This is Auburn’s Central Square area - Photo Courtesy of Arthur Sommers

The brick Placer County Jail was built in 1855-56 and the wooden Court House was built in 1852-Photo Courtesy of Arthur Sommers

Placer County Court House. Construction started on the Court House in 1894 and was completed in 1898 - Photo Courtesy of Arthur

The Methodist Episcopal Church shown here is now called the Pioneer Methodist Church - Photo Courtesy of Arthur Sommers

This photo shows the trestle just coming into Auburn while it was under construction - Photo Courtesy of Arthur Sommers

Joe Hamilton is shown here on his water wagon in front of the first firehouse at the top of Lincoln Way - Photo Courtesy of Arthur Sommers

This is the intersection of High Street and Lincoln Way. This building was originally the Good Templars hall built in 1883 - Photo Courtesy of A

This is the Empire Livery Stable in Old Town - Photo Courtesy of Arthur Sommers

St. Teresa’s Catholic Church on Lincoln Way. It was built in 1859 - Photo Courtesy of Arthur Sommers

This Library, built with funds from the Carnegie Foundation, was built in 1909 - Photo Courtesy of Arthur Sommers

The Tahoe Club building was built in 1914. It is still in use today. - Photo Courtesy of Arthur Sommers

The Auburn Post Office, still in Old Town - Courtesy of Placer County Museums

Old Town Auburn, the large City Hall building with the tower burned down in 1905. - Courtesy of Placer County Museums

Old Chinatown, along Sacramento Street in Old Town - Courtesy of Placer County Museums

The Auburn Hotel near the Railroad Depot - Courtesy of Placer County Museums

This was taken from the corner of Cleveland Avenue and Lincoln Way - Courtesy of Placer County Museums

A. W. Kenison ran a large bottling company in Auburn - Courtesy of Placer County Museums

A. F. Ford grocery store, the building still stands on the corner of Harrison Avenue and Lincoln Way - Courtesy of Placer County Museums

The Eastern Bargain Dry Goods store in Old Town - Courtesy of Placer County Museums

Volunteer firemen at the firehouse near the depot- Courtesy of Placer County Museums

The all-volunteer Fire Department called the Rattlers - Courtesy of Placer County Museums

The firehouse in Old Town before it moved a block up to make way for the freeway - Courtesy of Placer County Museums

Auburn 1851 -Courtesy of Placer County Museums

Typical mining scene on Auburn Ravine-Courtesy of Placer County Museums

The Aeolia Heights neighborhood when it was mostly an olive orchard-Courtesy of Placer County Museums

Auburn Lumber Company, up near the current day Gold Rush Museum-Courtesy of Placer County Museums