468 Main Street - Ferndale Main Street Historic District - Ferndale, California
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The historic Fritz Dahlquist Plumbing & Electrical Shop at 468 Main Street in Ferndale, California
Waymark Code: WMJV6Q
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 01/01/2014
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The historic Fritz Dahlquist Plumbing & Electrical Shop at 468 Main Street in Ferndale, California. This single-story, false front, commercial building has a recessed, central entranceway flanked by large, plate glass windows was constructed in 1936. Fritz Dalhlquist opened his first plumbing and electric shop in Ferndale about 1911. His store was located in various spots throughout those years until he built this building in 1936, but he went out of business in 1938 and he sold the building in 1946.
Ferndale Main Street Historic District is associated with the dairy town of Ferndale, California. The historic district extends along Main Street from Shaw Street to Francis Street and is surrounded by historic residential neighborhoods. Buildings within the district represent two distinct architectural periods, the Late Victorian era of the 19th century (1880 - 1900) and the Early Modernistic period of the 20th century (1920 - 1936). The Victorian buildings are primarily one and two story commercial false fronts with elaborate cornices, fanciful bay windows, and glass storefronts. The Modernistic buildings are almost all one story, false front commercial structures with plain, stucco parapets and glass storefronts.
The Ferndale Main Street Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 10, 1994.
More details about the buildings in the Ferndale Main Street Historic District can be found at: (
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