Summit Soda Springs
- Also Known As: Old Soda Springs
- Address: East End Soda Springs Rd
- Vicinity: 36 mi drive SE of Soda Springs in Placer County
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1871/08/00 | Central Pacific Railroad | Owner | Captivated by its beauty and sparkling mineral waters, Mark Hopkins becomes trustee of the 80 acre Summit Soda Springs area which is owned by the Central Pacific Railroad. | |||
1872/00/00 | Mary Hopkins Searles | Hostess | William Jones leases Soda Springs from the Central Pacific Railroad and builds a three-story hotel (lost) to accommodate friends of Mary Hopkins and other visitors. The Soda Springs Hotel burned in 1898. | |||
1873/00/00 | Mark Hopkins | Home | A simple rectangular log cabin with steeply pitched roof is built for Mark Hopkins. | |||
1898/00/00 | A stone chalet is built for Timothy Hopkins, a son by adoption and the manager of all of Mary Hopkins's properties. | |||||
1911/07/00 | Timothy Hopkins sells Summit Soda Springs to Josiah Stanford, a nephew of Leland Stanford, Jr. | |||||
1929/05/15 | Alien L Chickering, for many years president of the California Historical Society, acquires Summit Soda Springs. |
Particulars for Summit Soda Springs: | |
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Area of Significance | Architecture |
Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
Historic Use | Health care resort |
Sight Category | Historic District |
Criteria | Historic Event |
Building Type | House |
Building Material | Log Architecture |
Criteria | Person |
Owner | Private |
Architectural Style | Richardsonian Romanesque |
Historic Use | Single dwelling |
Area of Significance | Social History |
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