Carson Mansion
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| National Register of Historic Places | |||
| Historic District Contributing Property | |||
 Carson Mansion |
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| location | Eureka , Humboldt County , California | ||
| Coordinates | 40 ° 48 '20.2 " N , 124 ° 9' 30.5" W | ||
| Built | 1880s | ||
| Architectural style | Queen Anne Style | ||
| NRHP number | 91001523 | ||
| The NRHP added | October 15, 1991 | ||
Carson Mansion is a historic building in the Historic District of Old Town Eureka , California .
Carson Mansion was built by timber manufacturer William Carson in the 1880s. The wooden house, built in Queen Anne style , has three floors and a richly decorated tower. The finely crafted flourishes and tendrils are among the most beautiful in the state. Carson Mansion was family owned until the 1940s and has been owned by a gentlemen's club called Ingomar ever since . It is not open to the public. Carson Mansion is considered to be one of the most photographed Victorian buildings in California.
On October 15, 1991, Old Town Eureka, and thereby Carson Mansion, was added to the National Register of Historic Places as one of 154 Contributing Properties .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Mildred Brooke Hoover, Douglas E. Kyle: Historic Spots in California . 5th edition. Stanford University Press , Stanford 2002, ISBN 978-0-8047-7817-6 , pp. 105 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ^ Entry of the Historic District on the National Register Information System . National Park Service , accessed May 21, 2016
- ↑ National Register # 91001523 Eureka Old Town Historic District. In: noehill.com. Retrieved December 7, 2013 .