Pence/ Pentz Hotel

Pence/ Pentz Hotel Historical Pentz Hotel and Messilla Valley School Site The Historical Pence Hotel was moved near it's original site in the Messilla Valley (Butte Co. Calif.)

to preserve the building and it's history. The Messilla Valley Schoolhouse once stood on the site and is restored in Concow, Ca. The Pence Hotel (also Pentz) housed a Post Office from 1864 to 1912. President R.B. Hayes and General Sherman visited the old Pence Hotel in 1880. The future plans are to place it on a foundation. The building permits are paid and a Black Asphalt encroachment was instal

led in 2011. The Book "Conflicts Between Settlers and Indians" In the Northern Sierra Foothills gives a detailed History of the Pioneer Manoah Pence, the Hotel and School.

03/31/2026
March 9, 1879 mining news in Butte Co.
03/26/2026

March 9, 1879 mining news in Butte Co.

Thank you Kay N. for sharing your Gandmothers tea cups and lanterns!!! Five generations of a family raised at the Pence ...
02/19/2026

Thank you Kay N. for sharing your Gandmothers tea cups and lanterns!!! Five generations of a family raised at the Pence settlement. Wonderful history and family! Wow!

02/19/2026

Snowing at the Pentz Hotel

Good news! The Pence/Pentz Hotel and P.O. is officially on the list of National Registry of Historic Places!!Thank you t...
02/06/2026

Good news! The Pence/Pentz Hotel and P.O. is officially on the list of National Registry of Historic Places!!Thank you to all who have shared, supported, donated and helped to preserve it's history.

A peek inside a Victorian house model that stands in the library, donated by Catherine P. Thank you again Cat!
01/23/2026

A peek inside a Victorian house model that stands in the library, donated by Catherine P. Thank you again Cat!

Happy Heavenly Birthday to my beautiful Auntie Joyce! This is the sweet doll (over 85 yrs old) she recieved when she was...
01/06/2026

Happy Heavenly Birthday to my beautiful Auntie Joyce! This is the sweet doll (over 85 yrs old) she recieved when she was 5 yrs. old and donated to the Pentz Hotel.

Sad for the Loss of a great man, Doug La Malfa! He contributed much to Northern Calif. Prayers for his family..
01/06/2026

Sad for the Loss of a great man, Doug La Malfa! He contributed much to Northern Calif. Prayers for his family..

Back in the day when they recycled paper!!! LOL
01/05/2026

Back in the day when they recycled paper!!! LOL

What came first, the horse or buggy?
01/03/2026

What came first, the horse or buggy?

Granny's ready to cut firewood with her new chain saw. LOL Get her done!!!
12/30/2025

Granny's ready to cut firewood with her new chain saw. LOL Get her done!!!

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2828 Messilla Valley Road
Oroville, CA
95965

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(530) 520-2057

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