Shasta County Courthouse - Shasta, CA
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member NW_history_buff
N 40° 35.950 W 122° 29.514
10T E 542989 N 4494386
A historic photo from c. 1920 captures the former Shasta County Courthouse which was once the county seat to Shasta County.
Waymark Code: WMX7J3
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 12/08/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Volcanoguy
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An official California Historical Marker monumented outside this courthouse museum highlights its history and tells us:

SHASTA COUNTY COURT HOUSE

BUILDING ERECTED IN 1855 BY JAMES
LOAG, PIONEER, FOLLOWING FIRE OF 1853
WHICH DESTROYED TOWN. BUILDING
REFITTED AND BECAME COURT HOUSE
FOR SHASTA COUNTY, JANUARY 1862.
IN MAY OF 1888 COUNTY SEAT MOVED
TO REDDING. BUILDING PURCHASED 1922
BY McCLOUD PARLOR NO. 149, N.S.G.W.,
TEMPORARY REPAIRS MADE AND PROPERTY
DEEDED TO STATE SEPTEMBER 1937.
BUILDING RESTORED BY DIVISIONS OF
BEACHES AND PARKS.

TABLET PLACED BY CALIFORNIA CENTENNIALS
COMMISSION IN COOPERATION WITH McCLOUD
PARLOR NO. 149. N.S.G.W.
DEDICATED JUNE 12, 1950

This former courthouse is now a museum of cultural artifacts dedicated to the historic town of Shasta.

Year photo was taken: c. 1920
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