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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
Phillips House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1922.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 71 E. Seventh St., Arcata, 95521
- When was it listed? October 1985
- Category. building
- Census division. Arcata
- Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
- National Register reference number. 85003373 - 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
1922 to 1987The ground this property stands on, surveyed 65 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Fires near this property
250 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 250 fires within 5 miles of Phillips House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 372 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 15 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 | 124 |
| Debris and open burning | 47 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2004 | Smoking | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | ESSEX |
| 6 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | UNION ST / SAMOA BLVD |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | FUSI |
| 4 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Northern California District | YOUNG |
| 4 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.6 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 28 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Phillips House: 17 producers, 5 occurrences, 4 prospects, 2 past producers. 17 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haw Quarry | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Jacoby Creek Deposit | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Jacoby Creek Deposit | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Haw Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Rocky Gulch Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| W A Preston Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| W. A. Preston Property | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Hanes Creek | Manganese | Producer | ||
| Janes Creek | Manganese | Producer |
Storms near this property
7 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arcata, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 2 hail, 2 flood, 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | Flood | Arcata | - | Flooding reported on the onramp from Highway 101 to Highway 255 in Arcata. |
| September 2019 | Flash Flood | Arcata | - | The intersection of Lewis Avenue and Daina Court was flooded. |
| September 2019 | Flash Flood | Arcata | - | Six to eight inches of flood water observed. |
| February 2018 | Hail | Arcata | - | Hail covered road led to a 19 vehicle accident at the intersection of Highway 101 and Highway 255. 16 injuries were reported. |
| December 2016 | Flood | Arcata | - | Multiple roads around Humboldt Bay were closed due to flooding beginning December 15th in the morning. Roads gradually reopened through the early afternoon on December 16th as water receded. Roads closed included Hookton, Meridian, Port Kenyon, Coffee Creek, Pine Hill, Jackson Ranch, and Berta. Several other roads were also covered in water but remained open. Many of these roads typically flood during heavy rain events. Thus no damage was reported. |
| December 2015 | Hail | Arcata | - | Pea to quarter sized hail stones were reported by the public due to a thunderstorm. Photo included coins to reference the hail stone size. |
| December 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcata | - | Thunderstorm embedded in a strong cold front. |
Maps showing this location
10 surveysUnited 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.
- 1922 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:62500
- 1933 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Arcata South quadrangle1:24000 - 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:100000
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther 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.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Hotel Arcata | 0.5 miles | 1984 |
 | Jacoby Building | 0.5 miles | 1982 |
 | Pythian Castle | 0.5 miles | 1986 |
 | Whaley House | 0.6 miles | 1979 |
| James Kleiser House | 0.6 miles | 2023 | |
 | Stone House | 0.7 miles | 1986 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 85003373 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.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.