The Calaveras County Courthouse is a historic courthouse built in 1867 in San Andreas, California. The brick courthouse contained the county's courtroom, jail, and sheriff's office; until 1888, executions were also conducted in the building. The building's jail held outlaw Black Bart, a notorious Northern California highwayman, during his 1883 trial. The county's Hall of Records was built in front of the courthouse in 1893; the two buildings nearly touch and are considered part of the same complex.
Calaveras County Courthouse | |
 The 1893 Hall of Records building | |
  Calaveras County Courthouse  Calaveras County Courthouse | |
| Location | Main St., San Andreas, California |
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| Coordinates | 38°11′48″N 120°40′45″W / 38.19667°N 120.67917°W |
| Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
| Built | 1867 |
| NRHP reference No. | 72000221[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 28, 1972 |
In 1966, after moving its court operations to a new building, the county turned over the 1867/1893 courthouse complex to the Calaveras County Historical Society, which now operates it as the Calaveras County Museum.[2][3]
The Calaveras County Courthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 28, 1972.[1]
In 2008, volunteers restored the remains of the first courthouse in Calaveras county -- the Double Springs Courthouse of 1850-1851, which was a China house originally assembled by Chinese carpenters out of Canton-made camphor wood panels that interlocked without the use of nails -- and placed it on display inside the Museum.[4]
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- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Calaveras County Historical Society. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Calaveras County Court House". National Park Service. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
- ^ "Calaveras County Museum Complex". Calaveras County Historical Society. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
- ^ Manna, Sal. "China Houses: Chinese Prefabricated Structures in the California Gold Rush". CALAVERAS HERITAGE COUNCIL. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
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