1. 520 Main Street - Native Daughtersof The Golden West Museum

Built in 1894. It has served as Town Hall, Fire Dept. and Library. The basement was used as the town jail. 

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2. 511 Main Street - Scott Valley Drug Store

Built in 1880 by Parker, Campbell & Co. as a mercantile. In 1896 the business became known as the Denny Bar & Parker Co. The upper floor of this building was used as the first classroom of the Etna High School. The building has also provided space at various times for the post office, telegraph and express offices.

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Built in 1904 Architecturally interesting because of its hipped roof and gable with return eaves.Grant and his brother William had various gold mining interests at Sawyers Bar and owned a variety of businesses throughout the valley.

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Built in 1883 Home of one of the pioneer doctors of Siskiyou County. Now operated as an apartment building, this home displays a barge-board on its gable end and has hooded windows.

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5. 608 Main Street - R.H. CAMPBELL HOME.

Built prior to 1880 and added on to in 1906 by A.H.Denny. Denny was Campbell’s partner in the Denny Bar and Campbell Co. as well as having Quartz Valley mining interests.

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6. 642 Main Street - DR. E.W. BATHURST HOME

Built prior to 1860 by Judge J.S. Beard and enlarged in 1898 by Dr Bathurst. The home features a cupola, a

leaded glass transom and side lights.

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7. 637 Main Street - FRENCH HOME

Built in 1875. Mr. French was the first elementary school teacher and was instrumental in forming the Congregational Church. This house and the one next door (to the south) were identical when built.

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Built in 1881 Originally dedicated as the First Congregational Church of Etna. The Sunday School wing was added in 1910. This is the oldest church in Etna.

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Built in 1895. Originally a modest one story dwelling that has grown upward and outward over the decades.

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Built 1877. Mr. Eller carried mail over the Salmon Mountains, served as Postmaster and later owned the Hardware Store. Currently operated as a bed and breakfast.

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Build circa 1877. Dr. Eller, a dentist in Etna for 54 years, built one of the most beautiful homes in Etna. The house features a turret, bell-cast shingles, shiplap, stick-work and a decorative pattern above the east porch.

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12. 835 Bryan Street - TETHEROW HOUSE

The house is constructed entirely of redwood shipped from the coast by mule. Mr. Tetherow used only the very finest lumber and it is said he wood.

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13. College and Howell Streets - ABE BAR HOME

Built during 1899-1900 by Abe Bar who was a local merchant and partner with Mr. Denny and Mr. Parker. The home was remodeled and added on to in the 1950’s.

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14. 248 College Street - JAMES FACEY HOME

Built in 1898 by James Facey, a carpenter, for his wife as a wedding gift. Notice the fish scale shingling and fret work all around the house.

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15. 238 College Street - JAMES FACEY HOME

Built in 1899 by James Facey after his new bride rejected the first house because it didn’t have a downstairs bedroom. This house was known as the Gingerbread House because of the extensive exterior carvings.

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Built in 1905 by the pharmacist for his bride-tobe (who was possibly the first woman to graduate from Stanford University, and was Siskiyou County’s first Superintendent of Schools). This was the first house in Etna to have an indoor water closet and was featured in Sunset Magazine in 1915.

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Built in 1881, the lower floor of the Odd Fellows Hall has been used as a public dance hall, a school (when the school building burned in 1910) and a post office. 

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Built circa 1897. The building contained 10 stoves, five on each floor, but only one bathtub, one toilet and no wash basins at all.

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Built circa 1877 with structures of brick, stone and wood. The stone building between the Barber Shop and Off To The Movies, dates from about 1871. Although earlier buildings existed, they were destroyed in three fires.

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Built circa 1929 on the site of the Rough and Ready Flour Mill, the business that gave Etna its start in 1853. This building was the first home of the Etna Free Library and now houses the City Hall.

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Built in 1867 at a cost of $3,044. One of the Lodge’s outstanding members was Dr. Nutting, who served as Grand Master of California in 1904.

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Built in 1890, not much is known about this home.

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Built in 1898. The Wagner family was one of the early settlers in the valley. Mr. Wagner opened a saloon in Rough and Ready.

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Built in 1896. The owner Ludwig Holzhouser operated the Union Lumber Mill.

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Built around 1853. Mr. Pittman combined two small houses to make a larger home for his family. He owned the marble mill and also purchased the old saw mill grant which included some of the northern part of town.

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