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Today, the Old Sacramento Historic District covers the area between the river frontage and Interstate 5, between I Street and the Capitol Mall. The State Historic Park comprises about a third of the total acreage of the district including half of the waterfront, a large grassy area and railroad features.
This park has not officially been named but has been classified as a state park. The use of Sutter Buttes in the name was allowed temporarily by the California State Parks Commission in 2004. Currently no public access. [137] Sutter's Fort State Historic Park: State historic park Sacramento: 5.8 2.3 1914 Tahoe State Recreation Area: State ...
Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic Park; Los Angeles State Historic Park; Los Encinos State Historic Park; Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park; Marconi Conference Center State Historic Park; Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park; Monterey State Historic Park; Old Sacramento State Historic Park; Old Town San Diego State Historic Park
California State Parks is the state park system for the U.S. state of California. The system is administered by the California Department of Parks and Recreation, a department under the California Natural Resources Agency. The California State Parks system is the largest state park system in the United States. [5]
The Big Four House was declared a National Historic Landmark on July 4, 1961. [1] [3] It is included within the Old Sacramento Historic District, which also is a National Historic Landmark and on the National Register of Historic Places since its establishment on October 15, 1966.
The park also is host to a $1.5 million playground, which was created after the prior playground (built in 1976) burned down in a 2012 accident. The park also contains a lake, named Lake Keisel after Frederick Keisel, the son of one of the Sacramento Street Railway Company owners. In the 1920s, the lake hosted an alligator exhibit.
Painting of Sutter's Fort ruins, c. 1900. To build his colony, John Sutter secured a 50,000 acre land grant in the Central Valley from the Mexican governor. [8] The main building of the fort is a two-story adobe structure built between 1841 and 1843 using Indigenous forced labor.
The area surrounding the park was operated by Sacramento County. In the early 1970s, the pond was expanded into a lake to act as backup emergency cooling water supply. In 1992, Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) took over responsibility for operating the park. [1] In 1993, they began holding a trout fishing competition. [2]