Chamberlain-Stimmel Building - West Miner Street-Third Street Historic District - Yreka, CA
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N 41° 43.937 W 122° 38.307
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The Chamberlain-Stimmel Building is located on the corner of N Oregon and W. Miner Streets in historic downtown Yreka, CA.
Waymark Code: WMHA6T
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 Chamberlain-Stimmel Building on the corner of N Oregon and W. Miner Streets. 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:

Chamberlain-Stimmel Building
400, 402 W. Miner St.

H.E. Stimmel, a German native, purchased this building from William Chamberlain in 1856, and promptly opened a stove shop. Initially selling parlor and cooking stoves, he gradually expanded his inventory and turned the business into a general hardware store. Shortly after the turn of the century, Mr. Stimmel passed on. The building was sold, renovated with a glass and iron front, and became a grocery, confectionery, and fruit store. Upstairs provided space for the News, a competitive newspaper. In more recent years the building housed a bakery, mortuary, art gallery, and clothing store. Note the tin ceiling that has been restored and meticulously painted.

I located a nice article on the history of the Chamberlain-Stimmel 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is a good blog website which contains great stories and events of Yreka's past and all their articles have been archived.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:
400, 402 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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