Ferndale Main Street Historic District
{{short description|Historic district in California, United States}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Ferndale Main Street Historic District
| nrhp_type = hd
| nocat = yes
| image = Ferndale_CA_Main_Street_to_North.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption = Ferndale's Historic Main Street view to north at Ocean Avenue.
| location = 300–580 Main, 330 Ocean and 207–290 Francis Sts.
| coordinates = {{coord|40|34|35.79|N|124|15|49.46|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin =
| architect = includes T.J. Frost
| architecture = Italianate, Stick/Eastlake, Queen Anne commercial and mixed use buildings
| added = January 10, 1994{{NRISref|2008a}}
| refnum = 93001461
}}
A portion of the City of Ferndale was designated a State Historic Landmark (No. 883) in 1975 by the California State Parks Office of Historic Preservation. Ferndale's Main Street Historic District was established in 1994 by the National Park Service and placed on the National Register of Historic Places.{{cite web | title = Ferndale Main Street Historic District | work =National Register of Historic Places | publisher = National Park Service | date = | url =http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/ca/Humboldt/districts.html | doi = | accessdate = 14 January 2012 }}{{cite web|last1=Stanton|first1=Kathleen|last2=Van Kirk|first2= Susie|last3 =Jahier|first3= Jeanna|title=Ferndale Main Street Historic District #93001461|url=http://focus.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/93001461.pdf|website=National Park Service|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=24 March 2016|date=November 29, 1993}}
Architecture
Two distinct architectural phases are represented: late 19th century Victorian architecture, 1880 to 1890 and the early Modern period of the 20th century, 1920 to 1936. Eastlake-Stick style buildings by Architect T.J. Frost are particularly well represented as are Italianate, Queen Anne, Neo-Classic, Bungalow, and Mission styles.
The Ferndale Main Street Historic District covers 46 acres, includes 39 contributing buildings and one object, the Town Clock.{{cite web | last =City of Ferndale | authorlink = | title = Ferndale Main Street Historic District | publisher =City of Ferndale, California | date =30 August 2010 | url =http://ci.ferndale.ca.us/pdf/Ferndale_Historic_District.pdf | format = | doi = | accessdate = 14 January 2012 }}
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! {{color}}|. ! width = 18% {{color}}| Name{{NRISref|2008b}} ! width = 8% class="unsortable" {{color}}| Image ! width = 10% {{color}}|Date built ! {{color}}|Location ! class="unsortable" {{color}}|Summary |
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| 100 px | {{dts|1884}} | 207 Francis St. | Cottage built for Dr. Alford in 1884. |
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| 100 px | {{dts|1891}} | 212 Francis St. | Eastlake-Stick architecture. |
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| 100 px | {{dts|1891}} | 219 Francis St. | Currently residential. |
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| | {{dts|1899}} | 230 Francis St. | Built for Thomas H. Faulkner. |
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| 100 px | {{dts|1881}} | 248–250 Francis St. | Commercial false-front. |
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| 100 px | {{dts|1891}} | 290 Francis St. and 400 Ocean Ave. | Eastlake-Stick – T.J. Frost, Architect |
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| Robert's Hotel/Ferndale Hotel | 100 px | {{dts|1875}} | 315 Main St. | Currently Ivanhoe Hotel. Oldest building in historic district. |
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| 100 px | {{dts|1898}} | 325–327 Main St. | The red building on left is part of the Taylor building which has housed the Post Office and a drug store. |
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| 100px | {{dts|1923}} | 334 Main St. | Concrete moderne. |
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| Post Office/ Drug Store Building | 100px | {{dts|1889}} | 337 Main St. | The grey part of the Taylor building at right has been the Post Office and a drug store. |
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| Palace Saloon (M.H. Donnelly Building) | 100px | {{dts|1902}} | 341–353 Main St. | The Palace Saloon is the westernmost saloon in the conterminous 48 U.S. states. |
{{color}} | 12
| Loewenthal's Ferndale Reliable Store | 100px | 344 Main St. | Eastlake-Stick – T. J. Frost, Architect. |
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| 100px | {{dts|1902}} | 350 Main St. | Built as T.H. Brown's Office Building by putting up what is known as a Victorian False-front in 1902. |
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| Rose Mullady's Millinery & Art Needlework Store | 100px | {{dts|1928}} | 358 Main St. | Modernistic building with added Victorian ornament. |
{{color}} | 15
| 100px | {{dts|1902}} | 361 Main St. | Victorian False-front. |
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| 100px | {{dts|1896}} | 362 Main St. | Eastlake-Stick – T.J. Frost, Architect |
{{color}} | 17
| 100 px | {{dts|1900}} | 376 Main St. | Eastlake-Stick – T.J. Frost, Architect. |
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| 100 px | {{dts|1923}} | 385 Main St. | In front of Dan A. Branstetter building. |
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| 100 px | {{dts|1896}} | 393 Main St. | Former gallery of Hobart Brown. |
{{color}} | 20
| 100 px | {{dts|1911}} | 394 Main St. | Neo-Classical – operated as a bank until 2022 (now a retail store). |
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| 100px | {{dts|1924}} | 399–405 Main St. | Mission Revival Style. |
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| Alford's Drug Store/Michel Drug Store | 100px | {{dts|1877}} | 409 Main St. | Italianate storefront. |
{{color}} | 23
| 100px | {{dts|1894}} | 424 Main St. | Victorian False-front built for James Mullady. |
{{color}} | 24
| 100px | {{dts| 1875}} | 425–431 Main St. | Victorian False-front. |
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| 100 px | {{dts|1891}} | 430–436 Main St. | Victorian False-front. |
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| 100 px | {{dts|1920}} | 441–451 Main St. | F. Georgeson, Architect, currently Ferndale Repertory Theatre. |
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| Gill House/Blackburn Building | 100 px | {{dts|1876}} | 444 Main St. | Victorian False-front. |
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| 100px | {{dts|1870}} | 452 Main St. | 1870 residence joined to a 1918 storefront. |
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| 100 px | {{dts|1888}} | 455 Main St. | Modified in 1920, 1948, and 1954. Upper floor subsequently rebuilt and restored by Ferndale Blacksmith Company. |
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| Eel River & Southern Telephone Company Building | 100 px | {{dts|1924}} | 460 Main St. | Mission Revival. |
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| Dahlquist Plumbing & Electrical Shop | 100px | {{dts|1936}} | 468 Main St. | Eastlake-Stick style – T.J. Frost, Architect. |
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| Gill Building/Hiller Building | 100 px | {{dts|1891}} | 476 Main St. | Victorian False-front. |
{{color}} | 33
| 100 px | {{dts|1901}} | 484 Main St. | Queen Anne Style built for S.H. Paine. |
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| 100 px | {{dts|1900}} | 505 Main St. | Italianate (modified late 1940s). |
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| 100 px | {{dts|1930}} | 513–525 Main St. | Mission Revival. |
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| 100 px | {{dts|1930}} | 524 Main St. | Modernistic/Streamline Moderne |
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| 100 px | {{dts|1901}} | 535 Main St. | Victorian False-front. |
{{color}} | 38
| 100 px | {{dts|1901}} | 543 Main St. | Victorian False-front. |
{{color}} | 39
| 100 px | {{dts|1901}} | 561–563 Main St. | Neo-Classical. |
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| S&E Garage and Ford Dealership | 100 px | {{dts|1927}} | 580 Main St. | Modernistic False-front. |
Six other Historic Landmarks, the Shaw House, the Berding House, the Catholic Church of the Assumption Rectory, Ferndale Public Library and the Alford-Nielson House are within the city limits. The Fern Cottage Historic District and F. W. Andreasen–John Rossen House are slightly out of town.
Popular culture
Image:Legoland CA MiniLand Ferndale CA.jpg, and the IOOF hall. The order of the buildings is not the same in reality.]]
=Legoland Model Replica=
Many of Ferndale's buildings have been recreated at the Legoland California theme park – the only American small town represented alongside New York, San Francisco, Las Vegas and other nationally known locations. Ferndale was settled by many Danes, and Lego is a Danish company. In 1995, Legoland staff took hundreds of photos in Ferndale, and used over 1 million Lego bricks to recreate the town in the Miniland section of the park.{{cite news |last=Ringwald |first=George |title=Ferndale's Dan Rather |publisher=North Coast Journal |date=29 July 1999 |url=http://www.northcoastjournal.com/072999/cover0729.html |accessdate=4 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110701060312/http://www.northcoastjournal.com/072999/cover0729.html |archivedate=1 July 2011 }}
=Films and Movies=
Ferndale's historic Main Street has been shown in television and movies since the 1960s. The street is featured in movies like The Majestic, Outbreak, Salem's Lot and A Death in Canaan.
References
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External links
- {{NRHP url|id=93001461|title=National Register of Historic Places digitized photos, January 10, 1994|photos=y}}
- {{NRHP url|id=93001461|title=National Register of Historic Places digitized text, January 10, 1994}}
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