# @sachistorymuseum on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DSLHXxQAZjO
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/37882776-sachistorymuseum-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-12-12T18:35:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Sacramento History Museum (@sachistorymuseum) — https://gondola.cc/sachistorymuseum

## Caption

Located at the other end of Old Sacramento from the Sacramento History Museum stands a reconstruction of the Clarendon House at its original location. On December 12, 1855, the Clarendon House opened on Second Street between K and L Streets in Sacramento. The proprietor of the hotel was Caroline A. Williams, a woman of African descent, known in the community as “Aunt Carrie.” 

Williams came to California from Massachusetts in the spring of 1850. She was an experienced caterer and had a “flattering reputation” in Sacramento for over 4 years where she had a helped manage the Sacket Hotel and Grand Hotel. The Clarendon House had a convenient location near the K Street steamboat landing and the B.F. Hastings Building, which housed the California Supreme Court. The weekly rate for a room at the Clarendon House was 12 dollars. 

In 1857, the Clarendon closed and the furniture was sold at public auction. In 1861, Eugenie Dumas bought the Clarendon House and renamed it the Hotel de France, which became the fourth hotel by that name in the city. Williams later rented rooms at the Fashion Saloon on J Street. 

She moved to San Francisco in the 1870s where she was the proprietor of the Sacramento House. She passed away on April 2, 1887 and is buried in the Sacramento Historic City Cemetery. In this video, Alex discussed the history of the building and its significance in the historic district.

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