National Preservation Month Celebration in Arcata
Preservation Month is a way the National Trust for Historic Preservation celebrates America’s built environment and takes place in May. This year, the Historical Sites Society of Arcata, in collaboration with the City of Arcata’s Landmarks Committee, is marking the occasion with a special photographic display.
This exhibit features photographs of Arcata’s properties that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are ten properties included in this photographic display, and the images have been provided by Tom Behtune.
The properties featured in the exhibit vary in age. The oldest amongst them is the Phillips House Museum c1850s (Gothic Revival) and the most recent the Stewart School 1925 (Craftsman period).
In between is the Whaley House 1850’s moved in 1903 (Settlement period), the Nixon House 1861 (Gothic Revival symmetrical cottage), Chapman House 1876 (Victorian Cottage), Pythian Castle 1884 (Victorian period), Schorlig House 1885 (Italianate Victorian), Minor Theater and the Hotel Arcata both built in 1914 and of the (Craftsman Period).
The photographs will be displayed along the corridor leading to the Community Development Department in Arcata City Hall during the months of May and June. City Hall is open Monday thru Thursday from 9-5 and Friday from 9-noon
Happy 2026!
Our first newsletter of the year has been published. Click here to read about the 1980s rehabilitation of the Phillips House, the Union Plank Walk, Rail Track and Wharf Company Railroad, and more.