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Volume 052-3 - July 1998 (6 pages)
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NCHS Bulletin July 1998
This early photo was taken from the headframe of the Golden Center Mine, looking east toward the Empire Mine hill. South
Auburn street runs across the photo andthe house on the left (facing the viewer) with a tall steep roof and wrap-around porch
is now the Mrs. Dubblebee’s Pasties shop. The 2-story house on its right was removed and the Veterans Building was built on
this lot and the vacant one next door. (Photo from Cliff Bowen.)
sites to the members of Post 130: Watt Park, Chinatown,
and the Rodda-Hocking double lot on South Auburn Street.
Post 130 decided on the Rodda-Hocking property and then
negotiated an option to buy, handled by the Biggs Realty
Company.
The fund-raising drive continued with renewed vigor, as
Post 130 wanted to complete the purchase as soon as possible. The option was about to expire in September of 1928
when an agreement was entered into with the County of
Nevada for its purchase. Post 130 used the funds it had raised
(approximately $2,300) and borrowed the balance $2,800
from the County. The deed was recorded to the County of
Nevada from John and William Rodda on September 5, 1928,
“at the request of American Legion Post 130.” Post 130
within the next two years raised enough money to pay off
the loan.
H. C. Smith of 254 South Auburn Street submitted a bid
on March 4, 1930 in which he agreed to remove the house
from the building site, clear off all trees, take out the front
fence, clean up the lot, and pay the Legion Post $250 for
the house. Legion members Hunt, J. E. Gooding and
Howard C. Bennetts negotiated this contract.
On July 8, 1931, the building committee again appeared
before the Nevada County Board of Supervisors and presented the plans for the Veterans Building. Architect W. E.
Coffman had prepared the plans, and the cost of the building was estimated to be $50,000. At this meeting Post 130
was authorized to erect the Memorial Building on the South
Auburn Street lot, and it was agreed that when the building
was completed and free of liens and claims, Nevada County @™,
would purchase the building from Post 130 for the amount
which had accumulated in the Veterans Tax Fund—approximately $25,000. Because this represented only one half of
the estimated cost, the Board of Supervisors then resolved