Ferndale Meat Co. - Ferndale, CA
N 40° 34.573 W 124° 15.845
10T E 393008 N 4492482
The Ferndale Meat Co. has been a meat market at this site since 1881. The current building was erected in 1900.
Waymark Code: WM18N2R
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 08/27/2023
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The Ferndale Meat Co. building is an example of Italianate Victorian architecture, as shown by its decorative, painted cornice and eave overhang at the roofline.
The National Register of Historic Places highlights Ferndale Meat Company as contributing building No. 39 as part of the Ferndale Downtown Historic District (registered in 1994) and has the following statements of significance to describe this structure:
This single-story, false front, Victorian building has two store fronts that are wonderfully intact. The building was designed by architect and artist, T.J. Frost. Flat pilasters divide the shop windows and rise from the ground level to the top of the transom lights. Presently the transoms are not visible. The capitals and the decoration of the pilasters on this building are very similar in design to the pilasters found on the Masonic Temple (1391) and the Village Inn (1890), also T.J. Frost designs.
Two, narrow double doors with 2/3rds glass uppers lead into the meat market. The office to the south has a recessed entrance with a multi-lite glass door with fanlights and transom above. Two, narrow, round pilasters flank either side of this entrance.
A band of dentils delineates the storefronts from the upper portion of the false front. Signage with the words "Ferndale Meat Co." is applied to the facade in large letters, centered over the storefronts. Above this is a fanciful frieze decorated with wood trim including dentils and brackets spaced close together.
Since 1900, the north half of the building has been used as a meat market. The south half was used as a harness shop, candy store and in 1931 the interior was "extensively remodeled" for Cumings Variety Store.
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