′ W

Address: Main Street and Lemon Drop Lane , Jamestown

Description:

We came along this marker while looking for the Jamestown marker. There it was. You think of the Gold Country as filled with men only, with no notable women. But here we are again with a women who had achieved things in her own right and according to, she was just one of several Mexican women who owned their own property and conducted successful businesses. She owned the building for 10+ years. The Masons met here until the lodge died out and Dr. Preston bought the building.



Inscription from HMDB:
Ignacia Ramirez, female pioneer and native of Mexico, earliest known owner of this Gold Rush building. Upstairs meeting hall of St. James Masonic Lodge #54, acquired 1877 by R.A. Preston. Jamestown Post Office in 1930’s; later medical office of Dr. James A. Hadley. Acquired by Donn Blount in 1994.



References:

• Historical Marker Database (HMDB.org)
  
• Waymarking
  
• Jamestown and Western Tuolumne County by Judith Marvin and Terry Brejia
  

Overall Landmark References:

• Historical Marker Database (HMDB)
  
• WayMarking (WAY)