Travel Pirate Geocoin Auburn Courthouse

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Released:
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Origin:
California, United States
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Auburn Courthouse

This beautiful Courthouse in Auburn, CA is in the town we live in and we wanted to share it with you.

Built 1894-1898

This is a grandiose three-story Classic Revival structure topped by a bracketed cornice and simple Renaissance Revival inspired dome. Monumental stairs lead to a main second floor from both the north and south. This building is one of four surviving northern and central California courthouses which retain most of their architectural ornamentation and magnificent domes.

Before the formation of Placer County in 1851, this hilltop where the present courthouse now stands was the site of bull and bear fights and public hangings. The County's first courthouse, built of wood and cloth with an adjacent log jail, was erected on Court Street. A new two story wooden courthouse with a bell tower was built on the hill in 1853. The log jail burned in 1855, and in 1857, a new two story brick jail was built to the west of the courthouse on the hill. The two buildings were connected via an iron bridge running from the jail to a second story courtroom.

The Placer County Courthouse you see today was completed in 1898 with most of its building materials coming from Placer County: the granite from Rocklin, the bricks and terra-cotta trim from Lincoln, lime and lumber from various other areas in the county. The slate roof is from El Dorado County. The courthouse bell came around Cape Horn and was used regularly to summon officials to court. This building is listed on The National Register of Historic Places.

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Dropped Off 1/25/2012 Wyldreams placed it in T-aye! California - 449.66 miles  Visit Log
Visited 1/25/2012 Wyldreams took it to T-aye! California - 449.66 miles  Visit Log

Visited T-aye!
Grab It (Not from a Cache) 1/24/2012 Wyldreams grabbed it   Visit Log

Back to us, so we can move it on.
Retrieve It from a Cache 4/6/2011 IverniaH retrieved it from Maderis' Rest Oregon   Visit Log

In error, I logged this coin into the log for GC 2BVEZ Maderis" Rest. Since I still have it in my possesion, I am grabbing it back into my inventory. Sorry for the mistake!!
Dropped Off 4/3/2011 IverniaH placed it in Maderis' Rest Oregon - 394.62 miles  Visit Log
Grab It (Not from a Cache) 3/25/2011 IverniaH grabbed it   Visit Log

I got it from Mr Marbles and hope send it on soon.
Retrieve It from a Cache 3/4/2011 Mr.Marbles retrieved it from Many a Memory Lane California   Visit Log

Found in a very nice location. I have a few pirate trackables, hope he goes far and wide.
Dropped Off 12/11/2010 Wyldreams placed it in Many a Memory Lane California   Visit Log

Dropped in Many a Memory Lane
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