Adams and Company Building
Historical Landmark in Sacramento, United States
38°34′57″N 121°30′16″W / 38.5826°N 121.5044°W / 38.5826; -121.5044 California Historical Landmark
Location of Adams and Company Building in California
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Adams and Company Building (the United States)
Show map of the United StatesAdams and Company Building is an historical brick and granite (from quarries near present-day Folsom) building in Sacramento, California used for pioneer communications, finance and transportation servies. The Adams and Company Building is a California Historical Landmark No. 607. The Adams and Company Building is located at 1014 2nd Street in Old Sacramento State Historic Park. [1] Adams and Company closed after its bank, Page, Bacon & Company failed in 1855.[2][3]
The Adams and Company Building has been used for:[4]
- Adams and Company's express and banking house from 1853 to 1855.
- Alta Telegraph Company
- California State Telegraph Company
- Pacific Express Company, founded on March 1, 1855, by former Adams and Company employees, closed in 1857.
- California Stage Company
- Sacramento City Bank 1850 John M. Rhodes bank (Rhodes, Sturges & Co), with Shasta brach, failed Feb 12, 1857.[5]
- Wells Fargo & Co. offices in the 1850s
- Central Overland Pony Express Office in 1861
- State Telephone Company
- Western Union
- Old Sac Leather Works, current founded in 1983.
See also
References
- ^ "Adams and Company Building #607". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
- ^ Western Express, Pacific Express Company, October 1986, By Robert D. Livingston
- ^ Adams and Company Building, loc.gov
- ^ California Historical Landmark No. 607, californiahistoricallandmarks.com
- ^ Sacramento City Bank, John M. Rhodesstamps.org
