Yuba County

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Yuba County is named for the Yuba family, who owned ranches in the Sacramento River Valley.

 

Surrounding County Courthouses: 

N – Butte County and Plumas County

E – Sierra County

S – Nevada County, Placer County and Sutter County

W – Sutter County

 

Created:  February 18, 1850                                          Location in the state of California

County Seat: 

Marysville 1850 – present

 

County Courthouse – Marysville 

 

Location:  215 Fifth Street / B Street

Built:  1960 – 1962

Style:  Modern

Architect:  Harold Hansen of San Francisco

Contractor:  Donald M Drake Company of Portland, Oregon

 

Description:  The building faces south and is a three story steel, concrete and red colored brick structure. The building is located on landscaped grounds in the center of Marysville. The south front has a glass paneled entrance on the first story and vertical concrete dividers rising to the roof line with grill work between. On the east side of the front is a high red colored brick wall with a one story southern extension with horizontal windows. On the west side of the front is a two story southern extension.  There is slab concrete siding on the exterior walls. The roof line is flat. The building houses the County Superior Court.

 

History:  The county was created in 1850 and Marysville was selected as the county seat. The first courthouse was the St. Charles Hotel which was a frame structure. The second courthouse was a castle-like structure designed by Warren Mille and built in 1855. The courthouse was razed in 1963. The third and present courthouse was constructed in 1960 to 1962 at a cost of  $2,749,413.

 

See:  The county is located in the 3rd Appellate District Court of Appeal – Sacramento.

 

 

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County Courthouse – Marysville

 

 

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Photos taken 2013