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Overton Building

1852 establishments in California1852 in CaliforniaCalifornia Historical LandmarksHistory of Sacramento County, California
Overton Building 1925
Overton Building 1925

Overton Building was a historical two-story building in Sacramento, California. The site of former Overton Building is a California Historical Landmark No. 610 listed on May 22, 1956. This site is now a Parking lot near the corner of 2nd street and J Street in Old Sacramento State Historic Park. The Overton Building was removed when the Interstate 5 freeway was built in the 1960s. The historical Western Hotel, D.O. Mills Bank and the original Sacramento Bee building were also taken down for the I-5 freeway. The Overton Building first housed a number of California state offices including: the California Governor's Office and the California Secretary of State. The building, on the lot before the Overton Building, was lost in a fire on November 2, 1852. The first California State Library was housed on the second floor from 1853 to 1856. The building was built by the bankers, Read & Company at a cost $105,000 in 1852. In the 1950s and early 1960s Overton Building was the Rialto Hotel and Rialto Cafe.

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Overton Building
3rd Street, Sacramento Downtown

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N 38.582 ° E -121.503 °
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3rd Street 1073
95814 Sacramento, Downtown
California, United States
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Overton Building 1925
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