Not quite like the Bermuda Triangle, but it is an interesting piece of real estate, that really belongs to no one. Actually, the owner is the federal government, due to Roop’s carelessness. The Lassen County Assessor does not even recognize its existence.

The property in question, is located at the west end of Susanville’s Main Street, which people are familiar is the triangle piece of property in front of the Elk’s Lodge, with the diverging Pine Streets going in different directions, creating kind  of like  a “fork in the road.” Located there is the community Christmas Tree, and in previous years numerous Christmas displays were placed there.

By the 1890s the local newspapers wrote editorials criticizing that it was an ugly patch of unkept property at the head of Main Street.  Relief came in 1902, when the Mountain Echo Band constructed a bandstand there. Four years later, the bandstand had been neglected and received community scorn for it being an eyesore.

The evolution of this plot will continue in future posts.  This post is dedicated to Carole Dustin, Senior Assessment GIS Cadastral Drafter of the Lassen County Assessor’s Office who is retiring after 43 years. Carole, of her many duties was the draftsman for assessor parcel maps all these years, but never had to deal with this parcel!

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The photographer of the above photograph had the luxury to be able to stand in Main Street, while I played it safe and took the current view from the sidewalk.  Only one building still remains. In the original photograph it was the Bank of Lassen County, and now the building is the office for Verizon.

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