Guilbert Building - West Miner Street-Third Street Historic District - Yreka, CA
N 41° 43.913 W 122° 38.210
10T E 530202 N 4620072
The Guilbert Building is located on the corner of W. Miner and 3rd Streets in historic downtown Yreka, CA.
Waymark Code: WMHA4T
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 06/13/2013
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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 Guilbert Building on the corner of 3rd and W Miner Streets (the heart of the historic district). There are numerous older buildings along Miner Street that contain historical markers that relate the history of each building, including a few mentioning Yreka's great fire of 1871. This historic building's marker reads:
Guilbert Building
(Siskiyou County Bank Building)
216 W. Miner St. The Italianate-style building was put up after the fire of 1871 burned an earlier 1850s structure. Rebuilt in brick, the rear was used as a soda factory while the front became an auction house and later a space for county fair exhibits. The building's banking tradition began in 1886 when the Siskiyou County Bank and Wells Fargo & Company Express Agency moved in. In 1899, a totally remodeled building with the addition of a second floor was evenetually leased for law offices which conducted business until 1968. The Miner Street level housed numerous banking operations until the last, Bank of America, vacated in 1955.
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I located a nice article on the history of the Guilbert 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is a good blog website which contains great stories and events of Yreka's past and all their articles have been archived.