This is the photo of the old Sierra County Courthouse appearing on page 113H in the Shermans' book (1975).  Not much was left standing except for the remnants of a few walls.  The front door is the large opening with the curved top and steps at right.

This photo of the courthouse front door appears on page 25 of Florin's book (1971).

Here's another picture of the courthouse front door appearing on page 158 in Looney's book (1968).

This photo of the courthouse appears on page 130 of Meleski's book.

This is a scene similar to the top photo in this series taken on Aril 5, 2000.  It has crumbled a bit more, but it is mostly unchanged.  I even managed to get the shadows similar to those in the top photo.  I received an email in March 2007 from someone who tells me that efforts are underway to have the courthouse declared a historic site, and measures are being taken to prevent it from deteriorating further.

This is yet another view of the front door, but from the other angle.  It's on page 106 of Varney's book (1981).  The former jail is in the background.

At left above is the through-the-jail-door scene that takes up the entirety of page 115H of the Shermans' book (1975).  At right is an attempt to take the same scene on April 5, 2000.  Unfortunately, the door was jammed shut and could not be opened without excavating a significant amount of dirt from around the bottom. 

This is a photo of a jail door appearing on page 25 of Florin's book (1971).  I did not see a door with this pattern of metal bars during my visit, but I'm told that they are still there as of March 2007, just on the inside entrances to the jail cells.