Charles Bibend Building - Turner Hall - West Miner Street-Third Street Historic District - Yreka, CA
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N 41° 43.923 W 122° 38.290
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The Charles Bibend Building is located on W. Miner St. in historic downtown Yreka, CA.
Waymark Code: WMHA6J
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 Charles Bibend Building on W. Miner St. There are numerous older buildings along Miner Street that contain historical markers that relate the history of each building, a few mentioning the great fire of 1871 that swept through downtown Miner St. This historic building's marker reads:

Charles Bibend Building
Turner Hall
329 W. Miner St.

Between 1856 and 1866 this building housed a general merchandise store, tin shop, and grocery business. Sometime before the turn-of-the-century, however, it became known as Turner Hall, meeting place for Yreka social and business groups. This included the Turnverien Club organized in the 1860s by a group of early pioneers who came to the area during the gold rush. (Turnverien is a German word for 'athletic' or 'gymnastic.') The Club arched the ceiling, put a new roof on the "Hall" and hung large chandeliers for lighting. Planners for the Yreka Western Railroad also met here from 1882-1890.

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is a good blog website which contains great stories and events of Yreka's past and all their articles have been archived.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:
329 W. Miner St. Yreka, CA 96097

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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