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Lake County Veteran Services 2011.
Original home of the Lake County Hall of Records
1895
Ground was broken for the new county building, the hall of records, last Monday, and when the work gets under headway the courtyard will offer more inducements than ever to gentlemen of leisure. (ClearLake Press July 12, 1895)
The painters are at work on the hall of records now. The counter, desks and railings in the treasurer’s office are all completed and the cement floor in the recorders office is finished. Its’s going to be handsome. (ClearLake Press October 25 1895)
1902
Let the Improvements Go Merrily On
The sale of the iron fence around the courthouse took place as advertised last Monday. Chas. Berry bouth 600 feet for the Kelseyville Cemetery, paying 300, therefor, and Amos Ogden took all that remained for sale - 67 feet - for $40.50.
As this fence was of no value whatever except for the purpose for which it was bought, the supervisors may regard themselves as fortunate in securing purchasers at a price which is fair for both parties.
We hope the Board will next turn their attention to the extension of the granatoid pavement along the north and south sides of the courthouse square. This will do much to relieve the county scat of that stringtown look which has begun to disappear during the past year or two.
The courthouse square will all its appurtenaces belongs to the county at large and it should be the pride of its agents, the Supervisors, to continue their good work until that spot always in view to visitors to this much visited part of the county, i s more in harmony with the natural beauties of this beautiful county. (ClearLake Press April 10, 1902)
1903
Auction Sale
I hereby give notice that on Tuesday Sept. 8, 1903 at 2 o’oclock p.m., I will sell at public auction at the courthouse the water tank on the courthouse building.
John P. Moore, Sheriff (Lake County Bee August 8 1903)
1906
The San Francisco Earthquake, April 18, 1906, did minor damage the Lake County Courthouse
1908
Court House Fence Removed
On the order of the Board of Supervisors Sheriff Kemp put up for auction Monday the 600 feet of ornamental iron fencing, which has for years surrounded the courth house square on the north, west and south sides, and R.D. Winters bid it in for $300. Mr. Winters has already removed the fence, in preparation to building a retaining wall and bringing the sidewalk up to grade. The county fathers will follow up this work in the spring by putting in cement walks around the three sides on which they are now lacking. (ClearLake Press December 12 1908)
1910
At the regular meeting of the Supervisors Monday to Wednesday of this week, bids for construction of a cement sidewalk on the south side of the court house square were opened and the contract for the 203 fee of 7 1/2 foot walk awarded to R.E. Covington adn J.T. Robinson. These masons bid as follows for lineal foot of curb., 75 cents per square foot of sidewalk, 20 cents C.C. Voiles had a bid for 60 cents ad 25 cents respectively but the former was deemed lowest. (ClearLake Press April 19 1910)
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