Ferndale Victorian @ferndaleairbnb; tax included!

Entire home in Ferndale, California

  1. 4 guests
  2. 2 bedrooms
  3. 2 beds
  4. 1 bath
Hosted by Caroline
  1. Superhost
  2. 11 years hosting

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In Ferndale's Victorian Village

Right on Main Street, steps from restaurants, shops, and the Ferndale Museum

Historic character in every room

An 1888 Victorian filled with vintage furnishings, a clawfoot tub, and a heated towel bar

Caroline's personal welcome

Guests highlight the thoughtful touches, from breakfast provisions to chocolates on the pillows
(Bed tax included in listing price!) Located on Ferndale's historic Main Street, the 7-room private quarters (located behind a newspaper office) in a historic Victorian sleeps 4, has a cozy pub and a prime location. Park your car and leave it. We are steps away from Ferndale’s many restaurants, bars, bakeries, shops, & grocery store. Great hiking starts just 2 blocks away. The redwoods are 30 mins; local beach, 10 mins. Hosts publish an annual guide to Ferndale. Will send a PDF upon booking.

The space
Stop the presses! The Quarters is in the same historic Ferndale Victorian as the office of the Ferndale Enterprise Souvenir Edition - a popular visitor's guide published annually. (The Victorian, built in 1888, was featured in the 2001 movie "The Majestic" and the 1979 television film "Salem's Lot" as Barlow's Antique Shop.)

Located at the end of historic Main Street (right smack close to America's tallest lighted Xmas tree) The 7-room space is located behind the newspaper's front office and has a separate entrance. Enjoy the Victorian's front porch and watch one of Ferndale's many parades or grab a cuppa joe and sit and enjoy the magnificent view of Ferndale's historic hill cemetery. (Also featured in "The Majestic," starring Jim Carey.). Need to stretch your legs? Climb to the top of the cemetery and see an ocean view. Ferndale’s magnificent Russ Park is a five-minute walk away and offers miles of trails to hike.

The Quarters is just steps away from Ferndale's many restaurants, pubs and the town’s grocery store and offers a cozy, eclectic space with a sunny interior, fun vintage furnishings — including an upcycled farmhouse sink, an original clawfoot bathtub, a dining room "pew" from the local mortuary and a bar constructed from an old redwood welding bench!

Get a good night's sleep on The Quarters queen-size bed. The space also includes a second bedroom off of the common space with original wood tri-fold doors and a queen bed. The two bedrooms are separated by the common space and are ten feet apart.

We provide a few goodies in our Smeg fridge for you, including a couple of “cold ones” for your arrival and English muffins, eggs, jam, cereal for a light breakfast. We have different coffee (Keurig/French Press) and tea options with creamer and honey on hand.

Also on our property is the Ferndale Barndominium, which hosts two guests. You may see guests coming and going from the barndominium, down our shared driveway, and using our half-acre in the rear of our property. (Our daughter lives adjacent to our common area. She may greet you as well.) The newly-built atrium and our beautiful cottage gardens are available for petite events and photo shoots.

Meanwhile, feel free to wonder to the back of our property and if the atrium doors are open, take a peek, talk to our houseplants and fix yourself a nice cup of tea using our china cups and vast selection of tea flavorings.

Guest access
Enjoy The Enterprise's front porch and its great location on Main Street. Take in the happy gardens. Looking for information on what to see and do in the area? We're always happy to give guests "inside scoop" on where to eat, hike and visit. Pick up a copy of our Souvenir Edition newspaper for a walking-tour map and details on all the fun Main Street stores. Feel free to wonder in our back half acre common area and enjoy the creekside setting and our plant-filled atrium. You may see guests from our bardominium, also located on the same property.

Other things to note
We'll give you the password to our Wi-Fi and our Amazon Prime to view on the living room's flat-screen telly. (Be sure and watch our downloaded copies of "The Majestic" and "Outbreak" - both filmed in Ferndale.) We have central heat and three electric "fireplaces." The clawfoot tub is both a bathtub and shower. (Please note, some older guests have noted it's not easy getting in an out of the tall vintage tub - no grab bar - . . . if access might be an issue for you, perhaps our home is not the best fit.) Your towels will be warm and cozy on our heated towel bar. The house is more than 140 years old; if you're looking for new and streamlined, our "wrinkles" are not for you. However, if you enjoy the feel of a historic house and its charm and quirkiness, this is the spot. Ferndale also has a much-loved volunteer fire department. If you hear the fire whistle, no need to panic. It summons the volunteers.

NO SMOKING OF ANYTHING! If you smoke marijuana, cigarettes or vape, please don't book our home. The smell lingers on your clothes (even when you smoke outside) and permeates our home.

No third-party bookings. We require those that stay to have their own Airbnb profile etc. We can’t accommodate early check ins or late check outs. Also, booked guests are only allowed on property. If you would like to invite non-booked guests to the property, please check with hosts first. We do not allow pets, service or assistance dogs since we have a family member who is severely allergic.

Please note, your nightly fee includes a 10 percent Ferndale city Transient Occupancy Tax that we collect on behalf of the city before passing it on to their coffers. The tax is included in our listed nightly fee. We don’t collect it after you arrive like Ferndale hotels do that are listed on Airbnb.

Where you’ll sleep

Bedroom 1
1 queen bed
Bedroom 2
1 queen bed

What this place offers

Garden view
Kitchen
Fast wifi – 547 Mbps
Free street parking
TV

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Rated 4.97 out of 5 from 278 reviews.

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Where you’ll be

Ferndale, California, United States
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Neighborhood highlights

Ferndale is a throwback to a Norman Rockwell America and The Quarters is a perfect spot to experience the historic and unique Victorian Village. There's plenty to do within the city limits and within walking distance — shopping, dining, art galleries, well-preserved architecture, a world-class local museum, parades, firemen's games, fun runs, live music, live horse-racing at the Humboldt County Fair and our own repertory theatre — but there's also plenty to do within a short drive. The beach is a 10-minute scenic drive from The Quarters (no traffic and no parking issues) and features well-maintained BLM trails that deliver you onto, what is most times, a private beach. A trip over historic Fernbridge takes you to the Humboldt Bay Wildlife Refuge (great place to walk the trails, all on flat land, and view wildlife and wetland habitat). Across Hwy 101 from the refuge is the College of the Redwoods botanical garden — another great picnic spot. The North Coast's inspiring redwoods are a 30-minute drive south and the waterfront town of Eureka is 20 minutes to the north.

Meet your host

Superhost
834 reviews
4.98 out of 5 average rating
11 years of hosting
Born in the 60s
Where I went to school: California State University, Sacramento
Caroline, a British expat, has been the publisher/editor/reporter and chief bottle washer for the nationally-award winning Ferndale Enterprise for the past 25 years. Stuart was twice Ferndale mayor and for 22 years was the general manager of the Humboldt County Fair. The couple has three grown children and love going "pickin'" for junk (aka treasures). They love welcoming guests to the "Victorian Village" and the beauty of the Lost Coast.

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Things to know

Cancellation policy
House rules
Check-in after 3:00 PM
Checkout before 11:00 AM
4 guests maximum
Safety & property
Exterior security cameras on property
Nearby lake, river, other body of water
Carbon monoxide alarm