South Yuba Canal Building, Ott's Assay

Photographer: Al & Holly Rodriguez
From: Nevada City, Queen City of the Northern Hills

South Yuba Canal Building, Ott's Assay

The oldest business buildings in Nevada City. The South Yuba Canal Building (1857) houses the Chamber of Commerce. Ott's (1857) houses a wine tasting room. It is where James J. Ott assayed ore in 1859 that led to the Comstock Lode Silver Rush in Nevada.