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Sacramento (Spanish for ''sacrament'') (/ ˌ s æ k r ə ˈ m ɛ n t oʊ / SAK-rə-MEN-toh; Spanish: [sakɾaˈmento]) is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the seat of Sacramento County.
The Leland Stanford Mansion, often known simply as the Stanford Mansion, is a historic mansion and California State Park in Sacramento, California, which serves as the official reception center for the Californian government and as one of the official workplaces of the Governor of California . Built in 1856, the mansion was formerly the ...
Sutter's Fort was a 19th-century agricultural and trade colony in the Mexican Alta California province. [3] [4] Established in 1839, the site of the fort was originally called New Helvetia ( New Switzerland) by its builder John Sutter, though construction of the fort proper would not begin until 1841. The fort was the first non- indigenous ...
October 15, 1966. Designated NHLD. January 12, 1965 [2] Old Sacramento State Historic Park occupies around one third of the property within the Old Sacramento Historic District of Sacramento, California. The Old Sacramento Historic District is a U.S. National Historic Landmark District. The Historic District is sometimes abbreviated as Old ...
The California Governor's Mansionis the official residenceof the governor of California, located in Sacramento, the capital of California. Built in 1877, the estate was purchased by the Californian government in 1903 and has served as the executive residence for 14 governors. The mansion was occupied by governors between 1903–1967 and 2015 ...
Website. saccounty .gov. Sacramento County ( / ˌsækrəˈmɛntoʊ / ⓘ) is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,585,055. [6] Its county seat is Sacramento, [7] which has been the state capital of California since 1854. Sacramento County is the central county of the Greater Sacramento ...
The Crocker Art Museum is the oldest art museum in the Western United States, located in Sacramento, California. [3] Founded in 1885, the museum holds one of the premier collections of Californian art. The collection includes American works dating from the Gold Rush to the present, European paintings and master drawings, one of the largest ...
With construction beginning in 1887, Sacramento’s Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament is an example of the strength and history in Sacramento's architecture. Since many of the buildings date back to the mid-19th century, Sacramento is home to the largest concentration of buildings dating back to the California Gold Rush era in the United States.