{"nrhp_refnum":"90000444","name":"McCloud","other_names":["McCloud Historic District"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Columbero Dr., Main St., W. Minnesota Ave., and Lawndale Ct.","address_restricted":false,"city":"McCloud","county":"Siskiyou County","state":"CA","lat":41.25357047350005,"lon":-122.13950772305206,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-03-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district of 17 contributing buildings along Main Street and adjoining streets in McCloud, Siskiyou County, California, covering the commercial center, residences, churches and company administration buildings of a lumber company town built from the 1890s to the 1930s.","why_significant":"The district is tied to the McCloud River Railroad and Lumber Company, which operated the town from 1896 until 1963 (Criterion A). It is also the main surviving collection of buildings from McCloud's early life as a company town, many in a log-sided rustic style (Criterion C). Statewide, such towns are not plentiful.","narrative":"McCloud's historic district preserves the core of a Northern California lumber company town on the slopes of Mt. Shasta. It includes the commercial center along Main Street, modest weatherboard homes, three churches, and buildings from the McCloud River Lumber Company's administration. Seventeen buildings contribute, dating from the 1890s to the 1930s, with most built before 1920. Many are log-sided in a rustic style, including the railroad depot, the Catholic church and the company manager's house, while the hotel shows a more refined Colonial Revival look. The town grew from small sawmill settlements of the 1880s after investors incorporated the McCloud River Railroad in 1896. The company then ran the town until 1963, operating the store, hotel, offices and railroad that linked logging camps to national markets. The district is recognized for its link to that company and for being a rare, well-preserved example of a company town in California, with a period of significance of 1899 to 1940.","period_of_significance":"1899-1940","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Gothic Revival; Neo-classical Revival; Other: rustic","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Integrity is described as high, with only two non-contributing buildings and one non-contributing site. Many buildings remain in use as shops, churches, a museum, inns and offices. The Milky Way Restaurant is noted as vacant for over 20 years.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:28.115291-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/90000444.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000444/bcba8d67cd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000444/bcba8d67cd-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"brewbooks from near Seattle, USA","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Allis_Chalmers_Steam_Engine_-_Flickr_-_brewbooks.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">brewbooks from near Seattle, USA</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Allis_Chalmers_Steam_Engine_-_Flickr_-_brewbooks.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861983","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCloud,_California","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3306166"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/siskiyou-county/mccloud-90000444/"}