National Register #90000444: McCloud Historic District in Siskiyou County, California

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National Register of Historic Places in Siskiyou County, California

Mount Shasta
19 September 2006
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National Register #90000444
McCloud Historic District
Bounded by Main, Columbero, West Minnesota, and Lawndale
McCloud

The McCloud Historic District covers 130 acres and contains seventeen contributing buildings.

In 1896, William Van Arsdale and George Scott incorporated a company in the McCloud River Valley on the slopes of Mount Shasta, a dormant volcano. The McCloud River Railroad and Lumber Company remained independent until 1963 with McCloud as its company town.

Contributing Buildings Sequenced By Address
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Name	Year	Address	Remarks
St. John's Episcopal Church	1922	416 California Street
McCloud Community Presbyterian Church	1905	428 California Street
St. Joseph's Catholic Church	1931	213 Colombero Drive
St. Joseph's Rectory	1905	217 Colombero Drive
Park Motor Hotel	1905	309 Colombero Drive	Originally a boarding house for unmarried male employees.
McCloud River Lumber Company	1900	325 Lawndale Court
Company Manager's Home	1900	352 Lawndale Court
Hogan House	1904	424 Lawndale Court	Originally the residence of the town's second doctor.
McCloud River Mercantile Company	1899	222-245 Main Street	In 1906, the McCloud River Lumber Company took over this store and made it the company store.
Piazza	1904	301-305 Main Street	Originally a cleaning shop. A 1919 addition housed a barber shop.
McCloud Post Office	1904	310 Main Street
Milky Way Restaurant	1905	316 Main Street	Originally a restaurant.
McCloud Heritage Junction Museum	1904	320 Main Street	The building was originally a pool hall for white lumbermen. All others - including Latinos, Orientals and Greeks - were denied entrance. In 1943, when the workers succeeded in unionizing the McCloud River Lumber Company, this building became the union hall.
McCloud River Railroad Depot	1929	325 Main Street
McCloud Hotel	1916	408 Main Street	The hotel was built to house unmarried employees. The top floor was a dorm, and the first and second floors had private rooms, some with baths. In 1925, the hotel had 116 beds and a library. Monthly rent for a bunk bed in the dorm was $11.00.
McCloud Cookhouse	1934	424 Main Street	Built in 1934 to replace a company cafeteria destroyed by fire.
Shoemaker's House and Workshop	1905	304 West Minnesota Avenue	Originally a church meeting hall, then a shoemaker's house and workshop.

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