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Eureka

Architecture sights in Eureka

  1. A

    Carson Mansion

    The most famous of Eureka's impressive Victorians is the ornate Carson Mansion, 1880s home of lumber baron William Carson, designed by Samuel and Joseph Newsom, the famous 19th-century architects. It took 100 men a full year to build. Today it's a private club.

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  2. Carter House

    Who says they don't build houses like that anymore? The Carter House, was built in the 1980s by bon vivant Mark Carter, using 19th-century blueprints he'd found in an antique store. He's a local celeb; you can meet him at the Hotel Carter, across the street.

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  3. B

    Wedding Mansion

    The pink house opposite the Carson Mansion is the Wedding Mansion. It's an 1884 Queen Anne Victorian by the same architects, built as a wedding gift for Carson's son.

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