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Show Form No . 10·3pO" 'Rev. 10· 74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR NPS USE ONLY RECEIVED N.ATIONAL REGISTER OF mSTORIC PLACES INVENTOR Y -- NOMINA TION FORM CONTI NUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER . ·1 IDATE ENTERED 7 PAGE 5 usually wood, sometimes stone, that comprised the mine's surface plant. Concrete fm.mdations are all that remain of various mills and smelters. The physical relationships of buildings to each other are ~ndernic of mining dis tricts and areas. Eureka's tOlffi layout fol101-1S the geographical character :' '3 tics of the area--primarily the hilly topography. All commercial enterprises, am'. various institutional stru.ctures, are all located on one long main street, nmning thF mgh the center of tm..n. Wood, brick, and stone buildings run along the street ,..'1. t h varying cornice heights. About half the original structures have been removed, but the south side of ~fain Street remains much the same. Geographically, headframes and mine surface plants exist in Eureka City; thus, a closeness in physical relationship between the various building types. In other areas of thernultiple resource district headframes are scattered, but the remnants of are d~~s and railroad grades in the vicinity creates a vision of cospatibility llild continuity· of the mining theme. . ·A breakd01ffi of the approximate percentages of building types is as fol101';S: Residential Commercial Institutional Industrial 84% 5% 4% 7% 1~1e heaviest concentration of these structures 1S found in the proposed Eureka >iistoric District. Some known archeological sites do exist in the area (and are noted) but an in-dep~l archeological survey of the district has not been completed. |
