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 Peters & DeWitt Building - West Miner Street-Third Street Historic District - Yreka, CA
N 41° 43.932 W 122° 38.293
10T E 530086 N 4620105
The Peters & DeWitt Building is located on the corner of N Oregon and W. Miner Streets in historic downtown Yreka, CA.
Waymark Code: WMHA6M
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 06/13/2013
Views: 2
This building is one of many contributing buildings that make up the West Miner Street-Third Street Historic District. There are two historical markers that hang in front of the Peters & DeWitt Building on 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 markers read:
Peters & DeWitt Building
300, 332 W. Miner St. 330 Two buildings rested on this site in the 1850s, one a brewery and the other a bakery that advertised 12 loaves of bread for $1.00. Fire broke out in the bakery in 1864 destroying all of its contents and much of the surrounding structures. The brewery, however, reopened a week later. Other businesses, including a photographic studio, opened and closed until 1897 when Godfrey Peters and Robert DeWitt constructed a new two-story Richardsonian Romanesque-inspired brick and stone building on the lot. DeWitt's Bee Hive grocery store moved in the downstairs corner while the upper story served the Knights of Pythias lodge and several dentists' parlors. The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks bought the building in 1960.
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Peters & DeWitt Building
300, 332 W. Miner St. 332 Godfrey Peters converted the east half of this building into a theater in 1904. The Peter's Opera House, complete with a sloped floor, stage and two balconies, opened to a packed house with the showing of a five-act play. A bandstand was built over the sidewalk for outdoor music and a speaker forum. The Home Market purchased the theater in 1946 and renovated it to expand their grocery business. When the Elks purchased the building in 1960, this half of the downstairs was remodeled into a banquet hall.
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I located a nice article on the history of the Peters & DeWitt 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:
300, 332 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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