Tannehill Cabin

This is where Eureka starts. The Tannehill brothers built the cabin in 1864 — the same year the ore was found — lived in it about a year, and sold their claim to a New York company in 1866. It passed through a string of owners, including one of the district's first stores, while fire and flood took most of its neighbors. That it survived at all is mostly stubbornness, the town's and the building's both: one of the first houses in Eureka, and still standing.

What the plaque says

One of Eureka's First Houses. The Tannehill brothers built this cabin for a residence in 1864 and lived here about a year before selling their mining interest to a New York company in 1866. The cabin subsequently went through a number of owners, including the firm of Nathan and Harrison, one of the area's first mercantile establishments in the late 1860's. Fires, floods and the ravages of time have spared the structure and local residents take a justifiable pride in the fact that they have been able to save it.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Eureka — 0.7 mi
  The Pittsburgh of the West, reborn — the best-preserved town on the loneliest road, with an 1880 opera house and a working 1879 courthouse

More markers nearby

• Eureka — 0.2 mi
• Eureka Courthouse — 0.6 mi
• Eureka Sentinel Building — 0.7 mi
• The Eureka Mining District Producing Ore Since 1864 — 4.1 mi