Confidence Hall, Italianate brick building in Placerville, California, United States

Confidence Hall is a two-storey Italianate-style Victorian brick building in Placerville, California, built in 1860 as a volunteer fire engine hall. It shares a common wall and an internal hallway and door with the adjacent Jane Stuart Building of 1861, and the two have been used as a single office building. Together they hold an estimated 6,360 square feet, not counting an unfinished basement and an upstairs loft.

Confidence Hall was built in autumn 1860 for the Confidence Engine Company No. 1, a volunteer fire brigade that began as the Mountaineer Engine Company in May 1857 and took its new name from a used fire engine whose engraving could not be removed. The company's fund-raising balls were popular, and in the late 1890s the building hosted early meetings of Placerville's Seventh-day Adventist Church. It later served as police department, jail and justice court, became Placerville City Hall in 1902, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 4, 1982.

The volunteer brigade took the name Confidence after buying a used fire engine engraved with that word and failing to remove it. Its fund-raising balls were popular, and in the late 1890s the hall hosted early meetings of Placerville's Seventh-day Adventist Church.

The building can be viewed from the outside to appreciate its architectural features and design. Additional information about visiting conditions and access is available through local heritage organizations.

Confidence Hall shares a common wall and an internal hallway and door with the Jane Stuart Building next door, built in 1861. Jane Stuart paid for it by driving a herd of horses across the Great Plains and selling them to a local dealer. The two structures have been used as a single tenant office building, with about 6,360 square feet not counting an unfinished basement and an upstairs loft.