Downieville Museum — Downieville, CA - E Clampus Vitus Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

This E Clampus Vitus plaque is located on the Downieville Museum building.
Text of Plaque:
DOWNIEVILLE MUSEUM
ONE OF THE FIRST BUILDINGS IN DOWNIEVILLE, BUILT IN 1852. THIS STONE BUILDING WAS ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS THE OLD SLATE STORE. THE WALLS OF THIS BUILDING ARE MADE ENTIRELY OF FLAT ROCKS LAID HORIZONTALLY. IT WAS FIRST USED AS A CHINESE STORE WITH GAMBLING AND OPIUM IN THE BACK. IT LATER BECAME THE J.M.B. MEROUX BUILDING. THE ROCK CONSTRUCTION ALLOWED THIS BUILDING TO SURVIVE A COUPLE OF FIRES THAT DESTROYED MOST OF DOWNIEVILLE. THE BUILDING WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMUNITY OF DOWNIEVILLE BY MEMBERS OF THE MEROUX FAMILY IN TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF J.M.B. EROUX, WITH THE PIONEERS OF SIERRA COUNTY, THE NATIVE DAUGHTERS (NAOMI PARLOR 36) AND SONS OF THE GOLDEN WEST (DOWNIEVILLE PARLOR 92) AS TRUSTEES. IT HAS BEEN A MUSEUM SINCE 1932 AFTER RESTORATION OF THE ROCK AND WOODEN INTERIOR WHICH HAD DETERIORATED WITH AGE. THE NUCLEUS OF THE MUSEUM IS A COLLECTION OF VALUABLE RELICS GATHERED BY FORMER SHERIFF GEORGE C. BYNON.
CREDO QUIA ABSURDUM
DEDICATED AUGUST 23, 2008
MAJOR WILLIAM DOWNIE CHAPTER1849
E CLAMPUS VITUS

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