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David Downtown Scavenger Hunt
Families, friends and visitors will have 6 days to solve riddles in downtown Davis and gather mini prizes along the way. Unlock enough mysteries and enter to win one of several GRAND PRIZES! GRAND PRIZES include: • Pizza for a year at Woodstock's Pizza* • Shave ices...
The Davis Arch (1916)
The Davis Arch, one of the most striking structures in early downtown Davis, no longer exists. It spanned 2nd Street at G, between buildings # 6 and # 7, welcoming visitors from the depot (# 8) and proclaiming “Davis” to be “Gateway to Yolo County” and “Home of the...
The Davis Enterprise, Circulation (Date Unknown)
303 B Street Another structure without Historical Resource designation is the building which currently serves as the Davis Enterprise Circulation Department. In addition to administering justice and publishing a newspaper, William Scott (See A above) operated several...
Judge William Scott Home (1916)
301 B Street This house, which currently houses the popular bakery Cicolat, is not a designated Historic Resource and is probably not significant structurally. It has definite historical significance, however, as it was the home of Judge William Scott and his wife...
Masonic Lodge (1917)
221 - 225 G Street The present two story structure was formally dedicated in 1917, although the Masonic Lodge of Davis had been chartered in1873. An earlier Masonic Hall, located just south of this building, had burned in 1916, and prior to the construction of that...
Clancy House (1913)
137 C Street This structurally impressive residence stands as a symbol of what could be accomplished “starting on a shoestring” by diligent and hard working immigrants in the early days of California. Mathew Clancy, an Irish immigrant who settled in Davisville in...