- Created: January 11, 2020 2:11 am
- Updated: April 30, 2021 1:14 am
The Humboldt Manufacturing Co.'s general merchandising store was built on this site in 1901 and continues to exist as the south half of the building, but hidden by the 1950s facade. The north half was constructed in 1956, replacing "the finest, most substantial and artistically finished building in Northern California" the two story Bank of Arcata, built in 1890.
The Humboldt Manufacturing Co. building was a new storefront with the always popular center entrance, recessed between large plate glass display windows. The projecting cornice was decorated by a tiny railing and lined with brackets, a row of squares and dentils. The moulded and grooved comer boards terminated in large brackets with finials on top. Another row of dentils extended across the top of the windows, which were set off by mouldings and narrow colonettes.
The Humboldt Manufacturing Co.’s general merchandising store was built on this site in 1901 and continues to exist as the south half of the building, but hidden by the 1950s facade. The north half was constructed in 1956, replacing “the finest, most substantial and artistically finished building in Northern California” the two story Bank of Arcata, built in 1890.
The Humboldt Manufacturing Co. building was a new storefront with the always popular center entrance, recessed between large plate glass display windows. The projecting cornice was decorated by a tiny railing and lined with brackets, a row of squares and dentils. The moulded and grooved comer boards terminated in large brackets with finials on top. Another row of dentils extended across the top of the windows, which were set off by mouldings and narrow colonettes.