5. ST. PATRICK’S CEMETERY: South Church
& Chapel Streets. Graves date from 1853,
many guarded by ornate fences to keep out
stray cattle.
6. HERITAGE HOMES: 229 Chapel Street.
Queen Ann Victorian was built in 1880 by a
miner, who also built Victorian cottage at
225 Chapel in 1881 as a wedding present
for his daughter. Folk Victorian at 374 Mill
Street was built in 1906 and at one time
housed a school with 30 students. (See
below right for more on Heritage Homes.)
7. EDWARD TAYLOR HOUSE: 358 Mill Street.
Built mid-1890s by member of a pioneer
family whose local history dates back to the
1850s. They owned the Taylor Foundry and
Machine Company.
8. MILL STREET HOMES: 248 Mill Street, a
rebuilt cottage. The site was once home to
the infamous Lola Montez who danced her
way to fame on the continent. The unique
Hodge Stone House, 305 Mill St., was built
in 1854.
1. EDWARD COLEMAN HOUSE: 318 Neal
Street. Coleman was involved in local mines
and railroading and built this home in 1867.
Also owned by Joseph Weissbein, bank and
mine owner, who was murdered in 1915.
10. MILL STREET: Between Neal and Main
Streets. Once a trail leading from mines on
Wolf Creek to the center of town. Despite
fires, there are still a number of buildings
standing that date from the 1860s.
2. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH: 245 S.
Church Street. Oldest Episcopal edifice in
California, dates back to Gold Rush.
11. HOLBROOKE HOTEL: 212 W. Main Street.
Originally destroyed by fire, the current hotel
dates from 1862; the saloon dates from
1855 and was incorporated into the hotel.
Guests from the past include Mark Twain,
Black Bart, Presidents Grant, Harrison,
Cleveland and Garfield.
Edward Taylor House
PHOTOS BY ANDREW WRIGHT / LIGHTHAWKPHOTO
4. MOUNT ST. MARY’S CONVENT &
ACADEMY: 104 S. Church Street. Built in
1866, the convent housed Irish nuns who
founded an orphanage. Next door is
St. Joseph’s Chapel built in 1894. Both are
now a cultural center.
• Start at parking lot, corner of Neal
and South Church Streets.
• Walk up Neal to School Street and
return (#1).
• Turn right at Church to cemetery
(#2-5).
• Go left at cemetery one block to
Mill Street, turn left (#6).
• Follow Mill into downtown to
Main Street (#7-10).
• Turn left on Main (#11).
• Can go left on Church and back to
parking lot.
St. Patrick’s
Cemetery
9. DEL ORO THEATRE: 165 Mill Street. Built
in the 1940s, this Art Deco movie theatre
has been refurbished. Check out the mural
on the back wall of the building.
St. Joseph’s Rose Chapel
3. W.C. JONES MEMORIAL HOSPITAL: 328 S.
Church Street. A Queen Anne Victorian built
in 1880. In 1907, it became the county’s
first private hospital. Before the hospital was
established, injured miners were treated on
the spot or in their homes.
GRASS VALLEY
WALKING TOUR
Heritage Homes
Heritage Awards have been
presented to 45 homes, a project
of the Grass Valley Historical
Commission. A book with map or
just the map are available at the
Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce
visitor center, so you can take
walking tours of Grass Valley’s
neighborhoods such as Nob Hill
where there are 10 homes.
Visitors Center: 128 E. Main Street.
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