150 Year-Old Weaverville Building Introduction - LINKS - Photo Links -
1856 Olson Stoneware Building and Weaverville Bandstand
The Trinity Center North Lake Community Hall and Weaverville's Clifford Hall- 1835
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Weaverville
Weaverville's Fireproof 1850's Buildings
Trinity County
Weaverville 150th Anniversary of the fireproof brick buildings constructed between 1854-1856. Eight of them were built in 1854; today they house various buildings including restaurant, title company, drug store, music store, atique store, gift shop, and more.
Three buildings, one with Hicks Weaverville Drug Store, the oldest was bult in 1855. Six buildings go back to 1856, and include an old Wells Fargo Freight Office and a bank that eventually became the headquarters of the Trinity National Forest and now is a Saloon.
The Jake Jackson Museum and Historical Park, will be providing members and docents for a Weaverville walking tour on October 1st and 2nd at 10:30 and 2:30PM, with additional assistance from members of E-Clampus Vitus. Information and storyboards will be provided at various buildings to give visitors information about the buildings. On the same day, at 10AM and 5 PM there are Blacksmithing demonstrations in the Historical Park. (530) 623-5211
Pictures, and diagrams will detail some of the original construction techniques that may be still in use today,
BE SURE TO PICK UP A COPY OF THE WEAVERVILLE WALKING TOUR and the 1860 Map Suppliment/Infopage at the Museum, and The Trinity County Chamber of Commerce.
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First Draft: 2- 19- 04
Last Updated: April 16, 2005
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