Emporium - Jamestown, CA
Posted by: saopaulo1
N 37° 57.125 W 120° 25.416
10S E 726366 N 4203629
The Emporium in currently a store in Jamestown.
Waymark Code: WM79PX
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 09/24/2009
Views: 4
"Built in 1897, during the Second Gold Rush, the commercial brick building was erected by J. W. Witney. The architect and builder was C. H. Wilson. This rectangular brick two-story building, with original living quarters on the second floor and sales room and offices on the first, is a late-Victorian with Eastlake details. The building was a pioneer department store, occupied by Witney for six months, then acquired by Moses Arendt, who managed the business until 1928 when he sold it to Jim Porter and Peter Barendregt. It served as the county telephone exchange from 1906-1923. From 1935 until 1967, it housed the Barendregt grocery store. Basically unaltered from its original form, it remains one of the most imposing business buildings in Jamestown and Tuolumne County." ( visit link)
Street address: 735 Main St Jamestown, CA USA
County / Borough / Parish: Tuolumne
Year listed: 1978
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949
Historic function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Current function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Privately owned?: yes
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 1: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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