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A former Maidu settlement called Indak was located at the site of the town. [9]After the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill in nearby Coloma, California, by James W. Marshall in 1848 sparked the California Gold Rush, the small town now known as Placerville was known as Dry Diggin's after the manner in which the miners moved cartloads of dry soil to run water to separate the gold from the soil.
The John Pearson Soda Works, also referred to as the Placerville Soda Works, is a historic rustic vernacular Victorian brick building in Placerville, El Dorado County, California. The building, in the Gold Country region, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on December 12, 1985. The building housed the Cozmic Café ...
The Combellack–Blair House, designed in the Queen Anne Style of the Late Victorian architecture era, was built by William Hill Combellack in 1895. [2] One of the residence's early owners operated Combellack's, a store on Main Street in Placerville. [3]
Hangman's Tree was a tree in Placerville, California.The site of the tree is a California Historical Landmark No. 141, in El Dorado County, California.The stump of the tree is now under the building at 305 Main Street.
Methodist Episcopal Church is the oldest church building in El Dorado County. The Church building was moved to its current location from its original site on the corner of Cedar Ravine and Main Street, Placerville .
Placerville: 8: Episcopal Church of Our Saviour: Episcopal Church of Our Saviour: November 17, 1977 : 2979 Coloma St. Placerville: 9: Fountain-Tallman Soda Works: Fountain-Tallman Soda Works: September 13, 1984 : 524 Main St.
SR 49 traverses downtown on Pacific Street and Main Street before continuing onto Spring Street, where it intersects the US 50 expressway at-grade before continuing north as Georgetown Road. [3] As it leaves the Placerville city limits, SR 49 intersects the southern terminus of SR 193 before continuing northwest as Coloma Road into the town of ...
The stone walls of the building are more than 2 feet (0.61 m) thick so ice and soda supplies could be kept cool. These construction materials also have protected it from fires that destroyed surrounding buildings (3 fires occurred in 1856 alone), and as a result it is one of the oldest buildings in Placerville. [2]