{"nrhp_refnum":"11000433","name":"Forest House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4204 CA 3","address_restricted":false,"city":"Yreka","county":"Siskiyou County","state":"CA","lat":41.67355964550006,"lon":-122.68607795241564,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2011-07-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, wood-frame inn and ranch house built circa 1852 on the Yreka-Fort Jones Road about five miles west of Yreka, Siskiyou County, California, with surrounding 19th century barns, an ice house and a bathhouse.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the Forest House is an exceptionally intact example of an early agricultural and tourism-related operation from the earliest settlement period of Siskiyou County. It served as a wayside inn, social gathering place and toll road station, with a sawmill and orchards on the same property. It has been owned by only two family groups in about 150 years and retains original siding, windows, trim and interiors.","narrative":"Forest House is a two-story wood-frame inn built around 1852 beside the Yreka-Fort Jones Road, roughly five miles west of Yreka in Siskiyou County. It sits within a cluster of 19th century barns, an ice house and a bathhouse on a ranch of more than 3,500 acres. The building has a full-width two-story front porch, a central hall and parlor plan, and a rear kitchen wing. Framing came from lumber milled at a sawmill on nearby Yreka Creek. Original weatherboard siding, windows, trim and many interior furnishings survive, including a tavern bar with a combination-lock drawer. In the 1850s the property combined a hotel and way station, a toll road, an orchard and a sawmill, and it hosted dances and group excursions from Yreka. Its significance rests on this early mix of agriculture, travel services and social life, and on its high integrity. The house is now vacant, with serious foundation deterioration from insects and rot.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century: Greek Revival (vernacular hall and parlor plan)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as vacant and not in use. The foundation is in failing condition from powder-post beetle damage and dry rot, and the upper front porch is closed for structural concerns.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:29.531838-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/11000433.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000433/68b2b94845-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000433/68b2b94845-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"George Kramer","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CA_Siskiyou_County_Forest_House_0001.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">George Kramer</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CA_Siskiyou_County_Forest_House_0001.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861973","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85761645"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/siskiyou-county/forest-house-11000433/"}