Auburn in Placer County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
First Placer County Hospital
219 Maple Street, Auburn, California
Photographed By Dave Geschke, Auburn Parlor NSGW
1. First Placer County Hospital Marker
Inscription.
First Placer County Hospital. 219 Maple Street, Auburn, California. This building first constructed in 1852, opened on September 22, 1855 as the first Placer County Hospital. In 1890 the building was badly damaged by fire. At the time, the upstairs was the residence and gallery of photographer J.M. Jacobs and the dental offices of Dr. J.C. Hawver, also a spelunker and photographer, who with W.W. Banbrock, another photographer in Jacobs' gallery, produced many of the early photos and postcards of Auburn and Placer County. Placer County Hospital, which by then accepted private patients, was reestablished where the Auburn Town Center now stands and operated through 1974. J.M. Jacobs rebuilt, and the Jacobs family owned the building until 1957, and Placer County owned it until 2004, when it was purchased by the Old Town Auburn Preservation Society. The building is still listed o the National Register as the Jacobs House, and has a new life as the Gold Country Medical History Museum.
This building first constructed in 1852, opened on September 22, 1855 as the first Placer County Hospital. In 1890 the building was badly damaged by fire. At the time, the upstairs was the residence and gallery of photographer J.M. Jacobs and the dental offices of Dr. J.C. Hawver, also a spelunker and photographer, who with W.W. Banbrock, another photographer in Jacobs' gallery, produced many of the early photos and postcards of Auburn and Placer County. Placer County Hospital, which by then accepted private patients, was reestablished where the Auburn Town Center now stands and operated through 1974. J.M. Jacobs rebuilt, and the Jacobs family owned the building until 1957, and Placer County owned it until 2004, when it was purchased by the Old Town Auburn Preservation Society. The building is still listed o the National Register as the Jacobs House, and has a new life as the Gold Country Medical History Museum.
Erected 2008 by Native Sons of the Golden West, Duane R. Gavin, Grand President. (Marker Number 2008-6.)
38° 53.8′ N, 121° 4.688′ W. Marker is in Auburn, California, in Placer County. Marker is at the intersection of Maple Street and Commercial Street, on the left when traveling west on Maple Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 219 Maple Street, Auburn CA 95603, United States of America. Touch for directions.
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