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Brick Stores A & B, Mill Street, Grass Valley, Nevada County, CA

Brick Stores A & B, Mill Street, Grass Valley, Nevada County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-1692 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Donner Pass memorial in Truckee, an unincorporated town in Nevada County, California, a few miles north of Lake Tahoe

Donner Pass memorial in Truckee, an unincorporated town in Nevada Coun...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Truckee is best known today for its often-snowbound pass "Donner Pass" through the High Sierras. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California... More

Carolina United Methodist Church, Washington Post Road, Rosston, Nevada County, AR

Carolina United Methodist Church, Washington Post Road, Rosston, Nevad...

1985 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Third Place Significance: Carolina Church is located roughly twenty-six miles southeast of Hope, Arkansas. Twelve miles west of Hope lies Washington, the former Confederate Stat... More

Finney-Watt House, 506 Linden Street, Grass Valley, Nevada County, CA

Finney-Watt House, 506 Linden Street, Grass Valley, Nevada County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-1391 Public domain photograph of a house in California, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bridgeport Covered Bridge, Spanning South Fork of Yuba River at bypassed section of Pleasant Valley Road (originally Virginia Turnpike) in South Yuba River State Park , Bridgeport, Nevada County, CA

Bridgeport Covered Bridge, Spanning South Fork of Yuba River at bypass...

Howe truss with arch See also HABS No. CA-1401 for additional documentation, including one photograph. Significance: The Bridgeport Covered Bridge is 233 feet long and was originally built as part of a toll roa... More

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 36, Milepost 176.92, Yuba Pass, Nevada County, CA

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 36, Milepost 176...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch stone structure, bridge, or tunnel, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mount St. Mary's Academy, Church & Chapel Street, Grass Valley, Nevada County, CA

Mount St. Mary's Academy, Church & Chapel Street, Grass Valley, Nevada...

Survey number: HABS CA-1799 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74000543

Grass Valley--General View from Goldsmith Hill, Nevada County

Grass Valley--General View from Goldsmith Hill, Nevada County

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 815. LOT subdivision subject: Grass Valley. This record contains unverified data from old caption ... More

Grass Valley, Nevada County, from the West

Grass Valley, Nevada County, from the West

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 810. LOT subdivision subject: Grass Valley. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Map of Nevada County, California / - Public domain map

Map of Nevada County, California / - Public domain map

Relief shown by hachures. Cadastral maps showing land ownership, landowners' names, lot numbers, judicial townships, roads, railroads, etc. "Board of Supervisors ... 1880 ... the map of Nevada County compiled b... More

Mural: Real Estate and Land Co. in Truckee, an unincorporated town in Nevada County, California, a few miles north of Lake Tahoe

Mural: Real Estate and Land Co. in Truckee, an unincorporated town in ...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Truckee is best known today for its often-snowbound pass "Donner Pass" through the High Sierras. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California... More

Purdon Crossing Bridge, Nevada City, Nevada County, CA

Purdon Crossing Bridge, Nevada City, Nevada County, CA

Significance: This is a rare surviving example of a pin-connected Pratt Half-Through Truss. Survey number: HAER CA-40 Building/structure dates: 1889 Initial Construction

Purdon Crossing Bridge, Nevada City, Nevada County, CA

Purdon Crossing Bridge, Nevada City, Nevada County, CA

Significance: This is a rare surviving example of a pin-connected Pratt Half-Through Truss. Survey number: HAER CA-40 Building/structure dates: 1889 Initial Construction

Purdon Crossing Bridge, Nevada City, Nevada County, CA

Purdon Crossing Bridge, Nevada City, Nevada County, CA

Significance: This is a rare surviving example of a pin-connected Pratt Half-Through Truss. Survey number: HAER CA-40 Building/structure dates: 1889 Initial Construction

Bridgeport Covered Bridge, Spanning South Fork of Yuba River at bypassed section of Pleasant Valley Road (originally Virginia Turnpike) in South Yuba River State Park , Bridgeport, Nevada County, CA

Bridgeport Covered Bridge, Spanning South Fork of Yuba River at bypass...

Howe truss with arch See also HABS No. CA-1401 for additional documentation, including one photograph. Significance: The Bridgeport Covered Bridge is 233 feet long and was originally built as part of a toll roa... More

Freeman's Crossing Bridge, Spanning Middle Fork of Yuba River at CA State Highway 49, North San Juan, Nevada County, CA

Freeman's Crossing Bridge, Spanning Middle Fork of Yuba River at CA St...

Significance: Freeman's Crossing Bridge, also known as the Middle Yuba Bridge and determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, is an excellent example of a reinforced concrete open-... More

Freeman's Crossing Bridge, Spanning Middle Fork of Yuba River at CA State Highway 49, North San Juan, Nevada County, CA

Freeman's Crossing Bridge, Spanning Middle Fork of Yuba River at CA St...

Significance: Freeman's Crossing Bridge, also known as the Middle Yuba Bridge and determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, is an excellent example of a reinforced concrete open-... More

Lake Angela and Summit, near Donner Peak, Nevada County

Lake Angela and Summit, near Donner Peak, Nevada County

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 782. LOT subdivision subject: Donner Pass Lakes. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Methodist Episcopal Church, Flume Street, North San Juan, Nevada County, CA

Methodist Episcopal Church, Flume Street, North San Juan, Nevada Count...

Survey number: HABS CA-1399 Public domain photograph of church architecture, religious building, monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sports Tahoe in Truckee, an unincorporated town in Nevada County, California, a few miles north of Lake Tahoe

Sports Tahoe in Truckee, an unincorporated town in Nevada County, Cali...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Truckee is best known today for its often-snowbound pass "Donner Pass" through the High Sierras. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California... More

A wooden house nestled in the trees in Truckee, California

A wooden house nestled in the trees in Truckee, California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Truckee is best known today for its often-snowbound pass "Donner Pass" through the High Sierras. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California... More

Purdon Crossing Bridge, Nevada City, Nevada County, CA

Purdon Crossing Bridge, Nevada City, Nevada County, CA

Significance: This is a rare surviving example of a pin-connected Pratt Half-Through Truss. Survey number: HAER CA-40 Building/structure dates: 1889 Initial Construction

Bridgeport Covered Bridge, Spanning South Fork of Yuba River at bypassed section of Pleasant Valley Road (originally Virginia Turnpike) in South Yuba River State Park , Bridgeport, Nevada County, CA

Bridgeport Covered Bridge, Spanning South Fork of Yuba River at bypass...

Howe truss with arch See also HABS No. CA-1401 for additional documentation, including one photograph. Significance: The Bridgeport Covered Bridge is 233 feet long and was originally built as part of a toll roa... More

Freeman's Crossing Bridge, Spanning Middle Fork of Yuba River at CA State Highway 49, North San Juan, Nevada County, CA

Freeman's Crossing Bridge, Spanning Middle Fork of Yuba River at CA St...

Significance: Freeman's Crossing Bridge, also known as the Middle Yuba Bridge and determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, is an excellent example of a reinforced concrete open-... More

Freeman's Crossing Bridge, Spanning Middle Fork of Yuba River at CA State Highway 49, North San Juan, Nevada County, CA

Freeman's Crossing Bridge, Spanning Middle Fork of Yuba River at CA St...

Significance: Freeman's Crossing Bridge, also known as the Middle Yuba Bridge and determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, is an excellent example of a reinforced concrete open-... More

Freeman's Crossing Bridge, Spanning Middle Fork of Yuba River at CA State Highway 49, North San Juan, Nevada County, CA

Freeman's Crossing Bridge, Spanning Middle Fork of Yuba River at CA St...

Significance: Freeman's Crossing Bridge, also known as the Middle Yuba Bridge and determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, is an excellent example of a reinforced concrete open-... More

Gault Bridge, Spanning Deer Creek at South Pine Street, Nevada City, Nevada County, CA

Gault Bridge, Spanning Deer Creek at South Pine Street, Nevada City, N...

Significance: The Gault Bridge has been determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places under criterion c for its significance in the history of bridge technology in California (Caltrans Bridge... More

Hydraulic Mining, from the rear of the Pipes, Nebraska Claim, French Corral, Nevada County

Hydraulic Mining, from the rear of the Pipes, Nebraska Claim, French C...

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1168. LOT subdivision subject: Hydraulic Mining. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Rocky Bar Quartz Mill, Grass Valley, Nevada County

Rocky Bar Quartz Mill, Grass Valley, Nevada County

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1133. LOT subdivision subject: Quartz Mill. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Hydraulic Mining - hauling Sluice Blocks, for the Blue Gravel Claim, Smartsville, Nevada County

Hydraulic Mining - hauling Sluice Blocks, for the Blue Gravel Claim, S...

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

Hotel & Store, Sweetland, Nevada County, CA

Hotel & Store, Sweetland, Nevada County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-1400 Public domain photograph of a hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Flying A Service sign in Truckee, an unincorporated town in Nevada County, California, a few miles north of Lake Tahoe

Flying A Service sign in Truckee, an unincorporated town in Nevada Cou...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Truckee is best known today for its often-snowbound pass "Donner Pass" through the High Sierras. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California... More

Firehouse in Nevada City, the county seat of Nevada County, California, northeast of Sacramento

Firehouse in Nevada City, the county seat of Nevada County, California...

First settled in 1849, during the California Gold Rush, in 1850-51, it was the most important mining town in the state. In 1864, the word ôCityö was added to the name to relieve confusion with the bordering sta... More

Carolina United Methodist Church, Washington Post Road, Rosston, Nevada County, AR

Carolina United Methodist Church, Washington Post Road, Rosston, Nevad...

1985 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Third Place Significance: Carolina Church is located roughly twenty-six miles southeast of Hope, Arkansas. Twelve miles west of Hope lies Washington, the former Confederate Stat... More

Bridgeport Covered Bridge, Spanning South Fork of Yuba River at bypassed section of Pleasant Valley Road (originally Virginia Turnpike) in South Yuba River State Park , Bridgeport, Nevada County, CA

Bridgeport Covered Bridge, Spanning South Fork of Yuba River at bypass...

Howe truss with arch See also HABS No. CA-1401 for additional documentation, including one photograph. Significance: The Bridgeport Covered Bridge is 233 feet long and was originally built as part of a toll roa... More

Gault Bridge, Spanning Deer Creek at South Pine Street, Nevada City, Nevada County, CA

Gault Bridge, Spanning Deer Creek at South Pine Street, Nevada City, N...

Significance: The Gault Bridge has been determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places under criterion c for its significance in the history of bridge technology in California (Caltrans Bridge... More

French Lake, Nevada County, near Meadow Lake - Central Pacific Railroad

French Lake, Nevada County, near Meadow Lake - Central Pacific Railroa...

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1277. LOT subdivision subject: Donner Pass Lakes. This record contains unverified old data from ca... More

Hydraulic Mining - The Tail Race in the Creek - French Corral, Nevada County

Hydraulic Mining - The Tail Race in the Creek - French Corral, Nevada ...

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1170. LOT subdivision subject: Hydraulic Mining. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Sports Tahoe sign in Truckee, an unincorporated town in Nevada County, California, a few miles north of Lake Tahoe

Sports Tahoe sign in Truckee, an unincorporated town in Nevada County,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a cemetery, memorial, monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Prescott, Nevada County, Arkansas

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Prescott, Nevada County, Arkansas

May 1892. 2 Sheet(s). Nevada fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liability. ... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Grass Valley, Nevada County, California

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Grass Valley, Nevada County, Californi...

Jan 1891. 5 Sheet(s). California fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabili... More

Lola Montez House, 248 Mill Street, Grass Valley, Nevada County, CA

Lola Montez House, 248 Mill Street, Grass Valley, Nevada County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-1642 Public domain photograph of a house in California, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bridgeport Covered Bridge, Spanning South Fork of Yuba River at bypassed section of Pleasant Valley Road (originally Virginia Turnpike) in South Yuba River State Park , Bridgeport, Nevada County, CA

Bridgeport Covered Bridge, Spanning South Fork of Yuba River at bypass...

Howe truss with arch See also HABS No. CA-1401 for additional documentation, including one photograph. Significance: The Bridgeport Covered Bridge is 233 feet long and was originally built as part of a toll roa... More

Freeman's Crossing Bridge, Spanning Middle Fork of Yuba River at CA State Highway 49, North San Juan, Nevada County, CA

Freeman's Crossing Bridge, Spanning Middle Fork of Yuba River at CA St...

Significance: Freeman's Crossing Bridge, also known as the Middle Yuba Bridge and determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, is an excellent example of a reinforced concrete open-... More

Freeman's Crossing Bridge, Spanning Middle Fork of Yuba River at CA State Highway 49, North San Juan, Nevada County, CA

Freeman's Crossing Bridge, Spanning Middle Fork of Yuba River at CA St...

Significance: Freeman's Crossing Bridge, also known as the Middle Yuba Bridge and determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, is an excellent example of a reinforced concrete open-... More

Gault Bridge, Spanning Deer Creek at South Pine Street, Nevada City, Nevada County, CA

Gault Bridge, Spanning Deer Creek at South Pine Street, Nevada City, N...

Significance: The Gault Bridge has been determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places under criterion c for its significance in the history of bridge technology in California (Caltrans Bridge... More

Capwell & Furth Store, Main Street, North San Juan, Nevada County, CA

Capwell & Furth Store, Main Street, North San Juan, Nevada County, CA

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Capwell & Furth Store, Main Street, North San Juan, Nevada County, CA

Capwell & Furth Store, Main Street, North San Juan, Nevada County, CA

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Spearing trout on Donner Lake, Nevada County

Spearing trout on Donner Lake, Nevada County

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 858. LOT subdivision subject: Donner Lake. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Frame Houses, North Bloomfield, Nevada County, CA

Frame Houses, North Bloomfield, Nevada County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-1537 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Flying A Service sign in Truckee, an unincorporated town in Nevada County, California, a few miles north of Lake Tahoe

Flying A Service sign in Truckee, an unincorporated town in Nevada Cou...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Truckee is best known today for its often-snowbound pass "Donner Pass" through the High Sierras. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California... More

[Bridgeport Covered Bridge over the Yuba River, Nevada County, California]

[Bridgeport Covered Bridge over the Yuba River, Nevada County, Califor...

Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; The Capital Group Companies Charitable... More

Bridgeport Covered Bridge, Spanning South Fork of Yuba River at bypassed section of Pleasant Valley Road (originally Virginia Turnpike) in South Yuba River State Park , Bridgeport, Nevada County, CA

Bridgeport Covered Bridge, Spanning South Fork of Yuba River at bypass...

Howe truss with arch See also HABS No. CA-1401 for additional documentation, including one photograph. Significance: The Bridgeport Covered Bridge is 233 feet long and was originally built as part of a toll roa... More

Bridgeport Covered Bridge, Spanning South Fork of Yuba River at bypassed section of Pleasant Valley Road (originally Virginia Turnpike) in South Yuba River State Park , Bridgeport, Nevada County, CA

Bridgeport Covered Bridge, Spanning South Fork of Yuba River at bypass...

Howe truss with arch See also HABS No. CA-1401 for additional documentation, including one photograph. Significance: The Bridgeport Covered Bridge is 233 feet long and was originally built as part of a toll roa... More

Bridgeport Covered Bridge, Spanning South Fork of Yuba River at bypassed section of Pleasant Valley Road (originally Virginia Turnpike) in South Yuba River State Park , Bridgeport, Nevada County, CA

Bridgeport Covered Bridge, Spanning South Fork of Yuba River at bypass...

Howe truss with arch See also HABS No. CA-1401 for additional documentation, including one photograph. Significance: The Bridgeport Covered Bridge is 233 feet long and was originally built as part of a toll roa... More

Freeman's Crossing Bridge, Spanning Middle Fork of Yuba River at CA State Highway 49, North San Juan, Nevada County, CA

Freeman's Crossing Bridge, Spanning Middle Fork of Yuba River at CA St...

Significance: Freeman's Crossing Bridge, also known as the Middle Yuba Bridge and determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, is an excellent example of a reinforced concrete open-... More

Gault Bridge, Spanning Deer Creek at South Pine Street, Nevada City, Nevada County, CA

Gault Bridge, Spanning Deer Creek at South Pine Street, Nevada City, N...

Significance: The Gault Bridge has been determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places under criterion c for its significance in the history of bridge technology in California (Caltrans Bridge... More

Ophir Quartz Mill, Grass Valley, Nevada County

Ophir Quartz Mill, Grass Valley, Nevada County

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Deer Creek and Suspension Bridge, Nevada City, Nevada County

Deer Creek and Suspension Bridge, Nevada City, Nevada County

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1138. LOT subdivision subject: Bridges in Northern California. This record contains unverified old... More

[Bridgeport Covered Bridge over the Yuba River, Nevada County, California]

[Bridgeport Covered Bridge over the Yuba River, Nevada County, Califor...

Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; The Capital Group Companies Charitable... More

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 35, Milepost 176.62, Yuba Pass, Nevada County, CA

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 35, Milepost 176...

Significance: The Central Pacific First Transcontinental Railroad is a segment of the western half of the first transcontinental railroad, built from Sacramento, California to Promontory Summit, Utah between 18... More

Carolina United Methodist Church, Washington Post Road, Rosston, Nevada County, AR

Carolina United Methodist Church, Washington Post Road, Rosston, Nevad...

1985 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Third Place Significance: Carolina Church is located roughly twenty-six miles southeast of Hope, Arkansas. Twelve miles west of Hope lies Washington, the former Confederate Stat... More

Lola Montez House, 248 Mill Street, Grass Valley, Nevada County, CA

Lola Montez House, 248 Mill Street, Grass Valley, Nevada County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-1642 Public domain photograph of a house in California, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bridgeport Covered Bridge, Spanning South Fork of Yuba River at bypassed section of Pleasant Valley Road (originally Virginia Turnpike) in South Yuba River State Park , Bridgeport, Nevada County, CA

Bridgeport Covered Bridge, Spanning South Fork of Yuba River at bypass...

Howe truss with arch See also HABS No. CA-1401 for additional documentation, including one photograph. Significance: The Bridgeport Covered Bridge is 233 feet long and was originally built as part of a toll roa... More

Bridgeport Covered Bridge, Spanning South Fork of Yuba River at bypassed section of Pleasant Valley Road (originally Virginia Turnpike) in South Yuba River State Park , Bridgeport, Nevada County, CA

Bridgeport Covered Bridge, Spanning South Fork of Yuba River at bypass...

Howe truss with arch See also HABS No. CA-1401 for additional documentation, including one photograph. Significance: The Bridgeport Covered Bridge is 233 feet long and was originally built as part of a toll roa... More

Freeman's Crossing Bridge, Spanning Middle Fork of Yuba River at CA State Highway 49, North San Juan, Nevada County, CA

Freeman's Crossing Bridge, Spanning Middle Fork of Yuba River at CA St...

Significance: Freeman's Crossing Bridge, also known as the Middle Yuba Bridge and determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, is an excellent example of a reinforced concrete open-... More

Freeman's Crossing Bridge, Spanning Middle Fork of Yuba River at CA State Highway 49, North San Juan, Nevada County, CA

Freeman's Crossing Bridge, Spanning Middle Fork of Yuba River at CA St...

Significance: Freeman's Crossing Bridge, also known as the Middle Yuba Bridge and determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, is an excellent example of a reinforced concrete open-... More

Hydraulic Mining - the Kennebec Claim, Birchville, Nevada County

Hydraulic Mining - the Kennebec Claim, Birchville, Nevada County

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1402. LOT subdivision subject: Hydraulic Mining. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

U.S. mail truck used in snowy mountain sections of Nevada County, California

U.S. mail truck used in snowy mountain sections of Nevada County, Cali...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sports Tahoe sign in Truckee, an unincorporated town in Nevada County, California, a few miles north of Lake Tahoe

Sports Tahoe sign in Truckee, an unincorporated town in Nevada County,...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Truckee is best known today for its often-snowbound pass "Donner Pass" through the High Sierras. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Grass Valley, Nevada County, California

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Grass Valley, Nevada County, Californi...

Jan 1891. 5 Sheet(s). California fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabili... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Grass Valley, Nevada County, California

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Grass Valley, Nevada County, Californi...

Jan 1891. 5 Sheet(s). California fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabili... More

Taylor-Barker House, 653 Linden Street, Grass Valley, Nevada County, CA

Taylor-Barker House, 653 Linden Street, Grass Valley, Nevada County, C...

Survey number: HABS CA-1392 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Purdon Crossing Bridge, Nevada City, Nevada County, CA

Purdon Crossing Bridge, Nevada City, Nevada County, CA

Significance: This is a rare surviving example of a pin-connected Pratt Half-Through Truss. Survey number: HAER CA-40 Building/structure dates: 1889 Initial Construction

Bridgeport Covered Bridge, Spanning South Fork of Yuba River at bypassed section of Pleasant Valley Road (originally Virginia Turnpike) in South Yuba River State Park , Bridgeport, Nevada County, CA

Bridgeport Covered Bridge, Spanning South Fork of Yuba River at bypass...

Howe truss with arch See also HABS No. CA-1401 for additional documentation, including one photograph. Significance: The Bridgeport Covered Bridge is 233 feet long and was originally built as part of a toll roa... More

Gault Bridge, Spanning Deer Creek at South Pine Street, Nevada City, Nevada County, CA

Gault Bridge, Spanning Deer Creek at South Pine Street, Nevada City, N...

Significance: The Gault Bridge has been determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places under criterion c for its significance in the history of bridge technology in California (Caltrans Bridge... More

Main Street (Frame Buildings), North San Juan, Nevada County, CA

Main Street (Frame Buildings), North San Juan, Nevada County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-1697 Public domain photograph of a house in California, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Thomas House, 220 North School Street, Grass Valley, Nevada County, CA

Thomas House, 220 North School Street, Grass Valley, Nevada County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-1393 Public domain photograph of a house in California, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Donner Party memorial in Truckee, an unincorporated town in Nevada County, California, a few miles north of Lake Tahoe

The Donner Party memorial in Truckee, an unincorporated town in Nevada...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 35, Milepost 176.62, Yuba Pass, Nevada County, CA

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 35, Milepost 176...

Significance: The Central Pacific First Transcontinental Railroad is a segment of the western half of the first transcontinental railroad, built from Sacramento, California to Promontory Summit, Utah between 18... More

Carolina United Methodist Church, Washington Post Road, Rosston, Nevada County, AR

Carolina United Methodist Church, Washington Post Road, Rosston, Nevad...

1985 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Third Place Significance: Carolina Church is located roughly twenty-six miles southeast of Hope, Arkansas. Twelve miles west of Hope lies Washington, the former Confederate Stat... More

Purdon Crossing Bridge, Nevada City, Nevada County, CA

Purdon Crossing Bridge, Nevada City, Nevada County, CA

Significance: This is a rare surviving example of a pin-connected Pratt Half-Through Truss. Survey number: HAER CA-40 Building/structure dates: 1889 Initial Construction

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 37, Milepost 177.79, Yuba Pass, Nevada County, CA

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 37, Milepost 177...

Significance: The Central Pacific First Transcontinental Railroad is a segment of the western half of the first transcontinental railroad, built from Sacramento, California to Promontory Summit, Utah between 18... More

Bridgeport Covered Bridge, Spanning South Fork of Yuba River at bypassed section of Pleasant Valley Road (originally Virginia Turnpike) in South Yuba River State Park , Bridgeport, Nevada County, CA

Bridgeport Covered Bridge, Spanning South Fork of Yuba River at bypass...

Howe truss with arch See also HABS No. CA-1401 for additional documentation, including one photograph. Significance: The Bridgeport Covered Bridge is 233 feet long and was originally built as part of a toll roa... More

Bridgeport Covered Bridge, Spanning South Fork of Yuba River at bypassed section of Pleasant Valley Road (originally Virginia Turnpike) in South Yuba River State Park , Bridgeport, Nevada County, CA

Bridgeport Covered Bridge, Spanning South Fork of Yuba River at bypass...

Howe truss with arch See also HABS No. CA-1401 for additional documentation, including one photograph. Significance: The Bridgeport Covered Bridge is 233 feet long and was originally built as part of a toll roa... More

Freeman's Crossing Bridge, Spanning Middle Fork of Yuba River at CA State Highway 49, North San Juan, Nevada County, CA

Freeman's Crossing Bridge, Spanning Middle Fork of Yuba River at CA St...

Significance: Freeman's Crossing Bridge, also known as the Middle Yuba Bridge and determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, is an excellent example of a reinforced concrete open-... More

Freeman's Crossing Bridge, Spanning Middle Fork of Yuba River at CA State Highway 49, North San Juan, Nevada County, CA

Freeman's Crossing Bridge, Spanning Middle Fork of Yuba River at CA St...

Significance: Freeman's Crossing Bridge, also known as the Middle Yuba Bridge and determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, is an excellent example of a reinforced concrete open-... More

Gault Bridge, Spanning Deer Creek at South Pine Street, Nevada City, Nevada County, CA

Gault Bridge, Spanning Deer Creek at South Pine Street, Nevada City, N...

Significance: The Gault Bridge has been determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places under criterion c for its significance in the history of bridge technology in California (Caltrans Bridge... More

Gault Bridge, Spanning Deer Creek at South Pine Street, Nevada City, Nevada County, CA

Gault Bridge, Spanning Deer Creek at South Pine Street, Nevada City, N...

Significance: The Gault Bridge has been determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places under criterion c for its significance in the history of bridge technology in California (Caltrans Bridge... More

Nevada City--General view from the Wash. Rd., Nevada County.

Nevada City--General view from the Wash. Rd., Nevada County.

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1135. LOT subdivision subject: Nevada City. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Covered Bridge, Spanning Yuba River, Bridgeport, Nevada County, CA

Covered Bridge, Spanning Yuba River, Bridgeport, Nevada County, CA

See also HAER CA-41 for additional documentation, including photos, drawings, and historical data. Significance: The Bridgeport Covered Bridge was built in 1862 to replace an earlier span that washed out in a f... More

Donner Pass memorial in Truckee, an unincorporated town in Nevada County, California, a few miles north of Lake Tahoe

Donner Pass memorial in Truckee, an unincorporated town in Nevada Coun...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Truckee is best known today for its often-snowbound pass "Donner Pass" through the High Sierras. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California... More

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 35, Milepost 176.62, Yuba Pass, Nevada County, CA

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 35, Milepost 176...

Significance: The Central Pacific First Transcontinental Railroad is a segment of the western half of the first transcontinental railroad, built from Sacramento, California to Promontory Summit, Utah between 18... More

Finney-Watt House, 506 Linden Street, Grass Valley, Nevada County, CA

Finney-Watt House, 506 Linden Street, Grass Valley, Nevada County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-1391 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Purdon Crossing Bridge, Nevada City, Nevada County, CA

Purdon Crossing Bridge, Nevada City, Nevada County, CA

Significance: This is a rare surviving example of a pin-connected Pratt Half-Through Truss. Survey number: HAER CA-40 Building/structure dates: 1889 Initial Construction

Freeman's Crossing Bridge, Spanning Middle Fork of Yuba River at CA State Highway 49, North San Juan, Nevada County, CA

Freeman's Crossing Bridge, Spanning Middle Fork of Yuba River at CA St...

Significance: Freeman's Crossing Bridge, also known as the Middle Yuba Bridge and determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, is an excellent example of a reinforced concrete open-... More

Freeman's Crossing Bridge, Spanning Middle Fork of Yuba River at CA State Highway 49, North San Juan, Nevada County, CA

Freeman's Crossing Bridge, Spanning Middle Fork of Yuba River at CA St...

Significance: Freeman's Crossing Bridge, also known as the Middle Yuba Bridge and determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, is an excellent example of a reinforced concrete open-... More

Freeman's Crossing Bridge, Spanning Middle Fork of Yuba River at CA State Highway 49, North San Juan, Nevada County, CA

Freeman's Crossing Bridge, Spanning Middle Fork of Yuba River at CA St...

Significance: Freeman's Crossing Bridge, also known as the Middle Yuba Bridge and determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, is an excellent example of a reinforced concrete open-... More

Mount St. Mary's Academy, Church & Chapel Street, Grass Valley, Nevada County, CA

Mount St. Mary's Academy, Church & Chapel Street, Grass Valley, Nevada...

Survey number: HABS CA-1799 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74000543

Gault Bridge, Spanning Deer Creek at South Pine Street, Nevada City, Nevada County, CA

Gault Bridge, Spanning Deer Creek at South Pine Street, Nevada City, N...

Significance: The Gault Bridge has been determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places under criterion c for its significance in the history of bridge technology in California (Caltrans Bridge... More

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