Commercial Row / Brickelltown Historic District - Truckee, CA
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N 39° 19.691 W 120° 11.066
10S E 742693 N 4356976
A hsitoric district in Truckee, CA.
Waymark Code: WM11ZDA
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 01/15/2020
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Outspoken1
Views: 3

"The Commercial Row–Brickelltown Historic District is a historic district in downtown Truckee, California. Developed from 1870 to 1930, the district includes the significant parts of Truckee's early commercial district. Due to several major fires, the district had several distinct construction and rebuilding periods; the fires also destroyed several significant buildings, including the stagecoach station which established the site of the city's downtown. To protect them from fires, most of the surviving commercial buildings were built with stone or brick. Once the Central Pacific Railroad was completed through Truckee in 1869, it became one of the city's main economic drivers; the Commercial Row district's businesses mainly catered to workers and travelers on the railroad. The Brickelltown district, meanwhile, housed and served workers in Truckee's other main industry, lumber. In the twentieth century, both industries declined due to economic shifts and the Great Depression; the city, and Commercial Row in particular, instead built a tourist economy on visitors to the region's recreational activities." (visit link)
Street address:
Roughly the N. side of Donner Pass Rd. from Bridge St
Truckee, CA USA


County / Borough / Parish: Nevada

Year listed: 2009

Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering

Periods of significance: 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Historic function: Commerce/Trade / Domestic

Current function: Commerce/Trade / Domestic

Privately owned?: yes

Primary Web Site: [Web Link]

Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]

Season start / Season finish: Not listed

Hours of operation: Not listed

Secondary Website 2: Not listed

National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

Visit Instructions:
Please give the date and brief account of your visit. Include any additional observations or information that you may have, particularly about the current condition of the site. Additional photos are highly encouraged, but not mandatory.
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