National Register of Historic Places - California (CA), Humboldt County

Humboldt County California (Page 2) has 12 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 3 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Shaw House, Trinidad Head Light Station and Tsahpek, Simpson--Vance House and Stone House.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Yurok and Chilula dating back to 1500.

Learn about famous person Seth Louis Shaw is associated with one of more of the Humboldt County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Humboldt County places including A.C. Johnson, James Knox Taylor, Franklin Georgeson, Lewis D. Stone, John A. Whaley, D.P. Stimpson, Theodore Dean, Selby L. Maloy, E.C. Mowry and James and Merritt Reid. Prominent architectural styles found in Humboldt Country are Queen Anne, Beaux Arts and Colonial Revival.

Shaw House (added 1984 - #84000777)

Also known as The Shaw House Inn

703 Main St. , Ferndale

BotMultichillT, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Gothic Revival

Historic Person:

Shaw,Seth Louis

Significant Year:

1866, 1854

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Government

Historic Sub-function:

Courthouse, Post Office, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Hotel

More Information:

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Simpson--Vance House (added 1986 - #86001668)

904 G St. , Eureka

Ellin Beltz, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Mowry,E.C.

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Organizational

More Information:

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Stone House (added 1986 - #86000267)

902 Fourteenth St. , Arcata

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Dean,Theodore

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Sweasey Theater--Loew's State Theater (added 2009 - #09000372)

Also known as State Theater; Arkley Center for the Performing Arts

412 G St. , Eureka

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Reid, James and Merritt, Georgeson, Franklin

Architectural Style:

Beaux Arts, Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Theater

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Theater

More Information:

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Trinidad Head Light Station (added 1991 - #91001098)

Trinidad Head , Trinidad

Berean Hunter, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Transportation, Maritime History, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Domestic, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Institutional Housing, Water-Related

Current Function:

Domestic, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Institutional Housing, Water-Related

More Information:

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Tsahpek (added 1972 - #72000224)

Also known as 4-Hum-129

Address Restricted , Eureka

address restricted

Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric, Historic - Aboriginal

Cultural Affiliation:

Yurok, Chilula

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1750 AD, 1850-1874, 1749-1500 AD, 1700-1749, 1600-1649, 1500-1599

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Domestic, Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Graves/Burials, Village Site

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park

U.S. Post Office and Courthouse (added 1983 - #83001181)

5th and H Sts. , Eureka

BD2412, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Taylor,James Knox

Architectural Style:

Mixed (More Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)

Area of Significance:

Art, Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Courthouse, Post Office

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Courthouse, Government Office, Post Office

More Information:

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Washington School (added 2002 - #02000329)

Also known as Humboldt Senior Resource Center

1910 California St. , Eureka

NoeHill, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Education, Social History

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Defense, Education

Historic Sub-function:

Arms Storage, School, Warehouse

Current Function:

Social

Current Sub-function:

Civic

More Information:

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Whaley House (added 1979 - #79000475)

1395 H St. , Arcata

NoeHill, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Whaley,John A.

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling

More Information:

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Zanone, Magdalena House (added 2004 - #04000335)

Also known as McKenna's Pleasure Park

1604 G St. , Eureka

Ellin Beltz, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Maloy, Selby L., Johnson, A.C.

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Outdoor Recreation, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Garden, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

More Information:

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