Ship’s Inn Bed and Breakfast
1887

Present Owners:
Jon Wood, home; Genie Wood, business

Original Owners:
Captain Martin A. and Ida Brandt

Architectural Notes:  A combination of Queen Anne, Italianate and Eastlake Victorian styles detail this house.  It is the oldest property on this tour.  The Queen Anne features of lathe-turned columns and balustrades will likely first catch the eye. You can see the Italianate features in the slanted bays, hipped roof and general proportions of this house.  The long pierced brackets, stick ornamented friezes and prominent balustrade of linked flatwork ovals atop the porch roof display the Eastlake style.  

Notable Features:  The stairway to the second floor is well preserved and quite representative of the 1880s, except that it has two landings.  It was originally stained to look like mahogany.  Also don’t miss the lovely original hand-painted tiles in the fireplace surround; Ida Brandt loved tile and even had it around her pantry sink—usual for the times, and, unfortunately, no longer existing.

Historical Notes:  The first occupants were Captain Martin A. Brandt and his wife, a native of Denmark.  Well-known Eureka Victorian home builder Fred Butterfield constructed this home with many modern features of the day.  Ida Brandt owned the property until 1943.  For a number of years former Eureka City Councilman Jack McKellar owned it.

As this home begins its third century, it has a new life as Eureka’s latest bed and breakfast.