Downieville      MACKERMAN & COMPANY BUILDING
CONSTRUCTED CIRCA 1852. JOSEPH MACKERMAN
USED THE BUILDING AS HOME AND BREWERY.
SINCE THAT TIME THE BUILDING HOUSED A DRUG
STORE, MEAT MARKET AND CALIFORNIA'S OLD-
EST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER - - - THE MOUNTAIN
MESSENGER. THIS FIREPROOF BUILDING, WITH
ITS IRON DOOR, THREE FOOT THICK WALLS
AND FOUR FOOT THICK MUD AND BRICK
CEILING IS A FINE EXAMPLE OF GOLD RUSH
ARCHITECTURE.
DEDICATED AUGUST 28, 1982
DOWNIE CHAPTER NO. 1849
E CLAMPUS VITUS
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