Home of Lotta Crabtree

The state registered this address in 1938 and never put a plaque on it, so the landmark exists only on paper. The girl who lived here was six when she began learning to sing and dance from the woman up the street. She left Grass Valley in 1856, became the most highly paid actress in America, never married, and at her death in 1924 left a fortune of roughly four million dollars almost entirely to charity — veterans, students, animals, and aging actors.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Empire Mine State Historic Park — 1.3 mi
  The oldest, deepest, richest hard-rock gold mine in California, with 367 miles of flooded tunnels underneath.
• Nevada City — 4.0 mi
  Gaslamps, brick storefronts, and the Nisenan who are still fighting to be recognized on their own ground.
• Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park — 14 mi
  A canyon washed out of a mountain by water cannon, and the lawsuit that ended hydraulic mining.

More markers nearby

• Home of Lola Montez — steps away
• Holbrooke Hotel — steps away
• Mount Saint Mary's Convent and Academy — 0.3 mi
• Site of One of the First Discoveries of Quartz Gold in California — 0.5 mi