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Join us for tea!

The Annual Holiday Tea is Sunday, December 9th from 2-4 at the Phillips House Museum.
Come and enjoy great company, sip tea from china cups and partake of holiday treats.

HSSA Newsletters Are Here

The Fall 2018 issue of the HSSA Newsletter includes memories of the Plaza fire of November 12, 1979, by Alex Stillman, along with news of the interns, docents and volunteer board members who keep the Historic Sites Society of Arcata so active.

"The Silent Workforce: Women in the Woods," the Plaza without McKinley?, remembering Civil Defense and the dedication of Redwood National Park, all were in the Summer 2018 issue of the Historic Sites Society of Arcata Newsletter, available here.

The Spring 2018 HSSA News is available, with the third and final part of the Arcata Creamery Building history by Sean Kearns, thoughts on historic preservation and the McKinley statue by Dan Hauser, and more. Read now and share.

Part two of the 100-year history of the Arcata Creamery Building, along with a biographical look at one of Arcata's most accomplished 20th century women, Jessie Turner Woodcock, are available for reading here in the February 2018 HSSA News.

The Arcata Creamery Building turns 100, and Sean Kearns reviews its varied history in the November HSSA News. Download it or read online.

Return to the Potawot Indian Health Village 20 years after construction, in the Fall 2017 HSSA News. Download it now.

Fires that changed downtown Arcata forever, and the value of a horde of coins in the Caskey collection are featured in the Spring 2017 HSSA News, available here.

The Big Cutoff on the Mad River in 1862 is the subject of the lead story by Don Tuttle in the Winter 2017 HSSA News. Read it here.

The Fall 2016 HSSA News features a story on the Arcata and Mad River Shay Locomotive #7 by Dan Hauser. Download the Fall 2016 HSSA News.

National Historic Preservation Month, updates to the Phillips House Museum, the lumber mills of Arcata and more are featured in the Summer 2016 HSSA News. Get it here.

The Winter 2016 HSSA News describes how the photo collection at the Phillips House is organized and available, what a typical kitchen looked like in the 1920s, and answers some questions you may have had about the Horel House. Download it now.

Sunday is the only day to tour the Museum between 2-4. Visit our living museum. The main gallery has a photographic display of Arcata from 1850 to 1950 and provides an excellent journey through Arcata's history.

Arcata Featured by Office of Historic Preservation

The California Office of Historic Preservation newsletter, "Preservation Matters," features Arcata's historic preservation program in its first issue of 2016, in a piece written by City of Arcata Senior Planner Alyson Hunter. Read it here.

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