Publication Date
11-1988
Abstract
The house at 1086 I Street was built for Isaac Minor by local contractor Theodore Dean in 1884 (Humboldt Standard, 2 Oct. 1884). During that same year, Dean oversaw the construction of two other houses and a store on the Minor Block. The milliner's shop at 1057 H Street was the first to be built (Humboldt Standard, 11 Feb. 1884), followed by Minor's own residence at the southwest corner of 11th and H Streets (Humboldt Standard, 18 July, 31 July, 2 Oct. 1884). The Minor Cottages at 1086 and 1068 I Street were built that fall (Humboldt Standard, 2 Oct. 1884.) George F. Costerisan of Eureka was the architect for the milliner's shop and Minor's house, Dean was the builder, and Foster and Mowry of Eureka did the mill work.
This house raises an issue which needs to be addressed in the City's planning process, and that is, how to retain components of the community's built environment which in themselves do not justify historic designation but whose alteration or removal could affect nearby structures, a neighborhood's character, and cumulatively cause significant changes in the historic/architectural fabric of the City.