Balsar House / I.O.O.F Hall

<br> <i>[Three small markers are mounted on the front of the building:]<br> Marker 1:</i> <center><b>Balsar House</b><br> A hotel built in 1850 by<br> <b>Madam Balsar</b></center> Remodeled for an opera house in 1870. Restored by the Independent Order Odd Fellows and used as a meeting place by fraternal orders.<br><br> <i>Marker 2:</i> <center><b>Balsar House</b><br> Erected 1859 by a butcher Joseph Olmstead<br> Erected at a cost of $15,000<br> In 1889 it was bought by I.O.O.F.</center><br> <i>Marker 3:</i> <center><b>I.O.O.F Hall</b><br> Formerly the<br> <b>Balsar House 1859</b><br> <small>Historic Site<br> El Dorado County<br> No. 17</small></center>