1857 marked the building completion of the Jacoby Storehouse and it's also a California State Historic Landmark The wooden floors and the sound the boards make as shoppers traverse from one whimsical store to the next is an unforgettable western, Victorian museum-like shopping experience. The warm, wooden framing of the structure harkens back to the Gold Rush of Arcata which Northern California and its logging history is charmingly known for. A tour of Arcata is not complete without a stop by several places that will really give one a feel for the area and the Jacoby Storehouse with its history, and plaza location make the options here a specifically charming stop. The Eureka and Arcata areas of Humboldt were founded in 1850, so the Storehouse with its brick and stone edifice being completed just 7 years later is a testament to its historical value and the incredible draw such a building was in a town with no other imposing multi-storied, stone buildings in the last of the old West American frontier. read more