134 Broad Street
Sutter Creek
Built in the 1870’s, the Norton-Popovich home contains the city’s first telephone, installed in 1896. Virgil Norton was postmaster of Sutter Creek from 1914 – 1931; son John was an engineer at Knight Foundry. The current owner’s father, Sam Popovich, worked at the Central Eureka Mine until it closed in 1957.
Marker is at the intersection of Broad Street and Gopher Flat Road, on the right when traveling north on Broad Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
