Gamble Building and Miner's Bean Kettle

The Gamble Building and Miner's Bean Kettle in Big Oak Flat, California was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]

Gamble Building and Miner's Bean Kettle
Gamble Building and Miner's Bean Kettle is located in California
Gamble Building and Miner's Bean Kettle
Location17544 CA 120, Big Oak Flat, California
Coordinates37°49′25″N 120°15′25″W / 37.82361°N 120.25694°W / 37.82361; -120.25694
Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Builtc.1850, c.1870
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No.91000335[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 22, 1991

The listing included two contributing buildings on 0.3 acres (0.12 ha). It is located at 17544 California State Route 120.

The Gamble Building, built around 1850, is a stone structure about 64 by 56 feet (20 m × 17 m) in plan; among other uses, it was once a Wells Fargo office. A one-room jail is attached to its northwest corner.

The Miner's Bean Kettle, built around 1870, was a woodframe building attached to the south wall of the jail; it had been used as a residence, post office, and restaurant.[2] The Bean Kettle was dismantled in 2014 by its owner, the Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society, on approval of the Tuolumne County Board of Supervisors. It had deteriorated beyond repair and was no longer safe to enter. The Society preserved the pieces of the demolished Bean Kettle for use in a reconstruction or a historical display.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ Mark V. Thornton (November 14, 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Gamble Building and Miner's Bean Kettle". National Park Service. Retrieved November 13, 2019. With accompanying seven photos from 1990
  3. ^ https://www.mymotherlode.com/news/local/203820/historic-building-come.html, April 16, 2014.
  4. ^ "Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on April 27, 2022.[user-generated source]