Yuba County
Diaries
Records of Isaac McComas
Isaac Taylor McComas’ Marysville Projects
Isaac McComas arrived in Marysville, California in April of 1854 and returned to Maryland in June of 1865. The following is a list of the projects he mentioned in his diaries. Although the list is extensive, he regularly alluded to work that was underway but did not say what the work was or for whom he was working. In the later years, when he was contracted to build large buildings, his employees would be assigned smaller jobs. Many times no information was given about these jobs. Also, when involved in major construction projects, such as the Masonic Hall, he would accept no other jobs.
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Date |
Project |
Employer |
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1854 |
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6/8/54 |
press brick front, C. St. |
Mr. Leverick, foreman |
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6/19/54 |
Western Hotel |
Mr. Perry, foreman, Mr. Murry, proprietor |
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8/7/54 |
Third and Lee St. |
English Tom and Robinson |
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8/14/54 |
“a little house on B St.” |
Mr. Payne |
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9/7/54 |
the theater |
Mr. Pinkham and McDonald |
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9/25/54 |
First St. |
B. Smith and D. Louders |
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10/5/54 |
unknown |
John C. Fall |
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10/17/54 |
house on E. St. |
Mr. Singer |
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11/3/54 |
Hotel, 2nd and Maiden Lane |
unknown |
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11/21/54 |
Market House, C St. to Maiden Lane |
unknown |
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11/27/54 |
Cornice of Fremont Hotel |
unknown |
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12/22/54 |
corner of First and High Sts., making circular corner on 2nd story |
B. Smith and D. Louders |
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1855 |
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1/22/55 |
a row of houses on First St from High St. to D. St. |
Mr. Rimears |
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2/22/55 |
The Plaza on High St. press brick front |
Thomas Seward |
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3/20/55 |
front steps |
Mr. Fall |
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4/2/55 |
underpinning Mr. Fall’s store on First St. |
Mr. Leaward, foreman |
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4/9/55 |
house on C. St. |
Mr. RImears |
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5/24/55 |
building 60 feet square on D. St. |
Mr. Humphreys |
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6/1/55 |
install columns and of front of U.S. Hotel |
unknown |
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6/15/55 |
job on First St. 85X70 feet |
Mr. Rimears |
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6/29/55 |
Oriental Hotel |
unknown |
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7/10/55 |
“2 houses on D. St. close to Third” |
Col. Zampkins and Mr. McGraff |
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8/13/55 |
fronts on First St. |
Mr. Rimears |
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8/22/55 |
“2 houses on D. St. next to the Barber’s” |
Mr. Brumagin |
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8/7/55 |
“work in the grave yard” |
Mr. Brumagin |
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9/18/55 |
“a house in the rear of his cottage on C. St. above 7th |
Mr. Rimears |
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10/5/55 |
grave yard work |
Mrs. Lawyer Buchanan |
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10/18/55 |
“a house on the corner of 7th and D. |
Mr. Miller |
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11/19/55 |
2 houses on 7th . near D. |
Mr. Payne |
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12/3/55 |
“built a little seller on D. St.” |
Mr. Shannon |
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12/5/55 |
house on Cortes Square |
Mr. Hudson |
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12/12/55 |
“worked on building corner of 3rd and D.” |
Col. Rowe |
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1856 |
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1/31/56 |
“commenced a circular corner on building on S.E. corner of First and D. Sts. |
Mr. Rimears |
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2/6/56 |
“did a little job at the Court House” |
unknown |
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2/27/56 |
a house on D. St. |
Mr. Shafer |
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2/28/56 |
underpin house |
Mr. Deardwarfe |
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3/15/56 |
“two cisterns at his house on D. St.” |
Mr. Judge Fields |
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4/2/56 |
digging well at brickyard |
McComas and McDonald |
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4/456 |
grave yard work |
Mrs. Sanders |
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4/8/56 |
building brick mills at brickyard |
McComas and McDonald |
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4/16/56 |
“sat 3 grates on D. St.” |
Mr. Shafer |
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4/26/56 |
“sat a marble mantle piece and grate” |
Mr. Hudson |
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4/28/56 |
“sat marble mantle piece and grate” |
Mr. Miller |
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4/29/56 |
High and 2nd St. |
Mr. Jacob Gingles |
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5/8/56 |
“some work at row of cottages on 4th St.” |
Jacob Gingles |
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5/13/56 |
basement paving |
Capt. Wells |
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5/19/56 |
little house |
Mr. Colman |
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5/23/56 |
“a little job” |
Mr. Whealler |
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6/5/56 |
house on C. St. |
Mr. Bouckian |
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7/1/56 |
“a little job” |
Mr. McGruder |
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7/7/56 |
“a house across the slew” |
Mr. Fandy |
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7/10/56 |
jail house |
unknown |
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8/5/56 |
house for the German butcher on F. St. |
unknown |
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8/5/56 |
house behind store |
Mr. Fall |
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8/20/56 |
basement |
Mr. Gillmore |
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8/22/56 |
jail house privy |
unknown |
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9/2/56 |
house on E. St. |
Mr. Olds |
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9/5/56 |
house on 2nd and E. Sts. |
Mr. Fall |
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9/9/56 |
blacksmith’s shop at 4th and E. Sts. |
unknown |
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9/12/56 |
second story on house on E. St. |
Lawyer Aud |
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9/13/56 |
“some houses where the fire line was” |
Mr. Sampson |
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10/1/56 |
“set boiler at their water works” |
Capt. Wells and Bailey |
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10/3/56 |
house at First and C. Sts. |
George Calloday |
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10/9/56 |
“a large job on First St” |
Mr. Lord |
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10/20/56 |
grave stone for his daughter |
Mr. Rice |
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10/23/56 |
“some brick work” |
Mr. Tolles |
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11/6/56 |
“a little house on 5th St.” |
Mr. Kimball |
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11/12/56 |
two houses on D. St. |
Mr. Mathews |
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11/15/56 |
“a house across the slew” |
Mr. Humphreyville |
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12/15/56 |
a building Maiden Lane and 2nd Sts. |
Mr. Fall |
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1857 |
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1/7/57 |
“two houses near the corner of 7th and D” |
unknown |
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1/28/57 |
“a small house on Maiden Lane” |
Mr. Coial |
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1/29/57 |
“small work in the grave yard” |
Mr. Hamilton |
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1/30/57 |
“arching over a grave” |
Mrs. Price |
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1/31/57 |
arching over Mr. Singer’s grave, Catholic Burying Ground |
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2/18/57 |
house in Yuba City |
Mr. Hanson |
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3/19/57 |
store on First St. |
J. C. Fall |
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4/15/57 |
set a range in Oroville |
Mrs. Faigan |
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5/8/57 |
Brownlee’s building on D. next to O.H. Pearson Stables |
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5/15/57 |
repaired cistern of M. E. Church |
unknown |
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5/26/57 |
fix a range |
Western House |
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5/28/57 |
two houses on Virgin Alley |
Mr. Owens |
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6/24/57 |
“a little house on First St. “ |
Mr. Moxley |
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7/3/57 |
granary in Sutter County |
Mr. Stephen’s Ranch |
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7/8/57 |
built a grave |
unknown |
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7/10/57 |
work shop |
Mr. Daly |
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7/13/57 |
cutting doorways inside the Merchant’s Hotel |
J. C. Fall |
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7/17/57 |
yard wall in Chiney Town |
Mr. Sampson |
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8/5/57 |
foundation walls for Yuba River Bridge |
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8/7/57 |
“a job on First St.” |
Mr. Low and Bro. Bankers |
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8/11/57 |
sidewalk on D. St. |
Mr. Gillmore |
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8/25/57 |
a stable on C. St. |
unknown |
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9/14/57 |
add fourth story to U. S. Hotel |
unknown |
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9/18/57 |
set two mantle pieces |
Mr. Fall |
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10/2/57 |
“some work on C. St. opposite catholic Church” |
Mr. Rimears |
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10/13/57 |
job at grave yard |
Mr. Vandike |
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10/20/57 |
brickwork contract for Public School House |
Mr. Steele |
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10/21/57 |
bridge peer, other side of Yuba River |
unknown |
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10/22/57 |
kitchen |
A.H. Pearson |
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10/22/57 |
privy |
Dr. Winters |
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10/23/57 |
Colored Baptist Church |
W.B. Hayson |
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11/4/57 |
remodel store on D. St. |
Mr. Rimears |
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12/3/57 |
house on C. St. |
Mr. Watson |
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12/17/57 |
rebuilt the chimney that blew off the parsonage |
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12/18/57 |
repaired grate |
Capt. Bailey |
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12/18/57 |
paved walk |
Bro. Baker |
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12/28/57 |
built a child’s tomb |
Mr. Hamilton |
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1858 |
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1/15/58 |
“a small job at a store on First and Merchant’s Sts” |
Mr. Hawley |
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1/18/58 |
school house topped out |
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1/25/58 |
a privy at The Eldorado |
Mr. McDuffie |
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2/2/58 |
a house |
Mr. Bender |
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2/11/58 |
a little house on High Street |
Mr. McDonald |
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2/18/58 |
sat a range |
Judge Haun |
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2/22/58 |
a wall at High and Second Streets |
Mr. Taylor |
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2/24/58 |
wall around the fireman’s cemetery |
unknown |
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2/27/58 |
bake oven |
the Sisters |
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3/20/58 |
cutting doorways in house |
Judge Haun |
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3/25/58 |
a job on E. St. |
Mr. Baldwin |
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4/2/58 |
a job on Tenpin Alley |
unknown |
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4/3/58 |
a stable on 3rd Street between D. St. and Maiden Lane |
O.H. Pierson |
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4/5/58 |
a house on B. Street |
Mr. Demott |
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4/8/58 |
paved a cellar on E. Street |
Mr. Selby |
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4/12/58 |
spring house at Quinty Ranch |
Mr. Camerin |
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5/7/58 |
“a small job on 5th Street” |
unknown |
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5/8/58 |
“a small job in the Butes” |
Mr. Hawley |
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5/14/58 |
enlarge a range on D. Street |
Mr. Pink |
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5/17/58 |
a job on E. Street |