The Schallhorne Blacksmith and Wagon Shop is the largest, the tallest, and the most
impressive building in Fiddletown. Located near the east end of town, this excellently
constructed building was erected in 1870 of rectangular hewn blocks of Valley Springs rhyolite
tuff which was quarried about one and a half miles east of town. Rhyolite tuff, a light brown
stone commonly found throughout the foothills of the Sierras, is easily worked when first
quarried and then hardens after exposure, making it an excellent building material. The
Schallhorne building is without doubt one of the most striking and unique structures to be found
anywhere in the Gold Country.
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