Lincoln City Hall hasn't always been at 600 6th St.

LINCOLN CITY HALL SITES 1. In an I.O.O.F. Building room on 5th Street from 1890 to 1892 2. H Street, southwest corner of 5th and D streets from 1892 to 1894. The old railroad building was moved here for City Hall. In 1895, city trustees voted to give the City Hall building to the cannery to boost civic development, plus $100 for cost of moving the building in 1895. 3. City Hall business is done in mayor's business in 1895 somewhere in downtown Lincoln. 4. Burdge Winery building on 5th Street from 1896 to 1921. 5. Civic Auditorium dedication is Dec. 6, 1921. City Hall is there from 1921 to 1953. 6. Old Bank of America Building on G Street from 1953 to 1974. 7. Civic Auditorium remodeled to serve city government from 1974 to 1994. 8. First Street School is site for Lincoln City Hall at 1400 1st St. from July 15, 1994 to June 2000. 9. City Hall on the Plaza at 640 5th St. from June 2000 to 2008. 10. City Hall at 600 6th St. from 2008 to the present. Thank you to Dia Dix and Spencer Short for information. Do you know what these two buildings had in common in the 1900s? If you do, please send answers to carolf@goldcountrymedia.com by Tuesday. Last week's mystery question Lincoln Area Archives Museum docents have been searching for years to list all the City Hall sites. Counting the Auditorium twice gives us 10 moves. Founded in 1859, Lincoln was not chartered as a town until 1890 and the governing board members were called "trustees. The first trustees in 1890 were Albert J. Gladding, John Haenney, Thomas B, Harper, Chris Hoppert and Fred Wistier, Sr. The first City Hall was in a room at the I.O.O.F. building prior to it being enlarged. According to museum records, this was from 1890 to 1892. The old wooden railroad building was moved to the southwest corner of 5th and D streets and city meetings were carried out there until 1895. This building was across from the stage company. The entire block was used by the comings and goings of stages transporting people and goods. Another City Hall move was in 1895, evidently to help quickly build a cannery. The mayor and trustees voted to give the building used by City Hall to a cannery. According to the museum docents, the building was moved to the east side of H Street between 6th and 7th streets. Having given away City Hall, the trustees didn't have a home so the group met in the mayor's office within his business establishment. (The mayor and his establishment are not known by the museum docents In 1896, the Burdge Winery was no longer operational and the building was available, so City Hall was moved there. After 26 years of being in the old Burdge Winery wooden building, City Hall moved again in 1921 next door to the Civic Auditorium and carried on city business downstairs with meetings held upstairs. The city occupied a portion of the building through 1953. The larger portion was used as an auditorium with plays, balls, dances, etc. In 1928, during the city's tenure at the Civic Auditorium, Lincoln became a town and the trustee organization became a mayor-council government . The quarters at the Civic Auditorium became too small for the day-to-day operations of the city so, in 1953, City Hall moved to the old Bank of America Building on G Street between 5th and 6th Streets. The city also outgrew the old bank building and officials remodeled the Civic Auditorium to serve the city in 1974. Once again, growing pains occur and a contract between the city and the school district from July 15, 1994 to July 1998 takes place and the city moves temporarily to the First Street Elementary School as the city plans to build a permanent home at Beerman Plaza. City Hall on the plaza at 649 5th St. is finally ready for occupancy in 2000 and the city moves into the new building with a fantastic second-story view of the plaza. The city's time there is short lived as the projection is that the city is growing faster than expected. It, with Temecula, are dubbed the fastest growing cities in California. The city is at the plaza from June 2000 to 2008. Plans are made for a larger, taller City Hall in 2008. The city continues to grow into its large home and the Western Placer Unified School District continues to make its home on the 4th floor of 600 6th Street.