Image: Petrolia Pre 1903 Fire
Description: A view of Petrolia from the hill to the east-northeast of the Square before the 1903 fire. Buildings still standing include: Ocean Berg’s/Watson-Cady house); Mary Day’s/Lucy Wright and Elias Hunter’s; Swaffords’/Jack and Vivian Susan Wright’s, called Briarcrest; the Leonard Cook/Mayme Hunter’s house on the southeast corner of the Square; and various sheds and barns that have survived. Buildings which burned and are gone include: The old Knights of Pythias hall where the Mattole Valley Historical Society museum sits in 2020 - on the Square. To the south/left, the original hotel; the John Mackey store, and other lost buildings on Front St., along the far left. On the hill behind the North Fork valley, you can see a house, about a third of the way from the left of the photo.
Title: Petrolia Pre 1903 Fire
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