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Carson Mansion
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Eureka, California has one of the largest concentrations of historically significant Victorian style buildings in America. The Carson Mansion is the most famous and most photographed Victorian in the city of Victorians and possibly the United States. Located at 143 M Street, the house was designed by the Newsom Brothers (Samuel and Joseph Cather Newsom) of San Francisco and was constructed in 1884-85 for William and Sarah Carson. The style of the house has been referred to as eclectic Queen Anne Victorian. It is an American style of architecture derived from many sources, but none predominately. It is a mix of every major style of Victorian Architecture, including, but not limited to, Eastlake, Second Empire (French), Italianate, Queen Anne (primary), and Stick. A nationally known architectural historian described the home as "a baronial castle in Redwood..." and stated that "The illusion of grandeur in the house is heightened by the play on scale, the use of fanciful detail and the handling of mass as separate volumes, topped by a lively roofscape." The house took over one hundred men over two years to construct. The house is build primarily of redwood, but Mr. Carson imported 97,000 feet of primavera or "white mahogany" from Central America, along with other woods and onyx from the Philippines, East India, and Mexico. The interiors include stained glass, plasterwork, and carved ornaments in exotic woods. The building is in the same condition as when it was first constructed and the property has always been meticulously maintained. William Carson (July 15, 1825 – February 20, 1912) arrived in San Francisco from New Brunswick, Canada in 1849. He attempted gold mining in the Trinity Mountains region but failed. One winter he hauled logs from the Freshwater slough to the Pioneer Mill on the shores of Humboldt Bay. He may have been the first to fell a tree for commercial purposes on Humboldt Bay. By the mid 1850s he was shipping Redwood lumber to San Francisco and owned an interest in the ships used. He shipped the first cargo of redwood lumber from Humboldt Bay to San Francisco, where previously only spruce and fir timber had been shipped. In 1863 Carson and John Dolbeer formed the Dolbeer and Carson Lumber Company. Milling operations at the original Humboldt Bay site continued well into the 1970s, but the Carson heirs left the area in the 1950s. In 1864 William Carson married Sarah Wilson in San Francisco. Sarah was originally from his home town in New brunswick, Canada. They had four children, John Milton, Carlotta, Charles Sumner, and William Wilson. The Carsons owned a home in Bucksport where they lived in a small house. In 1872, they moved to a farmhouse on the bluff at the head of Second Street near the Carson and Dolbeer's Bay Mill. Mrs. Carson was a well respected woman in her community and was a modest woman and is said to have enjoyed her simple farmhouse home on the bluff on Second Street more than the Mansion. The Carson Family lived in the farmhouse until sometime after October 1885, when they moved into their new Mansion. The Carson Mansion was owned by the descendants of William Carson until 1950, when it was sold to the Ingomar Club. The mansion has been home to the Ingomar Club since 1950. While the mansion is private and there are no private tours, the Ingomar - the private club that owns the home - guards the privacy of their club, and thus the mansion, allowing no possibility of outside influence. The home and grounds are never open to the public. In later years, a new mill office was built on the location of the Carson's small Second Street home. The home was moved to its present location on Third Street and is now operated as a Bed and Breakfast Inn. The Carson Mansion is included in the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) as Catalog number CA-1911. Address: 143 M Street Old Town, Eureka, California. |
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