{"nrhp_refnum":"00000034","name":"Prairie Creek Fish Hatchery","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Milepost 124.83 on US 101, N of Orick","address_restricted":false,"city":"Orick","county":"Humboldt County","state":"CA","lat":41.33281991000007,"lon":-124.03046404399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-02-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Conservation","Entertainment/Recreation"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic fish hatchery district on Lost Man Creek, east of U.S. Highway 101 about three miles north of Orick, Humboldt County, California, within Redwood National and State Parks. It was built in 1936 on a 6.2-acre parcel using designs by the California Division of Architecture.","why_significant":"The nomination finds the hatchery significant at the state level under Criterion A in the areas of conservation and recreation. It reflects California's fish hatchery policy, which aimed at restoring fish populations and stocking streams for sport fishing, during its state-run years of 1936 to 1946. The surviving buildings, tanks and pipeline crossing still convey the facility's function despite the loss of the dam, reservoir and most of the pipeline.","narrative":"Prairie Creek Fish Hatchery is a cluster of modest wood-frame buildings and concrete water tanks beside Lost Man Creek, just off U.S. Highway 101 north of Orick in Humboldt County. Built in 1936 from California Division of Architecture designs, it originally included a main hatchery building, four houses, a garage-shop, a shed, a 3,000-foot pipeline and a reservoir. Today the district covers a 6.2-acre parcel containing the hatchery, two houses, the garage-shop, the shed, outdoor tanks and a pipeline stream crossing. The dam and reservoir were removed in 1988 and 1989. The site is recognized for its role in California's fish conservation and stocking programs, which served both species restoration and sport fishing. Its period of significance runs from 1936 to 1946. Later, after Redwood National Park surrounded it, the hatchery drew visitors and school groups until it closed in 1992. The remaining structures still show how the operation worked.","period_of_significance":"1936 to 1946","architect_builder":"California Division of Architecture","architectural_style":"Late 19th and early 20th century movement: Vernacular","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Listed as not in use; the hatchery closed on 31 October 1992 and the surviving buildings had windows and doors boarded with plywood at the 1996 survey.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.731491-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/00000034.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000034/9b1a776806-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000034/9b1a776806-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Ellin Beltz","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prairie_Creek_Fish_Hatchery_1.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ellin Beltz</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prairie_Creek_Fish_Hatchery_1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858782","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prairie_Creek_Fish_Hatchery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7237842"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/humboldt-county/prairie-creek-fish-hatchery-00000034/"}