National Register of Historic Places - California (CA), El Dorado County

El Dorado County California has 20 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 3 places of National significance and 5 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Coloma, Eddy Tree Breeding Station, Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Colony Farm, Baldwin Estate and Crawford Ditch.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Washo dating back to 1750.

The famous person George Tallant is associated with one of more of the El Dorado County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the El Dorado County places including Palme,Lennart,AIA, M.A. Hollenbeck, Furman & Co. Jones, Rankin, Matt Green, Alcander Bayley, Booth & DeVoe, J. Pearson, Giovanni Lombarde and Bernard Maybeck. Prominent architectural styles found in El Dorado Country are Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman and Gothic Revival.

Baldwin Estate (added 1987 - - #87000496)

Also known as McGonagle Estate

NW of US 50 and CA 89 jct. on N side of CA 89 , South Lake Tahoe

Mistshine, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Hollenbeck,M.A.

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Camp, Secondary Structure

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

More Information:

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Bayley Hotel (added 1978 - - #78000660)

N of Pilot Hill on CA 49 , Pilot Hill

YankeeSpirit, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Bayley,Alcander

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

More Information:

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Coloma (added 1966 - - #66000207)

Also known as Coloma (Gold Discovery Site)

7 mi. NW of Placerville on CA 49 , Placerville

Junkyardsparkle, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Industry

Period of Significance:

1825-1849

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Camp, Extractive Facility

Current Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum, Park

More Information:

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Combellack-Blair House (added 1985 - - #85000259)

3059 Cedar Ravine , Placerville

Bobak, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Confidence Hall (added 1982 - - #82002174)

Also known as Placerville City Hall

487 Main St. , Placerville

Bobak, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Booth & DeVoe

Architectural Style:

Other, Italianate

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Education, Government

Historic Sub-function:

Fire Station, Library

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Government Office

More Information:

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Crawford Ditch (added 1991 - - #91001522)

Also known as Clear Creek Segment of the Crawford Ditch

Address Restricted , Pleasant Valley

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Jones,Furman & Co.

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Engineering, Agriculture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Irrigation Facility, Water Works

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Current Sub-function:

Irrigation Facility

Eddy Tree Breeding Station (added 1987 - - #87000485)

Also known as Institute of Forest Genetics

2480 and 2500 Carson Rd. , Placerville

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman, Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Science, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Education, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Forest, Research Facility

Current Function:

Education, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Forest, Research Facility

More Information:

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Episcopal Church of Our Saviour (added 1977 - - #77000291)

2979 Coloma St. , Placerville

Bobak, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Patton,William, Taylor,O.

Architectural Style:

Gothic Revival

Area of Significance:

Religion, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure

More Information:

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Fountain-Tallman Soda Works (added 1984 - - #84000770)

Also known as El Dorado County Historical Society Museum

524 Main St. , Placerville

Bobak, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum

More Information:

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Georgetown Civil War Armory (added 2017 - - #100001601)

6259 Main Street, Georgetown

Jacqueline Perlmutter, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Military, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1862-1868 AD

Hattie (Gold Bug), Priest and Silver Pine Mines and Stampmill (added 1985 - - #85003522)

Also known as Hangtown's Gold Bug Park

2501 Bedford Ave. , Placerville

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Historic Significance:

Event, Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Engineering, Historic - Non-Aboriginal

Cultural Affiliation:

American,Industrial

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Extractive Facility, Manufacturing Facility

Current Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum, Park

More Information:

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Heller Estate (added 1987 - - #87000497)

NW of US 50 and CA 89 jct. on N side of CA 89 , South Lake Tahoe

Mistshine, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Rankin

Architectural Style:

Romanesque, Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Economics, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Camp, Secondary Structure

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

More Information:

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Lombardo Ranch (added 1977 - - #77000292)

Also known as Fossati's Winery;Roeger Winery

1709 Carson Rd. , Placerville

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Lombarde,Giovanni

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Processing, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Processing, Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Pearson, John, Soda Works (added 1985 - - #85003326)

594 Main St. , Placerville

Bobak, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Industry

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Processing

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Restaurant

More Information:

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Pope Estate (added 1987 - - #87000495)

NW of US 50 and CA 89 jct. on N side of CA 89 , South Lake Tahoe

Mistshine, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Shingle Style

Historic Person:

Tallant,George,et al.

Significant Year:

1884

Area of Significance:

Economics, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Institutional Housing, Secondary Structure

Current Function:

Unknown

More Information:

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Sugar Pine Point State Park (added 1973 - - #73000401)

Also known as Phipps Cabin - Hellman- Ehrman Estate - District

3 mi. S of Homewood on CA 90 , Homewood

KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Washo

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1900-1750 AD, 1850-1874

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Park

Current Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum, Park

More Information:

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Tahoe Meadows (added 1990 - - #90000555)

US 50 between Ski Run Blvd. and Park Ave. , South Lake Tahoe

LittleT889, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Maybeck,Bernard

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation, Community Planning And Development, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Camp, Conservation Area, Natural Feature

Current Function:

Domestic, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Camp, Conservation Area, Natural Feature, Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Vikingsholm (added 1996 - - #96001078)

10001 Emerald Bay Rd. , South Lake Tahoe

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Palme,Lennart,AIA, Green,Matt

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum, Natural Feature, Outdoor Recreation

More Information:

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Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Colony Farm (added 2009 - - #09000397)

941 Cold Springs Rd. , Gold Hill

NoeHill, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Asian, Exploration/Settlement, Agriculture

Cultural Affiliation:

Japanese

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields

More Information:

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