Old Town Eureka
| Old Town Eureka | |||
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| National Register of Historic Places | |||
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 Street scene in Old Town Eureka |
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| location | Eureka , Humboldt County , California | ||
| Coordinates | 40 ° 48 '15.3 " N , 124 ° 9' 57.4" W | ||
| surface | 141 hectares | ||
| NRHP number | 91001523 | ||
| The NRHP added | October 15, 1991 | ||
Old Town Eureka is a Historic District in Eureka , California .
The 141 acre historic neighborhood is located on 1st, 2nd and 3rd Streets between "C" and "M" Streets. Most of the houses are from the Victorian era . The former Bank of Eureka , which was built in 1911 during the Renaissance Revival , has housed the Clarke Memorial Museum since 1960 , which contains a large collection of Native American basketry from the region as well as sovereign insignia and other artifacts from the Hoopa , Karok and Yurok . The most famous Contributing property , which lies to the east outside the actual Old Town is that in the Queen Anne style built Carson Mansion . It is considered to be one of the most photographed and best preserved Victorian buildings in California
As of November 30, 1950, the neighborhood has been registered by the state parks as a California Historical Landmark . On October 15, 1991, Old Town Eureka was added to the National Register of Historic Places with 154 contributing properties .
Web links
- Photo collection. (PDF) In: Database of the National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service , September 22, 2008, accessed September 20, 2014 (PDF 3.35 MB).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b National Register # 91001523 Eureka Old Town Historic District. In: noehill.com. Retrieved December 7, 2013 .
- ^ 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).
- ↑ City of Eureka. In: California Department of Parks and Recreation website. Retrieved December 7, 2013 .
- ↑ Entry in the National Register Information System . National Park Service , accessed June 1, 2016