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5. ST. PATRICK’S CEMETERY: South Church
& Chapel Streets. Graves date from 1853,
many guarded by ornate fences to keep out
stray cattle.
GRASS VALLEY
WALKING TOUR
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 for more on Heritage Homes.) • Start at parking lot, corner of Neal
and South Church Streets.
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. • Follow Mill into downtown
to Main Street (#7-10).
• 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).
• Turn left on Main (#11).
• Can go left on Church and back to
parking lot.
St. Joseph’s Chapel
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.
2. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH: 245 S.
Church Street. Oldest Episcopal edifice in
California, dates back to Gold Rush.
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.
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.
Heritage Home
428 W. Main St.
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.
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.
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.
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, and
Presidents Grant, Har