W.W. Powers Building - West Miner Street-Third Street Historic District - Yreka, CA
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N 41° 43.905 W 122° 38.201
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The W.W. Powers Building is located on historic Miner Street in downtown Yreka, CA.
Waymark Code: WMHA4K
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 06/13/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill
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This building is one of many contributing buildings that make up the West Miner Street-Third Street Historic District. There is a historical marker that hangs in front of the W.W. Powers Building on historic W Miner St. There are numerous older buildings along Miner Street that contain historical markers that relate the history of each building. This historic building's marker reads:

W.W. Powers Building
209, 211, 213, 215
W. Miner St.

Originally built in 1879 to accommodate three separate businesses, this structure became the Power's Hotel, a fine two-story, twenty-room affair when the second story was added in 1882. Prior to the installation of room-dividing walls, a "Walking Match" was held upstairs with a purse of $50 to the winner, no doubt a publicity stunt to acquaint people with Mr. Powers' new venture. By 1888, the business became the Clarendon Hotel, was remodeled extensively a year later and wired for electricity in 1897 (first of any Yreka hotel). The Clarendon continued to operate into the 1960s, while an assortment of other businesses occupied the lower level.

I located a nice article on the history of the Powers building here.

Yreka has a few websites devoted to preserving its rich history. Siskiyouhistory.org is a good place to start and breaks up the town's history into groups of years. Yrekapreservation.org contains some nice pictures of original homes and commercial buildings from yesteryear. Finally, Yrekahistory.blogspot.com is a good blog website which contains great stories and events of Yreka's past and all their articles have been archived.

Name of Historic District (as listed on the NRHP): West Miner Street-Third Street Historic District

Link to nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com page with the Historic District: [Web Link]

Address:
209, 211, 213, 215 W. Miner St. Yreka, CA 96079

How did you determine the building to be a contributing structure?: Narrative found on the internet (Link provided below)

Optional link to narrative or database: [Web Link]

NRHP Historic District Waymark (Optional): Not listed
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