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Shaw House (Ferndale, California)
The Shaw House, also known as the Shaw House Inn, is a historic Carpenter Gothic Victorian architecture, Victorian style house located at 703 Main Street in Ferndale, California, Ferndale, Humboldt County, California. It served historically as a courthouse, a post office, and a single-family dwelling. History The Shaw House was built in 1854 by Seth Shaw, who with his brother Stephen William Shaw, Stephen W. Shaw had arrived by canoe in 1852 to build a cabin, clear some land, claim it and found the town of Ferndale. Despite long-standing local legend, the house was not inspired by Nathaniel Hawthorne's House of the Seven Gables, but rather by the home of Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo in Sonoma, California, Sonoma, California which had been drawn and painted by Stephen W. Shaw. In the early days, the Shaw House served as the area's first courthouse as well as post office. The building was owned by the family, vacant for several years at the end, until sold in 1967. Fully restored by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferndale, California
Ferndale is a city in Humboldt County, California, United States. Its population was 1,371 at the 2010 census, down from 1,382 at the 2000 census. The city contains dozens of well-preserved Victorian storefronts and homes. Ferndale is the northern gateway to California's Lost Coast and the city, which is sited on the edge of a wide plain near the mouth of the Eel River, is also located near the extensive preserves of coast redwood forests. History Before American settlement, Ferndale was a glade of giant ferns reaching more than , surrounded by alder, willow, Sitka spruce, Douglas fir, coast redwood, swampy land, and windswept prairies. The area was populated by the southern Wiyot people, and centered along the Eel River, where they caught lamprey eels, salmon and sturgeon in iris leaf fish nets, collected shellfish along the river and at its mouth, while cultivating only a California species of tobacco. The town was established in 1852 from settlement by Willard Allard, Set ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
