E. Janssen Building
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The E. Janssen Building at 422 First Street, Eureka, California, is a two-story Italianate commercial building. It was built in 1875 to be a hardware and general merchandise store. In 1973, it was the first building in Eureka to be placed on the United States National Register of Historic Places, and it was listed as a contributing property of the National Register Old Town Eureka Historical District in 1991. From 1998 to 2016, the building housed the HSU First Street Gallery, an art gallery run by Humboldt State University.
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The building was built in 1875 as a hardware and general merchandise store. The building is two stories; all four sides have brick walls on a brick foundation. The interior construction is wood framing and wooden floors. The exterior has an Italianate cast iron facade featuring six cast iron pilasters capped with simple classic capitals which separate the large glass windows of the storefront. Each half column was cast bearing the words "San Francisco Iron Works 1875." The storefront has four large windows, two on each side of a large double entry door surmounted by a transom light. The front window sills are granite.
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