Warehouse-garage originally built by William H. Kelley, 1957. The building is abandoned and boarded up. Rotary Park now occupies the space. The Lansing water tower and the Presbyterian Church can be seen in the background, with Schlafer's Garage on the right. The sign on the fence reads, "Marvel's Village Kitchen and Fountain. Old Fashioned Cooking" and refers to a cafe around the corner on Main Street. [...]
Color photograph of the Sankey Gallery on Evergreen Street in Mendocino. (Bill Wagner (photographer), The Bill Wagner Collection, Kelley House Photographs) August 6, 1965 - The Sankey Gallery announced an exhibit of paintings, paint drawings, and reliefs by award-winning artist Ada Garfinkel of Marin County. This Mendocino art gallery was operated by Laura and Elwood Sankey from 1963 to 1971, first on Little Lake Street, but [...]
On the far side of Mendocino, at the east end of Main Street, there is a narrow ribbon of pavement just a few blocks long now called Evergreen Avenue. Its name doesn’t conform to the protocol that most of the other north-south streets follow, which reflects the last names of early families, such as Lansing, Kelley, and Heeser. It refers instead to the nearby cemetery. But [...]
Studio portrait of Thomas Dollard, c. 1875. (Emery Escola, Emery Escola Collection, Kelley House Photographs) August 4, 1879 - Thomas Dollard, Superintendent of the Woods, received a telegram from J. B. Ford of the Mendocino Lumber Company, instructing him not to start work in the Big River woods until he received further orders. Dollard had been preparing to begin work that very morning, hiring men and [...]
Eight men posing in front of the Alhambra Hotel next to a large gaslight, purportedly the first in town, c. 1887. H.B. Seavey, the owner, is standing third from the left wearing a beard and vest without a coat. A tall flagpole, attached to the eave of the false front, sits on the second-story balcony. The balcony is constructed with crossed rails. A hitching post is [...]
The Paoli Hotel in 1941, located on Ukiah Street between Kasten and William Streets. (Dolly Efishoff, Miles Paoli Collection, Kelley House Photographs) August 1, 1881 - Antone Fernandez Luiz purchased a lot on the south side of Ukiah Street, west of Kasten Street. Later that year, J. D. Johnson built a hotel on the site, and Luis began operating the Lisbon House. This hotel catered primarily [...]
Copy of a Carleton Watkin's photograph of the Mendocino Headlands showing the Freundt and Ford House on the south side of Main Street, c. 1863. View is to the northwest, with the Mendocino Bay behind the camera.The Freundt House is on the left and the Ford House is on the far right. The Ford water tower can be partially seen on the far right. Buildings in-between [...]
We need some help from the public – what are these people doing? Several years ago the Kelley House Museum was given this vintage photograph taken around 1924 showing a scene on Main Street, Mendocino. We see costumed performers in front of the former Ford House, which has a large sign on the roof that reads, "BIGGEST ON EARTH." The writing on the back of the [...]
The Jarvis & Nichols store on the corner of Kasten and Main in Mendocino. The Barry Building is to the right of the store. (Kelley House Collection, Kelley House Photographs) July 28, 1883 - The Mendocino Beacon reported that John Barry was enlarging his barber shop on Main Street to provide more room for his shaving parlor and bath rooms. When complete, the building would be [...]
John and Joseph Granskog, behind the bar at the Eagle Saloon located on West Main Street in Mendocino, 1909. Other men are unidentified. Joseph opened up the Eagle Saloon in 1909 but lost his business shortly after when Mendocino went dry. He and his wife, Albertina, returned to Finland with their children for a visit. Albertina stayed in the old country and Joseph returned in 1912 [...]