Ramirez – Preston Building
Early 1850’s
Ignacia Ramirez, female pioneer and native of Mexico, earliest known owner of this Gold Rush building. Upstairs meeting hall of St. James Masonic Lodge #54, acquired 1877 by R.A. Preston. Jamestown Post Office in 1930’s; later medical office of Dr. James A. Hadley. Acquired by Donn Blount in 1994.
Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and Lemon Drop Lane, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
