National Register of Historic Places in Sacramento County, California
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Gold Rush Days
2 September 2006
Old Sacramento Historic District
Sacramento
Founded 1848
The Old Sacramento Historic District is an area of a few blocks beside the Sacramento River -which still retains some flavor of the pioneering era of the city's history from about 1840 to 1870.
Old Sacramento during the Gold Rush days of the mid 19th century was a hub of activity for Northern California and the entire Pacific Coast. Gold prospectors from all over the world loaded up with supplies here and joined the wagon trains which slowly wound into the Mother Lode country.
The first stores, hotels theatres and other commercial structures were made of wood, brick and stone. Despite floods, fires, cholera and squatter riots, Old Sacramento thrived. Its energetic citizens built levees, formed fire brigades, established hospitals, schools and churches.
The first stage and telegraph lines, the first steamboats, the first California railroad and the Pony Express agency were here.
The Old Sacramento Historic District is a National Historic Landmark and a California Historical Landmark.
Source: NRHP nomination form submitted in 1966.
| Name | Year | Address | Remarks | Sort Address | Sort Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams and Company Building | 1853 | 1014 Second Street | Street 02 1014 | Adams and Company Building | |
| Big Four | 1852 | 113 I Street | Street I 0113 | Big Four | |
| Booth Home Site | 1015-1017 Front Street | Front 1015 | Booth Home Site | ||
| Brannan House Site | 1853 | 112 J Street | Street J 0112 | Brannan House Site | |
| Darius Qgden Mills Bank | 1852 | 226 J Street | Street J 0226 | Darius Qgden Mills Bank | |
| Eagle Theater | 1849 | 925 Front Street | Front 0925 | Eagle Theater | |
| Ebner's Hotel | 1856 | 116 K Street. | Street K 0116 | Ebner's Hotel | |
| Hastings Building | 1853 | 1006 Second Street. | Street 02 1006 | Hastings Building | |
| Lady Adam's Building | 1853 | 113-115 K Street. | Street K 0113 | Lady Adam's Building | |
| Mills Bank Building | 1852 | 2nd and J Streets | Street 02 0000 J | Mills Bank Building | |
| Orleans Hotel Site | 1852 | 1018 2nd Street | Street 02 1018 | Orleans Hotel Site | |
| Overton Building | 2nd and J Streets | Street 02 0000 J | Overton Building | ||
| Pioneer Telegraph Station | 1850 | 1015 Second Street | Street 02 1015 | Pioneer Telegraph Station | |
| Sacramento Bee Building | 1857 | 1016 Third Street | Street 03 1016 | Sacramento Bee Building | |
| Sacramento Union Site | 1851 | 121 J Street | Street J 0121 | Sacramento Union Site | |
| Stage and Railroad Site | 1850 | K and Front Streets | Street K Front | Stage and Railroad Site | |
| Transcontinental Railroad | 1869 | 125 I Street (Inside the Railroad Museum) | Street I 0125 | Transcontinental Railroad | |
| Western Hotel | 1875 | 2nd and K Streets | Street 02 0000 K | Western Hotel | |
| What Cheer House | 1853 | K and Front Streets | Street K Front | What Cheer House | |
| Engine Company 3 | 1853 | 1112 2nd Street | Street 02 1112 | Engine Company 3 |