The Jackson Downtown Historic District, in

Jackson, California Jackson (formerly, Botilleas, Botilleas Spring, Bottileas, Bottle Spring, and Botellas) is a city in and the county seat of Amador County, California. Its population was 5,019 at the 2020 census, up from 4,651 at the 2010 census. The city i ...

, is a

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains historic building, older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal p ...

which was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

in 2000. It runs roughly along Main St. from 215 Main St. to 14 Broadway. The district included 58

contributing buildings In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic dist ...

. The contributing buildings include, among others: *Krabbenhoft Building (1931), four-story tallest building in the district *Amador County Courthouse (1863, remodeled 1940). "Despite its construction date, it is a striking example of the Moderne style." *Former county library (1933),

Mediterranean Revival Mediterranean Revival is an architectural style introduced in the United States, Canada, and certain other countries in the 19th century. It incorporated references to Spanish Renaissance, Spanish Colonial, Italian Renaissance, French Colonial ...

in style. *Jackson Fire Department, 75 California Street (c.1955), a one-story brick building * Native Sons hall, 20 Court Street (c.1894, 1915), a two-story brick fraternal building. It has a parapet with a projecting

cornice In architecture, a cornice (from the Italian ''cornice'' meaning "ledge") is generally any horizontal decorative Moulding (decorative), moulding that crowns a building or furniture element—for example, the cornice over a door or window, ar ...

above "NSGW" and "No 31" in raised letters. It includes one or more works by architect George C. Sellon. With

References

National Register of Historic Places in Amador County, California Neoclassical architecture in California Mission Revival architecture in California {{AmadorCountyCA-NRHP-stub