Bank of Loleta

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. 7 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1944.

From the record

One of 52 National Register listings published here for Humboldt County · listed in 1985 · category: Building.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 358 Main St., Loleta, 95551
When was it listed? February 1985
Category. building
Census division. Fortuna
Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
National Register reference number. 85000354 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Then and now

1944 to 1987

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 43 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Bank of Loleta, surveyed 1987

Topographic sheet covering Bank of Loleta, surveyed 1944

Fires near this property

123 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Bank of Loleta between 1992 and 2020, burning about 73 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	48
Equipment and vehicle use	31
Debris and open burning	21
Recreation and ceremony	10
Arson/incendiarism	5
Smoking	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Natural	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
9 September 1994	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Humboldt-Del Norte Unit	BLUFF
8 September 2014	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Humboldt-Del Norte Unit	LOLETA
27 September 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Humboldt-Del Norte Unit	FERNBRIDGE
27 September 1993	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Humboldt-Del Norte Unit	CHRIS
27 September 1992	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Humboldt-Del Norte Unit	MORGAN
26 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Humboldt-Del Norte Unit	CARROLL RD LOLETA
26 September 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	Humboldt-Del Norte Unit	BEAR
24 September 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Humboldt-Del Norte Unit	LOLETA

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Bank of Loleta: 6 producers, 3 prospects, 1 occurrence. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Table Bluff	Clay	Occurrence
Unnamed Location	Clay	Prospect	Sedimentary
Ell River Crushing Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Fernbridge Gravel Bar	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Fortuna Bar	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Fortuna Sand and Gravel	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Mencer Fraser Co	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Prospect
Singley Bar Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unnamed Location	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Prospect	Sedimentary
Worswick Gravel Bar	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Humboldt County

Maps showing this location

7 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

1944 USGS Fortuna quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
1949 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1958 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1959 USGS Fields Landing quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
1959 USGS Fortuna quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
1961 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1987 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:100000

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Property	Distance	Listed
Fernbridge	2.2 miles	1987
Andreasen, F. W.-John Rossen House	4.1 miles	1989
Alford-Nielson House	4.2 miles	1986
Gushaw-Mudgett House	4.5 miles	1982
Ferndale Public Library	4.6 miles	1990
Shaw House	4.7 miles	1984

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 85000354 in Record Group 79.
Humboldt County	All 52 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.