California - El Dorado County
El Dorado County California has 20 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 3 places of National significance and 5 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Coloma, Eddy Tree Breeding Station, Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Colony Farm, Baldwin Estate and Crawford Ditch.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Washo dating back to 1750.

The famous person George Tallant is associated with one of more of the El Dorado County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the El Dorado County places including Palme,Lennart,AIA, M.A. Hollenbeck, Furman & Co. Jones, Rankin, Matt Green, Alcander Bayley, Booth & DeVoe, J. Pearson, Giovanni Lombarde and Bernard Maybeck. Prominent architectural styles found in El Dorado Country are Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman and Gothic Revival.

Baldwin Estate (added 1987 - - #87000496)
Also known as McGonagle Estate
NW of US 50 and CA 89 jct. on N side of CA 89 , South Lake Tahoe
Mistshine, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Hollenbeck,M.A.
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Camp, Secondary Structure
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
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Bayley Hotel (added 1978 - - #78000660)
N of Pilot Hill on CA 49 , Pilot Hill
YankeeSpirit, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Bayley,Alcander
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
Coloma (added 1966 - - #66000207)
Also known as Coloma (Gold Discovery Site)
7 mi. NW of Placerville on CA 49 , Placerville
Junkyardsparkle, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Industry
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Camp, Extractive Facility
Current Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum, Park
More Information:
Combellack-Blair House (added 1985 - - #85000259)
3059 Cedar Ravine , Placerville
Bobak, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Confidence Hall (added 1982 - - #82002174)
Also known as Placerville City Hall
487 Main St. , Placerville
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Booth & DeVoe
Architectural Style:
Other, Italianate
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education, Government
Historic Sub-function:
Fire Station, Library
Current Function:
Government
Current Sub-function:
Government Office
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Crawford Ditch (added 1991 - - #91001522)
Also known as Clear Creek Segment of the Crawford Ditch
Address Restricted , Pleasant Valley
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Jones,Furman & Co.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Engineering, Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Irrigation Facility, Water Works
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Current Sub-function:
Irrigation Facility
Eddy Tree Breeding Station (added 1987 - - #87000485)
Also known as Institute of Forest Genetics
2480 and 2500 Carson Rd. , Placerville
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman, Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Science, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Education, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Forest, Research Facility
Current Function:
Education, Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Forest, Research Facility
More Information:
Episcopal Church of Our Saviour (added 1977 - - #77000291)
2979 Coloma St. , Placerville
Bobak, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Patton,William, Taylor,O.
Architectural Style:
Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Religion, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
More Information:
Fountain-Tallman Soda Works (added 1984 - - #84000770)
Also known as El Dorado County Historical Society Museum
524 Main St. , Placerville
Bobak, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
Georgetown Civil War Armory (added 2017 - - #100001601)
6259 Main Street, Georgetown
Jacqueline Perlmutter, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Military, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1862-1868 AD
Hattie (Gold Bug), Priest and Silver Pine Mines and Stampmill (added 1985 - - #85003522)
Also known as Hangtown's Gold Bug Park
2501 Bedford Ave. , Placerville
Cropbot, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Historic - Non-Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
American,Industrial
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Extractive Facility, Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum, Park
More Information:
Heller Estate (added 1987 - - #87000497)
NW of US 50 and CA 89 jct. on N side of CA 89 , South Lake Tahoe
Mistshine, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Rankin
Architectural Style:
Romanesque, Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Economics, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Camp, Secondary Structure
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
Lombardo Ranch (added 1977 - - #77000292)
Also known as Fossati's Winery;Roeger Winery
1709 Carson Rd. , Placerville
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Lombarde,Giovanni
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Processing, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Processing, Single Dwelling
More Information:
Pearson, John, Soda Works (added 1985 - - #85003326)
594 Main St. , Placerville
Bobak, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Industry
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Processing
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Restaurant
More Information:
Pope Estate (added 1987 - - #87000495)
NW of US 50 and CA 89 jct. on N side of CA 89 , South Lake Tahoe
Mistshine, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Shingle Style
Historic Person:
Tallant,George,et al.
Significant Year:
1884
Area of Significance:
Economics, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Institutional Housing, Secondary Structure
Current Function:
Unknown
More Information:
Sugar Pine Point State Park (added 1973 - - #73000401)
Also known as Phipps Cabin - Hellman- Ehrman Estate - District
3 mi. S of Homewood on CA 90 , Homewood
KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Washo
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1900-1750 AD, 1850-1874
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Park
Current Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum, Park
More Information:
Tahoe Meadows (added 1990 - - #90000555)
US 50 between Ski Run Blvd. and Park Ave. , South Lake Tahoe
LittleT889, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Maybeck,Bernard
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Entertainment/Recreation, Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Camp, Conservation Area, Natural Feature
Current Function:
Domestic, Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Camp, Conservation Area, Natural Feature, Single Dwelling
More Information:
Vikingsholm (added 1972 - - #72001604)
Emerald Bay , Lake Tahoe
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Owner:
State
Vikingsholm (added 1996 - - #96001078)
10001 Emerald Bay Rd. , South Lake Tahoe
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Palme,Lennart,AIA, Green,Matt
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum, Natural Feature, Outdoor Recreation
More Information:
Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Colony Farm (added 2009 - - #09000397)
941 Cold Springs Rd. , Gold Hill
NoeHill, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Asian, Exploration/Settlement, Agriculture
Cultural Affiliation:
Japanese
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields
More Information:
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