Landmark information
- Location:
Ferndale City Hall Park, intersection of Main and Herbert Sts, Ferndale - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Existing - Date First Visited:
9/4/1995 - Date Most Recently Visited:
7/19/2024 - GPS Coordinates:
N 40 34.851, W 124 15.588 - Other Designations:
National Register of Historic Places
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Ferndale
This pioneer agricultural community, settled in 1852, helped feed the booming population of mid-century San Francisco. Long known as "Cream City," Ferndale made innovative and lasting contributions to the dairy industry. Local creameries, and the town's role as a transportation and shipping center in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, fostered prosperity which produced Ferndale's outstanding Victorian-Gothic residential and false-front commercial architecture.