SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Old Sacramento had its share of ups, downs and renovations before it was a major tourist attraction.
It has since become a state park filled with Gold Rush structures and historic buildings. It was even the home of the California Supreme Court at one point in time.
Here’s what it and its structures have been through over the years:
1849 – Eagle Theater constructed as the first legitimate theater building in California
1850 – Flooding hits the City of Sacramento, among damage was the Eagle Theater
1850 – Sacramento becomes an incorporated city
1851 to 1852 – Josiah Stanford purchases the land and builds a two-story brick building. The Stanford Building would be part of the Big Four House, a notable historic landmark that was occupied by the people who planned, financed, and built the Western end of the country’s transcontinental railway.
1852 – Fire destroys structures in area, which includes earlier versions of the Miller Building, and the Huntington and Hopkins Building.
1853 – Another flood season inundates Sacramento and the city is eventually raised above flood stage.
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1853 – B.F. Hastings Building is built, a banking house that would become part of the historic business center.
1852 to 1853– The Miller Building is built, one of the original buildings that made up the Big Four House.
1855 – Collis Huntington and Mark Hopkins partnered up and opened the Huntington-Hopkins Hardware store. It’s considered one of the Big Four House in Old Sacramento.
1855 – California Supreme Court moves into the B.F. Hastings Building.
1857 – California Supreme Court moves out of the B.F. Hastings Building.
1859 – California Supreme Court returns to B.F. Hastings building for a 10-year stay.
1869 – Estimated date of the California Supreme Court moving out of the building.
1960’s – Plans are set to redevelop Old Sacramento.
1965 – National Park Service names the original historic 1850’s business district of Old Sacramento a National Historic Landmark.
1970's – Structural repairs begin with a number of historic buildings and years’ worth of facade remodeling.
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