Diamond Springs
Stone Building
An interesting Stone Building of fine construction
and preservation
stands alone on an empty town lot on the north
side of Hwy 49. The
structure was built in the 1850’s of dressed
rhyolite tuff, quarried in
nearby Pleasant Valley. It originally housed a
general store, possibly
run by Louis Lepetit, and at one time had wooden
additions on each
side, which have long since disappeared. The
building still looks
capable of serving as some kind of store or
business; perhaps with a
little restoration it might one day be used
again.
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