Old Town Eureka in Eureka, California, is a historic district listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places. It is a 350-acre (1.4 km2) area containing 154 buildings mostly from the Victorian era. The core of the district runs the length of First, Second, and Third Streets, between "C" and "M" Streets, and includes many types of architecture including Eastlake, Queen Ann, Greek Revival, Classical Revival, and Second Empire styles from the 1850s to the 20th century. Though not officially within the district, the Carson Mansion commands the highest elevation at the eastern edge of the district.
Near 2nd & "F" Streets in Old Town
Eureka's California State Historical marker, #477 is located on a plaque near the intersection of Third and "E" Streets
Victorian Commercial buildings on the south side of Second Street.
The Clarke Historical Museum, located in the former Bank of Eureka, designed by Albert Pissis, 1911.
Eureka is a city and the county seat of Humboldt County, located on the North Coast of California. The city is located on U.S. Route 101 on the shores of Humboldt Bay, 270 miles (435 km) north of San Francisco and 100 miles (161 km) south of the Oregon border. At the 2020 census, the population of the city was 26,512. As of the 2010 census, the population of Greater Eureka was 45,034.
Aerial view: Eureka on Humboldt Bay
Mill yard across the bay from Eureka
The Carson Mansion (1886) in Eureka's Old Town
The Tudor Revival–style Eureka Inn (1922)