Livingston and Brothers Building - West Miner Street-Third Street Historic District - Yreka, CA
N 41° 43.915 W 122° 38.253
10T E 530142 N 4620075
The Livingston and Brothers Building is located on historic Miner Street in downtown Yreka, CA.
Waymark Code: WMHA5Q
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 06/13/2013
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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 Livingston and Brothers 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:
Livingston and Brothers Building
311-313 W. Miner St.Built in 1854, this one-story "fireproof" brick building immediately became a general merchandise store that operated under several owners until 1865 when the Forest House Fruit and Cider Store opened for business, sharing space with the California/Oregon Stage Company. Later, A. E. Raynes bought the building and joined forces with C. H. Pyle to run a bookstore and the post office. The most notable 20th century business began in 1920 when the Pollock Brothers established a dry goods store at the site that lasted 35 years. A jewelry store, dry cleaning outfit, and stationery business followed making use of the building's spacious interiors for the purveyance of goods and services.
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I located a nice article on the history of the Livingston and Brothers 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is a good blog website which contains great stories and events of Yreka's past and all their articles have been archived.