Sutter Creek has several historic landmarks; include the Knight Foundry and the Kennedy Mine. Visitors should also take time to enjoy the nearby wineries, Black Chasm cavern, or the Chaw'se Indian Grinding Rock State Park. Sutter Creek, also called the Jewel of the Mother Lode is perhaps the best preserved and most picturesque town. It is the perfect place to browse, shop, and go back in time.
This two story brick building was erected about 1898. Current owners restored the building in the 1970's.These buildings were mostly destroyed by the fire of 1888 except the tallest, called the Corbett building today. The Native Sons Hall is really several buildings inside one uniting facade.
There are many lovely private homes, this one built in the 1860s. Now the Sutter Creek inn, this home was built about 1859.
Knight's Foundry, the only hydraulic powered foundry in the United States, is still in operation here, powered by a 42" water wheel. It is designated a National Register of Historic places. Scenic Sutter creek flows gently through the heart of town.
Nearby, there is the Black Chasm cavern is designated as a National Natural Landmark. Visitors are enchanted by the beauty of a wide variety of formations including stalactites, stalagmites, flowstones and the vast arrays of rare helictite crystals.
Indian Grinding Rock State historic park was once home to tribes of northern Sierra Miwok people. The marbleized lime stone contains over 1,200 mortar holes formed from grinding acorns and seeds. The Round House at Indian Grinding Rock is considered to be the largest in California. Important occasions and ceremonial events were celebrated in this structure, and still are today |
