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First 3 story structure in California

Submitted by Sloane DellOrto on Mon, 11/19/2007 - 15:40.

Contrary to popular belief, the first three-story structure in the California interior was not the Mokelumne Hill IOOF Hall (the third story was added in 1861) but the Union House (1854) across the street (destroyed in the 1865 fire).

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