Truckee Veterans Memorial Building and Rocking Stone Tower
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| Location | 10214 High St., Truckee, California |
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| Coordinates | 39°19′40″N 120°11′19″W / 39.32778°N 120.18861°W |
| Area | 0.75 acres (0.30 ha) |
| Built | 1939 |
| Architect | George C. Sellon |
| NRHP reference No. | 100006720[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 14, 2021 |
The Truckee Veterans Memorial Building and Rocking Stone Tower is a historic building located in Truckee, California. It has been used as a schoolhouse, community center and veterans' meeting place.
History
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The Veterans Hall was completed in 1939 and dedicated in 1941.[2] The structure is designed in a modern style of a Gothic-arched barn.[3] It features North and South entrances that meet to form a cruciform mass. It was designed by George C. Sellon, who was California's first state architect from 1907-1909.
The Rocking Stone Tower is a 14-sided polygon tower that encloses a rocking stone that was completed in 1959. It is a facsimile of the original Rocking Stone Tower, that was built in 1893 by Charles Fayette McGlashan to the 1950s. It was built by the Miners Foundry in Nevada City.
The original tower was a part of the Charles Fayette McGlashan mansion, which was built in 1901. The mansion was destroyed by fire in 1934 and was later demolished in the 1950s after neglect and vandalism.
References
[edit]- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form". Archived from the original on August 27, 2025. Retrieved August 27, 2025.
- ^ "History in the Making". October 15, 2021. Retrieved August 28, 2025.