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The Sacramento History Museum (left) with the Big Four Building (foreground) The museum building is a reproduction of Sacramento's 1854 City Hall and Waterworks building, showcased in natural brick with two stories of 14-foot double doors across the front. The museum features 7,000 square feet of display space, including a historic print shop.
e. The history of Sacramento, California, began with its founding by Samuel Brannan and John Augustus Sutter, Jr. in 1848 around an embarcadero that his father, John Sutter, Sr. constructed at the confluence of the American and Sacramento Rivers a few years prior. Sacramento was named after the Sacramento River, which forms its western border.
Old Sacramento Schoolhouse Museum [9] Eagle Theatre - only survived from 1849 to 1850 but has been reconstructed; Sam Brannan House built in 1853, was also Jones Hotel and Vernon House. Booth Company Building also California Governor Booth's mansion. What Cheer House; Morse Building - Dr. John Frederick Morse, Sacramento's pioneer doctor. [10]
The sign was donated to the Sacramento History Museum now hangs at Golden 1 Center. The Tower Records store on Broadway also went out of business and was sold in 2006. The spot became a Dimple ...
In March 1878, The Sacramento Daily Union described the death of Hopkins — “one of Sacramento’s oldest and best friends” — as a “blow upon our city.” William Stephen Hamilton (1797-1850)
The street is dotted with at least four covers made by long-defunct Berry’s Foundry which operated in the mid-20th century at 1817 29th St. in Sacramento. Looking something like a battle shield ...
May 6, 1971. The Crocker Art Museum is the oldest art museum in the Western United States, located in Sacramento, California. [ 3] Founded in 1885, the museum holds one of the premier collections of Californian art. The collection includes American works dating from the Gold Rush to the present, European paintings and master drawings, one of ...
The California State Railroad Museum in Old Sacramento has historical exhibits and live steam locomotives that patrons may ride. The California Automobile Museum, just south of Old Sacramento, displays the automotive history and vehicles from 1880 to 2006 and is the oldest non-profit automotive museum in the West.