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The Humboldt County Historical Society (HCHS) is a regional historical society, primarily focused on the history of Humboldt County, California. Offices, bookstore, collections, and research staff are located in Eureka .
Old Town Eureka (formally the Eureka Old Town Historic District) in Eureka, California, is a historic district listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places. It is a 350-acre (1.4 km 2) area containing 154 buildings mostly from the Victorian era. The core of the district runs the length of First, Second, and Third Streets ...
Fort Humboldt State Historic Park is a California state park, located in Eureka, California, United States.Its displays interpret the former U.S. Army fort, which was staffed from 1853 to 1870, the interactions between European Americans and Native Americans in roughly the same period, logging equipment and local narrow gauge railroad history of the region.
Eureka is one of California's historic landmarks. The California State Historical marker, #477, designating Eureka, is located in Old Town, one of the nation's best-preserved original Victorian-era commercial districts. [111] The city was voted as the No. 1 best small art town in John Villani's book The 100 Best Small Art Towns in America. [112]
[1] [2] It is also Nevada Historical Marker number 11. [3] The name Eureka came from an old Greek term which means “I have found it”. Historical establishments of Eureka Historic District include Eureka High School, the Sentinel Museum Building, the Eureka Courthouse, the Colonnade Hotel and the Opera House. Starting from 1864, the leading ...
Originally named the Clarke Memorial Museum, after her parents, it was renamed the Clarke Historical Museum in 2001, and is now a privately operated non-profit organization for the use, benefit, and awareness of the City of Eureka, surrounding cities and the local Native American tribes. [2] The Native American wing, Nealis Hall, was built in 1979.
Mid-19th century house, oldest building in the county, operated by the Stone House Historical Society [7] Stone Lagoon Schoolhouse Museum: Trinidad: Humboldt: Local history: Operated by the Society for California Archaeology, exhibits of Native American artifacts, local history [8] Trees of Mystery: Klamath: Del Norte: Native American
It was built in 1875 to be a hardware and general merchandise store. In 1973, it was the first building in Eureka to be placed on the United States National Register of Historic Places, and it was listed as a contributing property of the National Register Old Town Eureka Historical District in 1991.