Nevada County Historical Landmarks Commission

The Friends of the Nevada County Historical Landmarks Commission need your help. In 2017, the Nevada County Board of Supervisors designated the W.C. Jones Hospital on 328 South Church Street in Grass Valley as a county historical landmark. A poster board plaque was erected on the property by its then owner. It has badly faded […]

The Nevada County Historical Landmarks Commission is pleased to announce that at its June 13 meeting, the Board of Supervisors designated Truckee’s Two Chinatowns as the County’s latest historical landmark. The applicant was the Truckee-Donner Historical Society. The landmark was designated Nevada County Historical Landmark NEV 23-02. This long overdue acknowledgement identifies and honors those […]

The Nevada County Historical Landmarks Commission and the Grass Valley School District are pleased to invite the public to attend the dedication ceremony of a plaque commemorating the Kentucky Flat School as a historical landmark. The ceremony will be held on May 23, 2023, at 10 am. The school is located at 13281 Newtown Rd. The Kentucky […]

The Nevada County Historical Landmarks Commission is delighted to announce the County’s latest landmark: The Rome Power House, approved by the Board of Supervisors on April 25, 2023. The Rome Power House was the first and only hydroelectric generating plant built on the South Yuba River. Planning for the plant began in 1892. It entered […]

The Nevada County Historical Landmarks Commission would like to invite you to participate in this year’s National Marker Day, April 28, 2023. This national event is designed to help clean and maintain the almost 200,000 historical markers believed to exist in the United States. Get more information at: https://www.wgpfoundation.org/national-historic-marker-day/ Nevada County has over 200 historical […]

Theater and history lovers gathered in front of the Nevada Theatre Sunday morning for the unveiling and dedication of a plaque honoring Sally Lewis, installed by the Nevada County Historical Landmarks Commission. Speakers included Niel Locke, Nevada City Clerk who recently retired after 25 years of service on the Landmarks Commission; Paul Emery, musician and […]

The Nevada County Historical Landmarks Commission invites the public to join us in front of the Nevada Theatre on Sunday, October 9th at 10am to unveil and dedicate a plaque honoring Sally Lewis. Sally was the preservation pioneer of Nevada City, and helped save the Nevada Theatre from demolition. She was instrumental in creating the […]

The Nevada County Historical Landmarks Commission invites you to join us on Sunday, September 18 at 10am to dedicate and unveil one of our newer plaques. The plaque is located near the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad kiosk at the corner of Sacramento Street and Railroad Avenue in Nevada City. Speakers will include David Yee, […]

The Nevada County Historical Landmarks Commission sadly reports that the historical plaque at Hirschman’s Pond was defaced by someone who splashed red latex paint over it. The vandalism was discovered last Friday by a hiker. It has been reported to the Nevada City Police Department. County personnel promptly removed the plaque and expect to clean […]

The Nevada County Historical Landmarks Commission invites the public to check out the recently restored Kiosk in the Glenbrook Shopping Center parking lot. Glenbrook Basin, for years the center of recreation in western Nevada County, was declared a historical landmark by the Board of Supervisors in 1993. The Landmarks Commission then erected an informational Kiosk […]

The Nevada County Historical Landmarks Commission is pleased to announce the Nevada County Board of Supervisors has designated the site of the First Commercial Winery as a Nevada County Historical Landmark, NEV 22-03. Located at 305 Broad Street in downtown Nevada City, the current Novak’s Menswear storefront housed the winery operation of Augustine Isoard in1860. […]

The Nevada County Historical Landmarks Commission is pleased to announce that on June 14, 2022 the Nevada County Board of Supervisors designated The Nevada City African Methodist Episcopal Church Site as a Nevada County Historical Landmark, NEV 22-02. Located in the present day residential area of 549 North Pine Street in Nevada City, the AME […]

The Nevada County Historical Landmarks Commission is pleased to announce that on March 22, 2022, the Nevada County Board of Supervisors designated the County’s newest historical landmark NEV 22-01 to commemorates the Chinese workers who were integral in building the Narrow Gauge Railroad. Applicant Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum is sponsoring a plaque which […]

It came as quite a surprise to local history buffs, that in 1930 the famous Mexican artist and muralist Diego Rivera came to Grass Valley and Nevada City. He and his also famous wife, Frida Kahlo, were staying in San Francisco. Rivera was working on completion of two murals – one at the San Francisco […]

A plaque honoring Leb Hirschman and the Jewish Gold Rush community was installed at Hirschman’s Pond on Monday. The Pond was registered as one of Nevada County’s newest landmarks by the Board of Supervisors on July 13, 2021. Hirschman’s Pond is what remains of the hydraulic mine operated by Nevada County pioneer Leb Hirschman. Due […]

October 27, 2021 – The Nevada County Historical Landmarks Commission is pleased to announce that we held a private dedication ceremony for the Kentucky Ridge Mine Site plaque on Saturday, October 23. Even with the rain, we welcomed the property owner, neighbors, commissioners, and Supervisors Sue Hoek and Hardy Bullock. The plaque reads “During gold […]

Hirschman‘s Pond was registered as Nevada County‘s newest landmark by the Board of Supervisors at its July 13 meeting, upon the application of the Nevada County Historical Landmarks Commission. Hirschman‘s Pond is what remains of the hydraulic mine operated by Nevada County pioneer Leb Hirschman. A plaque honoring Hirschman and the Jewish Gold Rush community […]

Days after celebrating Juneteenth, Nevada County welcomed its newest historical landmarks. The Nevada County Historical Landmarks Commission is pleased to announce the Nevada County Board of Supervisors has designated the Kentucky Ridge Mine Site and the Grass Valley African Methodist Episcopal Church and School Site as Nevada County Historical Landmarks, NEV 21-01 and NEV 21- […]

February 9, 2021 – The Nevada County Historical Landmarks Commission is pleased to announce the Nevada County Board of Supervisors has designated the McGlashan Butterfly Collection as a Nevada County Historical Resource, NEV 20-05. This 100 year-old unique compilation of butterfly and moth specimens from all over the world is on loan from the McGlashan […]