Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
The F Street Plaza and Boardwalk run along the waterfront at the foot of F St. Gallery
openings fall on the first Saturday of every month.
Blue Ox Millworks & Historic Park HISTORIC BUILDING
( www.blueoxmill.com ; adult/child 6-12yr $10/5; 9am-4pm Mon-Sat; )
One of only seven of its kind in America, antique tools and mills are used to produce au-
thentic gingerbread trim for Victorian buildings; one-hour self-guided tours take you
through the mill and historical buildings, including a blacksmith shop and 19th-century
skid camp. Kids love the oxen.
Romano Gabriel Wooden Sculpture Garden GARDENS
(315 2nd St)
The coolest thing to gawk at downtown is this collection of whimsical outsider art that's
enclosed by aging glass. For 30 years, wooden characters in Gabriel's front yard delighted
locals. After he died in 1977, the city moved the collection here.
Clarke Historical Museum MUSEUM
( www.clarkemuseum.org ; 240 E St; suggested donation $3; 11am-4pm Wed-Sat)
The best community historical museum on this stretch of the coast houses a set of typically
musty relics - needlework hankies and paintings of the area's history-making notables (in
this case Ulysses Grant, who was once dismissed from his post at Fort Humboldt for
drunkenness). Its best collection is that of intricately woven baskets from local tribes.
Carson Mansion HISTORIC BUILDING
( GOOGLE MAP ; 143 M St)
Of Eureka's fine Victorian buildings the most famous is the ornate 1880s home of lumber
baron William Carson. It took 100 men a full year to build. Today it's a private men's club.
The pink house opposite, at 202 M St, is an 1884 Queen Anne Victorian designed by the
same architects and built as a wedding gift for Carson's son.
Sequoia Park PARK
( www.sequoiaparkzoo.net ; 3414 W St; park free, zoo adult/child $5/3;
zoo 10am-5pm May-Sep,
Tue-Sun Oct-Apr;
)
Search WWH ::




Custom Search