Sacramento Hall of Justice

Built in 1917 (Beaux-Arts). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. 15 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1891.

From the record

“The Sacramento Hall of Justice, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is a historic building located in Sacramento, California. It is a premiere local example of Beaux Arts Classicism.”
Wikipedia article Sacramento Hall of Justice, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 106 National Register listings published here for Sacramento County · listed in 1999 · category: Building · built in 1917, Beaux-Arts.

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. 813 6th St., Sacremento, 95814
When was it listed? September 1999
Category. building
Census division. Sacramento
When was it built? 1917
Architectural style. Beaux-Arts
National Register reference number. 99001179 - 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.

Fires near this property

207 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 207 fires within 5 miles of Sacramento Hall of Justice between 1999 and 2020, burning about 637 acres in total. None started naturally. 19 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	160
Arson/incendiarism	19
Equipment and vehicle use	8
Misuse of fire by a minor	7
Railroad operations and maintenance	6
Smoking	5
Debris and open burning	2

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 2011	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit	not named
9 September 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
7 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
7 September 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
6 September 2008	Arson/incendiarism	20 acres	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
5 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
30 September 2009	Smoking	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
3 September 2010	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named

Every fire recorded in Sacramento County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Sacramento Hall of Justice: 15 past producers, 4 producers, 2 unknowns, 2 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Gold. 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
Sacramento Gold Placer	Gold	Occurrence
Harrison Fait	Clay	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Harrison Fait	Clay	Past Producer
American River Dredge	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Cannon & Co.	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Cannon & Co.	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Fairbairn Pit & Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Hard Materials	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence
Lentz Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Lentz Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Sacramento County

Maps showing this location

15 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.

1891 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:125000
1892 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:125000 - 5 printings
1893 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:125000
1902 USGS Fairoaks quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
1911 USGS Brighton quadrangle1:31680 - 2 printings
1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
1949 USGS Sacramento East quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
1954 USGS Fair Oaks quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
1954 USGS Sacramento East quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
1967 USGS Sacramento East quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
1992 USGS Sacramento East quadrangle1:24000
1994 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings

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
Charles Lais House	0.2 miles	1985
California Governor's Mansion	0.2 miles	1970
J. Neely Johnson House	0.2 miles	1976
Alkali Flat Central Historic District	0.3 miles	1984
Alkali Flat North Historic District	0.3 miles	1984
Calpak Plant No. 11	0.3 miles	1984

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 99001179 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Sacramento County	All 106 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.