Grass Valley Public Library

Built in 1916 (Neoclassical architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1888.

From the record

“The Grass Valley Public Library is a Carnegie library and on the National Register of Historic Places. Located in Grass Valley, California and a part of the Nevada County Library System, it is open Tuesday through Saturday.”
Wikipedia article Grass Valley Public Library, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 22 National Register listings published here for Nevada County · listed in 1992 · category: Building · built in 1916, Neoclassical architecture, by William Mooser.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 207 Mill St., Grass Valley, 95945
When was it listed? March 1992
Category. building
Also known as. California Carnegie Libraries MPS
Census division. Grass Valley
When was it built? 1916
Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
Architect. William Mooser
National Register reference number. 92000267 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Then and now

1888 to 1998

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 110 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Grass Valley Public Library, surveyed 1998

Topographic sheet covering Grass Valley Public Library, surveyed 1888

Fires near this property

923 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 923 fires within 5 miles of Grass Valley Public Library between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,070 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 38 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	366
Debris and open burning	220
Equipment and vehicle use	162
Misuse of fire by a minor	46
Smoking	41
Arson/incendiarism	38
Power generation/transmission/distribution	24
Natural	12
Recreation and ceremony	11
Other causes	3

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
9 September 2019	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit	SNMH CRISIS STABILIZATION
9 September 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	GOLDEN
9 September 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Central California District	THORNICROFT
9 September 2000	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Central California District	ADAMS
9 September 1996	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit	CAREY
8 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Central California District	UNNAMED FIRE 1886
8 September 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit	POPPY
7 September 2020	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit	HWY 20 / DORSEY DR

Every fire recorded in Nevada County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 969 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 969 workings within 5 miles of Grass Valley Public Library: 524 past producers, 330 occurrences, 81 unknowns, 18 producers. 18 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Silver, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Berkeley Prospect	Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Antimony, Sulfur, Arsenic	Past Producer	1904
Brunswick	Gold, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver	Past Producer	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Bullion Con	Gold, Lead, Tungsten	Past Producer	Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Scheelite
Canada Hill	Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Antimony, Arsenic, Tin	Past Producer	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite
Champion Con Qtz	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer	Underground
Crown Point Con. Qtz.	Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead	Past Producer	Galena, Gold, Pyrite
Empire Star	Gold, Lead, Arsenic, Zinc	Unknown
Grass Valley District	Tungsten, Gold	Producer	1915
Green Lode	Gold, Lead, Silver	Past Producer	Unknown
Mountaineer	Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper	Past Producer	Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite

Every working recorded in Nevada County

Maps showing this location

13 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

1888 USGS Smartsville quadrangle1:125000
1891 USGS Smartsville quadrangle1:125000
1892 USGS Smartsville quadrangle1:125000
1894 USGS Smartsville quadrangle1:125000
1895 USGS Smartsville quadrangle1:125000 - 6 printings
1949 USGS Grass Valley quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
1949 USGS Grass Valley quadrangle1:62500 - 5 printings
1950 USGS Grass Valley quadrangle1:24000
1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
1993 USGS Yuba City quadrangle1:100000
1995 USGS Grass Valley quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
1998 USGS Grass Valley quadrangle1:24000

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Property	Distance	Listed
Mount St. Mary's Academy and Convent	0.2 miles	1974
Empire Mine	1.3 miles	1977
North Star House	1.6 miles	2011
Aaron A. Sargent House	4.0 miles	1980
Nevada Theatre	4.0 miles	1973
Nevada City Firehouse No. 2	4.0 miles	1974

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 92000267 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Nevada County	All 22 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.