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The Auburn Masonic Hall is a historic two-story Masonic building located on the Central Square that today operates as a banquet hall and meeting center. It was completed in 1917 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2011. The Beaux-Arts building has brick walls and a terracotta facade.
The Auburn Masonic Temple, also known as the Auburn Masonic Hall and the John H. Robinson Memorial Masonic Temple, is an historic two-story Masonic building located at 948 Lincoln Way on the Central Square in Auburn, California. In 1913 Eureka Lodge No. 16, Free and Accepted Masons, chartered in 1851, bought two adjoining one-story redbrick commercial buildings on this site for $17,000 and commissioned architect Allen D. Fellows to add a second-story to them with a unified facade with an entrance to the second floor placed in on the left side of the first floor street front. Fellows designed the expansion in the Beaux-Arts style of architecture with brick walls and a terracotta facade and it was built in 1914-1915 by Herdal Brothers of Auburn and dedicated on April 25, 1916. The terracotta was supplied by Gladding, McBean and Company which is still in existence. The first floor, which once housed a J. C. Penney store, continues to be used for retail and office space while the second floor continues to be used by Eureka Lodge and other Masonic-related bodies. On December 19, 2011, the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
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The Auburn City Hall and Fire House is a Moderne-style fire station and city hall which was built in 1935. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.
The Auburn Public Library is also known as Old Auburn Library. The Neoclassical style building was completed in 1909 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 31, 2011.
The Oddfellows Hall was built in 1894 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011. It is a three-story red brick Italianate home of IOOF Lodge No. 7, founded in 1852. Henry T. Holmes, builder of the Hall, was a '49er and a founding father of Auburn.
Completed in 1898, the historic courthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The three-story Classic Revival structure originally included both a courthouse and jail. By the 1980s the building had fallen into disrepair, but a $6 million restoration was completed in 1994. Today there is a small museum (no entrance fees charged) with local history and information, including Placer County history from the early Nisenan inhabitants through the latter half of the 20th century and the Placer County Gold collection. A walking tour of Old Town Auburn originates from the courthouse every Saturday at 10AM sharp (rain or shine) that lasts for about one hour.
Auburn Fire House No. 1, also known as Auburn Hose Company No. 1, was built in 1888. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.
At the junction of the I-80 off-ramp, Lincoln Way, and Maple Street is this giant statue of a gold miner. You can walk around the statue and go into the small park area that's behind it; however, the noise of the freeway, which is just a few yards from the statue, makes staying at the park for too long unpleasant.