Balsar House / I.O.O.F Hall
[Three small markers are mounted on the front of the building:]
Marker 1:
Balsar House
A hotel built in 1850 by
Madam Balsar
Remodeled for an opera house in 1870. Restored by the Independent Order Odd Fellows and used as a meeting place by fraternal orders.
Marker 2:
Balsar House
Erected 1859 by a butcher Joseph Olmstead
Erected at a cost of $15,000
In 1889 it was bought by I.O.O.F.
Marker 3:
I.O.O.F Hall
Formerly the
Balsar House 1859
Historic Site
El Dorado County
No. 17
Marker is on Lower Main Street (aka Wentworth Springs Road), on the right when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
