204 W. Miner St. - Yreka, CA
N 41° 43.908 W 122° 38.192
10T E 530227 N 4620063
This historical marker is located at the Baldwin Block on historic Miner Street in downtown Yreka, CA.
Waymark Code: WMH3WA
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 05/17/2013
Views: 3
This historical marker hangs in front of 204 W. Miner St. on what's known as the Baldwin Block. There are numerous older buildings along Miner Street that contain historical markers that relate the history of each building, a few mentioning Yreka's great fire of 1871. This historic building's marker reads:
204 W. Miner St. When the Baldwin Block was completed in 1882, this section was rented first and became a saloon with a shooting gallery and pool table. By 1892 the building was being used as a sample room for the Clarendon Hotel across the street. Extensive improvements were made before a drug store moved in around 1900, followed by a general mercantile and a number of other retail establishments. The interior has been remodeled several times for modernization and to create space for merchandising.
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This building is currently home to Ohlund's Office Supply, a business that looks to have been here for many years and longer than any other business I've noticed on W. Miner St.
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is a good blog website which contains great stories and events of Yreka's past and all their articles have been archived.