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Jacoby Building
Historical Landmark in Arcata, California, United States
Jacoby Building, Jacoby's Storehouse, is a historical building in Arcata, California built in 1857 in Humboldt County. The Jacoby Building had a second and third floor addition added later, in 1907 by architect Warren Porter Skillings. The Jacoby Building was built for Agustus Jacoby out of brick and stone, thus survived the 1875 fire. A number of general stores operated out of the building supplying goods to mining camps in the Klamath Mountains and Trinity Mountains. The building was used for shelter protection during Native American Wiyot Tribe conflict from 1858 through 1864. Part of the conflict was the 1860 Wiyot massacre. Agustus Jacoby sold the building to A. Brizard in 1880. Jacoby Building is the only original historical building in Arcata. The Jacoby Building is California Historical Landmark site No. 783. Jacoby Building is also on the National Register of Historic Places No. 30 (#82002179). Across the street from the building is the Arcata Plaza with a lawn and flowerbeds. For years the Arcata Plaza had a 8.5-foot tall bronze statue of President William McKinley (1843-1901), the statue was forged in San Francisco in the early 1900s. Vandalism acts was one of the reasons for the 2018 vote to remove the statue. Likewise, the Jacoby Building Historical Landmark Marker from June 8, 1963, has been removed.[1][2][3] Augustus Jacoby' was an early pioneer to Arcata arriving in 1850. Jacoby operated the general store and an Arcata hotel. He started by taking supplies to the local miners on pack animals.[4]
