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depechemoderox:

thedevilstongue:spookyhouse:melodysmuse:Victorian Mansions of Eureka, California

I love this state. Now I wanna drive up to Eureka and see these!Bahhhhh.

I used to want a Victorian styled home so bad. OMG

I kinda still do, but I want to modernize it just a bit.

Oh, hey, someone is talking about the cold armpit of California, and the topic isn’t stoners. 

That said, I’m disappointed at the lack of the Zanone House and the Cottrell House (can’t find a picture of that one that does it justice, unfortunately).

You say cold armpit, I say divinely perfect coastal weather. I lived in Humboldt County for two years & miss the cool rainy climate sooo much! The examples of architecture in both Eureka and Ferndale are Victorian architecture porn at its finest; I especially love the blue one from the corner of 2nd & K Street.

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Carson Mansion- Eureka, California

The mansion is a mix of every major style of Victorian Architecture, including but not limited to the following styles: Eastlake, Italianate, Queen Anne (primary), and Stick, depending on which expert one consults.

I used to live about six blocks away from the Carson Mansion. It’s not open to the public, so I kept trying to wrangle an invitation to see the inside at some point, but that never panned out (though I was younger then—I’m a lot more persuasive & persistent these days). In some ways it’s atrocious—in terms of its pastiche of various styles & fussy ornamentation—but it’s undeniably historic as well as an important tourist attraction, & anything that bolsters the local economy receives my wholehearted support.

And speaking of the local economy, if you ever visit the Carson House, it’s just a few blocks over to Los Bagels, purveyors of excellent nosh; my former BFF & I used to have a standing date there every Wednesday morning, & I always got the garlic bagel with cream cheese—it caused me to breathe naught but green fumes for the next several hours, but it was totally worth it.

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