Overton Building was a historical two-story building in Sacramento, California. The site of former Overton Building is a California Historical Landmark No. 610 listed on May 22, 1956. This site is now a Parking lot near the corner of 2nd street and J Street in Old Sacramento State Historic Park. The Overton Building was removed when the Interstate 5 freeway was built in the 1960s.[1] The historical Western Hotel, D.O. Mills Bank and the original Sacramento Bee building were also taken down for the I-5 freeway. The Overton Building first housed a number of California state offices including: the California Governor's Office and the California Secretary of State. The building, on the lot before the Overton Building, was lost in a fire on November 2, 1852. The first California State Library was housed on the second floor from 1853 to 1856. The building was built by the bankers, Read & Company at a cost $105,000 in 1852. [2][3] [4] In the 1950s and early 1960s Overton Building was the Rialto Hotel and Rialto Cafe. [5]
| Overton Building | |
|---|---|
 Overton Building | |
| Location | 2nd and J Streets Sacramento, California |
| Coordinates | 38°34′55″N 121°30′11″W / 38.582°N 121.503°W |
| Built | 1852 |
| Designated | May 22, 1956 |
| Reference no. | 610 |
  Location of Overton Building in California  Overton Building (the United States) | |
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edit- ^ "Overton Building #610". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
- ^ "Historic Markers" – via DPLA.
- ^ "California Historical Landmark #610: Overton Building in Sacramento County". noehill.com.
- ^ "Overton Building". September 20, 1938 – via Calisphere.
- ^ "Rialto Cafe". September 20, 1952 – via Calisphere.