LIST OF HISTORIC SITES

City of Wheatland Draft Design Guidelines A May, 2006

Appendix A: Historic Places,

Landmarks, and Points of Interest

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places lists two sites within or

near the Wheatland Study Area.

1. Johnson Ranch and Burtis Hotel sites, (Samuel Mills

Damon Estate on Spenceville Road, east of Wheatland);

and

2. Bridge No. 16C-6 on Waldo Road over Dry Creek,

Wheatland.

California Historical Landmarks

The two sites listed below are inventoried as California Historical

Landmarks:

3. Johnsonʹs Ranch (SRL 493); and

4. Overland Emigrant Trail.

California Points of Historic Interest:

The six sites listed below have been classified as California Points

of Historic Interest:

5. Johnsonʹs Crossing, Yub-005 (1/17/75), Samuel Mills

Damon Ranch on Spenceville Road, four miles from

Wheatland;

6. Camp Far West Cemetery, Yub-006 (1/17/75), vicinity of

Wheatland;

7. Grace Episcopal Church, Yub-007 (1/17/75), 610 3rd Street,

Wheatland;

8. Muck Home, Yub-008 (1/17/75), 512 Main Street,

Wheatland;

9. Masonic Temple, Yub-009 (1/17/75), Front and Fourth

Streets, Wheatland; and

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10. Chinese Cemetery and Funeral Pyre, Yub-011 (12/22/1975),

Vicinity of Wheatland (marker placed by Wheatland

Historical Society).

California Inventory of Historic Resources

An additional seven sites listed below have qualified for the

California Inventory of Historic Resources:

11. Camp Far West Cemetery, Yub-006 (1/17/75), vicinity of

Wheatland;

12. Durst House, Wheatland;

13. Grace Episcopal Church, Yub-007 (1/17/75), 610 3rd Street,

Wheatland;

14. Johnsonʹs Crossing, Yub-005 (1/17/75), Samuel Mills

Damon Ranch on Spenceville Road, four miles from

Wheatland;

15. Johnsonʹs Ranch;

16. Masonic Temple, Yub-009 (1/17/75), Front and Fourth

Streets, Wheatland; and

17. Muck Home, Yub-008 (1/17/75), 512 Main Street,

Wheatland.

Local “Historic Landmarks”

There are 43 unofficial “Historic Landmarks” within or near the

City of Wheatland. Identified and compiled by Neyens in 1994:

1. Wheatland Union High School, built 1961;

2. Wheatland Cemetery, founded 1870s;

3. Virginia School;

4. Elementary School Administration offices (former

W.H.U.S. Shop/Agriculture and Library/Home Economics

buildings);

5. Bear River School (Westside), built 1955;

6. Old Highway-Hooper to D; east on 4th across railroad

tracks; down Front to Main; west on Main to Malone

Avenue; over the old Bear River bridge;

7. First house in Wheatland, corner Main and C, C. Holland,

owner;

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8. First store in Wheatland (Ziegebein & Co.);

9. Site of E.W. Sheets Blacksmith shop, 400 Main, built 1866;

10. First hotel, built by Asa Raymond;

11. Site of City Hall and Hook & Ladder Co.;

12. Chinatown after the 1898 fire; site of the Southern Pacific

Cattle Corral, 2nd Street;

13. Chinatown before the 1898 fire, now Sohrakoff Warehouse,

3rd Street;

14. E.E. Roddan house and lumber company;

15. Site of American Hotel, W.J. Carney Sr., proprietor;

purchased 1886; destroyed in 1903 fire; rebuilt as Hotel

Carney, 1904, and operated by the Carney family until

1958, 500 4th Street;

16. Rochdale Co-op; original owner, Dr., Melton, now

Wheatland Food Market;

17. Prior to 1898 fire, Bray Hotel, Capitol Hotel; reopened as

Elwood Hotel, 1902; purchased by W.J. Carney Jr. and

operated as Hotel Wheatland, 1924-1957; present site of

Bank of America;

18. Baun home, first electrically supplied house; now Rose

home;

19. Miniature golf course, 1920s and early 1930s;

20. Site of City owned tennis courts;

21. Muckʹs Hall and Opera House, 4th and State streets;

moved to State Street behind Smithʹs Garage;

22. Oldest business in continuous operation, established 1888

as Duplexʹs Barber Shop, Edward Duplex, Proprietor, first

Black mayor west of the Mississippi; now Georgeʹs Barber

Shop, 410 Main Street;

23. St. Danielʹs Catholic Church, first built 1872-73;

24. First Christian Church, established 1880;

25. Grace Episcopal Church, established 1874;

26. Second High School, Hooper and Olive streets, established

1924-25 on L.W. McCurry property;

27. Armstead Field, town baseball diamond and rodeo

grounds on Roddan property;

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28. Dr. D.P. Durst home;

29. Site of 1913 Hop Riot, a major dispute in early United

States labor history (monument dedicated 8/3/1988 by the

Camp Far West Parlor No. 218, Native Daughters of the

Golden West, Wheatland Historical Society);

30. Site of the hop pickers camp;

31. Site of Claude Chana Winery;

32. Alexanderʹs Dairy; John Furneauxʹs Dairy; now Webbʹs

Mobile Home Park;

33. Flour Mill site;

34. Durst Ranch; E.E. Roddan Ranch; now owned by Keyes

and Gene Roddan;

35. Northeast of Olive Street; Dam Ranch; Nichols Ranch;

36. Site of Harding Ranch; later Waltz property; Settlersʹ

Village;

37. Jones property;

38. First church, the Southern Methodist, built 1872; now

Assembly of God;

39. Grammar school built 1902; high school added to second

floor, 1907; demolished 1935 to erect Eastside School;

40. First Baptist Church, built 1914; Wheatland Civic Club

dedicated February 1931; now Pioneer Hall, 4th and B

streets;

41. Odd Fellows Hall, destroyed in 1898 fire, rebuilt May,

1899; bought out by the Masons in 1948 and renamed the

Masonic Temple;

42. Site of Farmersʹ Bank, incorporated October 10, 1874; later

Bank of Italy, 1924; Bank of America, 1930; now Wheatland

Auto Parts; and

43. Mooreʹs Theater, burned early 1950s;