Carlo Andrea Dondero
Discoverer and Founder
of the
California Carrara Marble Quarry
Located 3.49 miles southwest of this location on Sutter Creek Volcano Road several hundred feet above the river. This quarry produced high quality marble used in the construction of Stanford University as well as many of San Francisco’s civic buildings including City Hall.
Marker can be reached from Main Street, on the left when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
