Adventure 051, Site 119 - A. Chichizola Store

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Adventure: 051, Site 119 - A. Chichizola Store

National Registry ID: 1992000979

Team: Thing One, Thing Two

Date:  September 27, 2012

Location:

Latitude: 38° 22.005′ N

Longitude: 120° 46.496′ W

Address: 1324 Jackson Gate Road, Jackson CA

Description:

Date Built: 1850

After seeing all of those beautiful period homes in Sacramento and the historic buildings in Placerville, the Chichizola Family Store building looked just so plain. But when you read about the store and its place—an immigrant filling a role for the gold miners, you get an appreciation of the family. The store has closed, but there seemed to be some sort of business in the building now.



From the NRHP plaque:
Augustino Chichizola's Store
Has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places
By the United States
Department of the Interior
Registered Aug. 21, 1992
Circa 1850



The Chichizola Family Store Complex includes 11 buildings and one structure located on 20 acres of land in Jackson Gate. The complex is on the east side of Jackson Gate Road, two miles north of Jackson. Included in the complex are the store, two houses, two garages, two barns, a summer kitchen, a hot house, two storage buildings, and a pigpen... The buildings and structure were built over a period of 87 years and all contribute to the significance of the district. The complex has undergone only minor alterations over the past 50 years and retains a high degree of architectural integrity.



The Chichizola Store Complex, more than any other property, exemplifies the commercial response to gold mining in Amador County that began during the Gold Rush and continued until World War II. In particular, it represents the county's most important retail business that primarily served miners during that period. The district is virtually unchanged from its 1942

appearance, retains a high degree of architectural integrity, and maintains its associations to the events of the historic period.

References:

• National Registry of Historical Places-Documents and Photos
  
• Noehill
  
• Historical Marker Database (HMDB.org)
  
• Chichizola Family Store History
  

Overall Landmark References:

• National Registry of Historical Places (NRHP)
  
• Noehill (NOE)
  
• Historical Marker Database (HMDB)
  

Adventure 051, Site 120 – Jackson Pioneer Hall

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Adventure: 051, Site 120 – Jackson Pioneer Hall

California Landmark Number: 34

National Registry ID: 71001110

Team: Thing One, Thing Two

Date:  September 27, 2012

Location:

Latitude: 38° 20.944′ N

Longitude: 120° 46.457′ W

Address: 113 Main St, Jackson

Description:


NO. 34 PIONEER HALL - The Order of Native Daughters of the Golden West was organized on these premises, the site of the Pioneer Hall, on September 11, 1886.
Location:  113 Main St, Jackson
From Noehill:
Here we have two brick buildings united by a stepped parapet, and dating back to 1855. Alas, the buildings have been so insensitively remuddled over the years that the parapet appears to be the only original feature of the facade. Although these buildings are within the Jackson Downtown Historic District, they do not contribute its historic charcter. They are listed on the National Register solely because the Order of Native Daughters of the Golden West was organized here in a basement meeting hall on September 11, 1886.



Inscription as found on HMDB:
The Order or Native Daughters of the Golden West
was organized on these premises
The site of the Pioneer Hall on September 1, 1886.

This tablet is placed In memory of the founding of the order
by Ursula Parlor No. 1, N.D.G.W.
The Mother Parlor
April 12, 1932Charter Roll
The thirteen original signers (Sept. 11, 1886)
Lilly O. Reichling (Dyer), Founder

Ellen Boarman (Farrington) • Maggie Stasal • Rose Stasal • Nellie Fontenrose • Emma Boarman (Wright) • Amy Badere (Crittenden) • Kitty Murray • Agnes Leonard • Celia Murray • Hettie Greenhalgh (O’Neill) • Flora Dunning (Podesta) • Rose Genaro (Carley)

Additional Signers To Closing of Charter, Oct. 29, 1886
Tina L. Kane, Past Grand President
Ella E. Caminetti, Past Grand President

Olga Reichling (Obert) • Christina Rickert (Charleston) • Nellie Sanborn (Rutherford) • Flora Seymour • Mary Webb • Clara Kent Agard • Kate Delahide • Mattie L. Freeman • Annie Fullen (Magee) • Mary W. Folger (Bowers) • Mellie Peek • Rose Kelley (Huey) • Amy Kent • Lizzie Lindley • Helena McGee (Inch) • Maggie McDonald • Alma Olmstead (Goerecke) • Alice Peek (Jones)



References:

• Noehill
  
• Historical Maker Database (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)
  

Adventure: 051, Site 116 – DryTown

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Adventure: 051, Site 116 – DryTown

California Landmark Number: 31

Team: Thing One, Thing Two

Date:  September 27, 2012

Location:

Latitude: 38° 26.529′ N

Longitude: 120° 51.46′ W.

Address: On State Hwy 49 (P.M. 13. 7), 0.2 mi N of Drytown

Description:

Drytown is not what you think—it did have its saloons at one time, ut the name is because of the lake of water to do its gold mining. Initially, the town was pretty vibrant, but as the easy gold ran out and the lack of water took its toll on area, the turn turned into a ghost town. Not to say people do not live there still. But it is a shell of the vibrant town as what was there before, where the likes of William Randolf Hearst's father operated a printing press. There is a second marker for Drytown, about a quarter mile away, placed there by the Amador County Historical Society.

NO. 31 DRYTOWN - Founded in 1848, this is the oldest town and first in which gold was discovered in Amador County. Its venerable town hall and other picturesque structures remain. The town was not 'dry,' as the name implies-it once contained 26 saloons.
Location:  On State Hwy 49 (P.M. 13. 7), 0.2 mi N of Drytown



References:

• Noehill
  
• Historical Marker Database (HMDB.org)
  
• Dry Diggings on Ghost towns site
  

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)