Name of Plaque Coulterville Hotel
Location of Plaque, Highway / Road No., City and County Hwy 49 & Hwy 132, Coulterville, Mariposa County
Explain the Design of the Plaque and Base Black granite plaque mounted on a Mariposite base.
Date of Dedication April 6, 2002
Name of Dedicating Humbug NGH Ken Homestead, E Clampus Vitus – Matuca Chapter 1849
Exact Wording of Plaque
Coulterville Hotel
THE ORIGINAL ROCK BUILDING WAS BUILT BY THOMAS AND CAROLINE McCARTHY AS A
PRIVATE
HOME. UPON COMPLETION OF THE BUILDING, THEY PLACED A CORNERSTONE WITH THE DATE
OF 1882. EVENTUALLY THE PROPERTY WAS LEASED TO PERCY DAVIS WHO CONVERTED THE
HOME INTO A HOTEL BY ADDING TWO STORIES. MR. DAVIS HIRED ONE OF GEORGE COULTER’S
SONS, TO MANAGE THE HOTEL. IN THE BEGINNING THE HOTEL WAS NAMED THE “COULTER
HOTEL” BUT LATER WAS NAMED THE COULTERVILLE HOTEL. THE HOTEL BURNED IN THE GREAT
FIRE OF 1899 AND ALL THAT REMAINED WAS THE ROCK WALL. VERNON C. PEPPERS
PURCHASED THE PROPERTY FROM THE STATE AUG. 15, 1962, AND OPERATEDIT AS A
COMMERCIAL MUSEUM UNTIL SHORTLY BEFORE SELLING IT ON JULY 18, 1976, TO BE
DEVELOPED AS A NONPROFIT MUSEUM CALLED THE NORTHERN MARIPOSA COUNTY HISTORY
CENTER.
DEDICATED BY MATUCA CHAPTER 1849 E CLAMPUS VITUS APRIL 6, 2002 -6007-
CREDO QUIA ABSURDUM