National Register #93001461: Ferndale Main Street Historic District in Mendocino County, California

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The S. H. Paine Building
(484 Main Street at Washington Street)
was built in 1901.

Photographed 7 July 2007
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National Register #93001461
Ferndale Main Street Historic District
Ferndale

Before American settlement, Ferndale was a glade of giant ferns reaching more than six feet, surrounded by alder, willow, Sitka spruce, Douglas fir, coast redwood, swampy land and windswept prairies. The area was populated by the southern Wiyot people, centered along the Eel River where they caught lamprey eels, salmon and sturgeon in iris leaf fish nets, collected shellfish along the river and at its mouth,[8] while cultivating only a California species of tobacco.

The town was established in 1852 from settlement by Willard Allard, Seth Louis Shaw and his brother Stephen W. Shaw.

Source: Wikipedia

This forty-six acre Historic District contains thirty-nine contributing buildings and one contributing object.

Name	Year	Address	Remarks	Sort Address	Sort Name
Alford Drug Store	1877	409 Main Street		Main 0409	Alford Drug Store
Alford House	1884	207 Francis Street		Francis 0201	Alford House
Brown's Office Building	1902	350 Main Street		Main 0350	Brown's Office Building
Charles A. Doe Building	1901	561-563 Main Street	Neo-Classical	Main 0561	Charles A. Doe Building
D. A. Branstetter Building	1902	361 Main Street		Main 0361	D. A. Branstetter Building
Dahlquist Plumbing & Electrical Shop	1936	468 Main Street		Main 0468	Dahlquist Plumbing & Electrical Shop
Eel River & Southern Telephone Company Building	1924	460 Main Street		Main 0460	Eel River & Southern Telephone Company Building
Enterprise Building	1923	334 Main Street		Main 0334	Enterprise Building
Enterprise Office	1881	219 Francis Street		Francis 0219	Enterprise Office
Faulkner House	1899	230 Francis Street		Francis 0230	Faulkner House
Ferndale Bank	1911	394 Main Street		Main 0394	Ferndale Bank
Ferndale Meat Market	1900	376 Main Street		Main 0376	Ferndale Meat Market
Gill Building/Hiller Building	1891	476 Main Street		Main 0476	Gill Building/Hiller Building
Gill House/Blackburn Building	1876	444 Main Street		Main 0444	Gill House/Blackburn Building
Grangreen-Ward-Gill House	1870	452 Main Street		Main 0452	Grangreen-Ward-Gill House
Hart Theatre	1920	441-451 Main Street	Marquee added in 1935	Main 0441	Hart Theatre
Hiram Hatch Building	1901	543 Main Street		Main 0543	Hiram Hatch Building
Hotel Ivanhoe	1875	315 Main Street		Main 0315	Hotel Ivanhoe
Kemp Building	1930	513-525 Main Street	Mission Revival	Main 0513	Kemp Building
Loewenthal's Ferndale Reliable Store	1900	344 Main Street		Main 0344	Loewenthal's Ferndale Reliable Store
Masonic Temple	1891	212 Francis Street		Francis 0212	Masonic Temple
Masonic-Odd Fellows Hall	1875	425-431 Main Street		Main 0425	Masonic-Odd Fellows Hall
Meng Building	1891	430-436 Main Street		Main 0430	Meng Building
Mullady Building	1894	424 Main Street		Main 0424	Mullady Building
New Hart Building	1924	399-405 Main Street		Main 0399	New Hart Building
Old Red Front Store	1900	505 Main Street	Remodeled in the late 1940s	Main 0505	Old Red Front Store
P. F. Hart Building	1896	393 Main Street		Main 0393	P. F. Hart Building
Paine Building	1901	484 Main Street	See photograph at top of page.	Main 0484	Paine Building
Palace Saloon	1902	341-353 Main Street		Main 0341	Palace Saloon
Petersen's Service Station	1930	524 Main Street		Main 0524	Petersen's Service Station
Post Office/Drug Store Building	1889	337 Main Street		Main 0337	Post Office/Drug Store Building
R. H. Edwards Building	1901	535 Main Street		Main 0535	R. H. Edwards Building
Rings Pharmacy	1896	362 Main Street		Main 0362	Rings Pharmacy
Rose Mullady's Millinery & Art Needlework Store	1928	358 Main Street		Main 0358	Rose Mullady's Millinery & Art Needlework Store
Russ Bank Building (Victorian Inn)	1891	400 Ocean Avenue		Ocean 0400	Russ Bank Building (Victorian Inn)
S&E Garage and Ford Dealership	1927	580 Main Street	False front building.	Main 0580	S&E Garage and Ford Dealership
Taylor Building	1898	325-327 Main Street		Main 0325	Taylor Building
Town Clock	1923	385 Main Street		Main 0385	Town Clock
Williams Building (Gazebo)	1888	475 Main Street	Remodeled in 1920, 1948 and 1954	Main 0475	Williams Building (Gazebo)

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