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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BU2_franco-american-hotel-building_Yreka-CA.html
From a narrow, two story brick house in the 1850s, to an expansive hotel with a 167 foot frontage, the Franco American Hotel became one of the largest and finest inns in Northern California. Started by the Frenchman Leon Marniesse in 1855, the hot…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BU1_masonic-hall-building_Yreka-CA.html
Originally known as the Wetzel Lot, a brick building stood here in 1880 which housed the fire department - Engine & Hose No. 1. A new building with a massive edifice was erected on the site in 1926 by four Masonic orders who sold shares at $50 eac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BU0_guilbert-building_Yreka-CA.html
The Italianate-style building was put up after the fire of 1871 burned an earlier 1850s structure. Rebuilt in brick, the rear was used as a soda factory while the front became an auction house and later a space for county fair exhibits. The buildi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BTZ_jennie-b-nichols-building_Yreka-CA.html
Roman's Bookstore and Newspaper Emporium was the first business to inhabit a building that was constructed on this site in 1859. The building burned, along with much of the town, on July 4, 1871, when a fire was started in this block by careless h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BTW_204-w-miner-st_Yreka-CA.html
When the Baldwin Block was completed in 1882, this section was rented first and became a saloon with a shooting gallery and pool table. By 1892 the building was being used as a sample room for the Clarendon Hotel across the street. Extensive impro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BTV_200-202-w-miner-st_Yreka-CA.html
When the Baldwin Block was completed in 1882, this section was rented first and became a saloon with a shooting gallery and pool table. By 1892 the building was being used as a sample room for the Clarendon Hotel across the street. Extensive impro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BTU_the-riddle-building_Yreka-CA.html
Although a city park today, this lot was previously home to several early Yreka buildings, the last being brick which was erected by J.W. Riddle six years after the great fire of 1871. Riddle planned to lease the basement of his general merchandis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BTT_nicholas-t-delean-building_Yreka-CA.html
Jerome Churchill, packer, financier and entrepreneur raised a general merchandise store here in 1851. It was a tent. When several of these "temporary" structures continued to burn, Churchill put up a "fireproof" brick building in 1855. The devasta…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16SF_the-colton-theater-building_Yreka-CA.html
David D. Colton built a handsome brick building on this site in 1856, and outfitted the upper floor as a theater which operated until 1858. At various times the building housed several businesses, including a skating rink, saloon, hotel, restauran…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16PC_gas-works_Yreka-CA.html
Site of the Yreka Gas Works which on Dec. 17, 1859 first lighted Yreka Streets. The gas was made by burning pine pitch.