Weaverville Historic District

Weaverville's historic district covers about 11 acres on both sides of Main Street, running roughly 1,800 feet south from Garden Gulch. Around 25 buildings remain from the Gold Rush town named for John Weaver in 1850. Early wooden structures lost to repeated fires were replaced with brick, and by 1858 about 25 brick buildings lined Main Street. Several have upper and lower floors under separate ownership, reached by handmade outside spiral iron staircases. The district also includes the Trinity County Courthouse, built in 1856 and bought by the county in 1865, a drugstore operating since 1855, a bandstand from 1902, and Chinese tamped earth buildings from the 1860s. The Joss House, a Chinese temple rebuilt in 1874 after a fire, anchors the southern end. Weaverville served as the supply hub for miners across a large part of Northern California. Many buildings have been adapted for modern use but keep much of their original character.