page_title: Grass Valley, California
section_title: Designated historical landmarks
hierarchical_section_title: Grass Valley, California / Designated historical landmarks
caption_attribution_description: Royce Library in Grass Valley, California
context_page_description: Grass Valley is a city in Nevada County, California, United States. Situated at roughly 2,500 feet elevation in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, this historic northern Gold Country city is 57 miles by car from the state capitol in Sacramento, 64 miles from Sacramento International Airport, 88 miles west of Reno, and 143 miles northeast of San Francisco. As of the 2010 United States Census, its population was 12,860.
context_section_description: Empire Mine State Historic Park (CHL#298)
  Grass Valley Public Library (NRHP#92000267)
  Holbrooke Hotel (CHL#914)
  Home of Lola Montez (CHL#292)
  Home of Lotta Crabtree (CHL#293)
  Lyman Gilmore Middle School
  Mount Saint Mary's Convent and Academy (CHL#855)
  North Star Mine Powerhouse (CHL#843)
  Overland Emigrant Trail (CHL#799)
  Site of the First Discoveries of Quartz Gold in California (CHL#297)
caption: The public library, named for Josiah Royce
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