Carter House Inn

Hotel in Eureka, California

40°48′16.5″N 124°9′35.93″W / 40.804583°N 124.1599806°W / 40.804583; -124.1599806Opening1982OwnerMark CarterTechnical detailsFloor count3Design and constructionArchitect(s)Newsom & NewsomOther informationNumber of rooms8Number of restaurants1WebsiteCarterHouse.com

The Carter House Inn is a hotel in Old Town Eureka, California. It is known both for housing Restaurant 301 and for being a replica of a Queen Anne style building by Newsom and Newsom, renowned builder architects of many 19th century structures in California.

Restaurant 301

The Inn's restaurant, Restaurant 301, has a 3800 bottle collection of wine and has been "Grand Award" from Wine Spectator magazine since 1998. It is one of only 20 other restaurants in the world to have maintained the award for such a length of time.^[1]^[2] Reality show star Curtis Stone once served as the head chef.^[3]

Architecture

The building is a replica of an earlier structure originally located in San Francisco. Murphy House was constructed as a large home in 1884 by the builder architects Samuel Newsom and Joseph Cather Newsom of the firm Newsom and Newsom. These 19th-century Victorian architects also built the Carson Mansion at virtually the same time in Eureka. However, the Murphy home was completely destroyed by the fire resulting from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.^[4] Mark Carter found the blueprints for the home in an antique store and rebuilt the structure but in Eureka.^[5] The building was originally intended to be a private residence but, due to construction cost overruns, it was opened as a bed and breakfast to recoup the losses.^[6]

References

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^ Fish, Tim (2006-11-15). "Carter Cellars, A Grand Award restaurateur makes a pilgrimage to Napa". Wine Spectator. Retrieved 2011-01-23.
^ "That's Quality Vino". North Coast Journal. 2004-11-18. Retrieved 2011-01-23.
^ "Surfing the Menu". Food Network. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2011-01-23.
^ "The San Francisco Earthquake, 1906". Eyewitness to History. 1997. Retrieved 2011-01-23.
^ "Unique Histories". Unique Inns. Retrieved 2011-01-23.
^ Carter, Mark. "Architecture & History". Carter House Inn. Archived from the original on 2010-12-16. Retrieved 2011-01-23.