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Newcastle Portuguese Hall

 
 
Newcastle Portuguese Hall Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Karen Key, November 6, 2006
1. Newcastle Portuguese Hall Marker
Inscription.
This property - Newcastle Portuguese Hall - has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.
 
Erected 1982 by United States Department of the Interior.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Notable Buildings • Settlements & Settlers.
 
Location. 38° 52.397′ N, 121° 8.471′ W. Marker is in Newcastle, California, in Placer County. It is on Taylor Road, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Newcastle CA 95658, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Sacramento Metro and in the Sierra Nevada. It is also in the American Mountain West. Globally, it is in North America, on the Ring of Fire, on the Pacific Rim, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 5 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker,
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measured as the crow flies: First Transcontinental Railroad (approx. 0.4 miles away); Town of Ophir (approx. 1½ miles away); Griffith Quarry (approx. 2 miles away); Lincoln Highway (approx. 2.1 miles away); Wise Power Plant (approx. 2.1 miles away).
 
Regarding Newcastle Portuguese Hall. (from the supplemental plaque next to the door) The Newcastle Portuguese Hall was built in 1918 by the Portuguese community. The lot for the hall was donated by Manuel L. & Mary Z. Perry, brother & sister, to three Portuguese fraternal lodges, I.D.E.S. Council No. 42, S.P.R.S.I. Council No, 26 and U.P.E.C. Council No. 58. It has been in use since then for lodge meetings, bridal showers, birthday and anniversary parties, card parties and the Portuguese folk dance, the “chamarrita”. The hall gained historical status with “State Point of Historic Interest” on November 14, 1981 and was placed on the “National Register of Historic Places” on March 25, 1982.
 
Additional keywords. Irmandade do Devino Espirito Santo (IDES) or Brotherhood of the Divine Holy Spirit, Sociadade Portuguesa Rainha Santa Isabel (SPRSI) Women's Fraternal Benefit Organization,
Newcastle Portuguese Hall Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Karen Key, November 6, 2006
2. Newcastle Portuguese Hall Marker
União Portuguesa do Estado de California (UPEC) a Fraternal Insurance Society.
 
Newcastle Portuguese Hall and Marker image. Click for full size.
April 1, 2016
3. Newcastle Portuguese Hall and Marker
Supplemental Plaque image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Karen Key, November 6, 2006
4. Supplemental Plaque
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on April 11, 2022. It was originally submitted on November 13, 2006, by Karen Key of Sacramento, California. This page has been viewed 4,198 times since then and 102 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on November 13, 2006, by Karen Key of Sacramento, California.   3. submitted on June 28, 2019.   4. submitted on November 13, 2006, by Karen Key of Sacramento, California. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.
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Sep. 28, 2026