Editing Ferndale, California (section)

==Arts and culture==

===Tourism===
Ferndale, sometimes also referred to as "Cream City", is known for well-preserved Victorian storefronts on Main Street and homes throughout the community, which are also known as "Butterfat Palaces," due to their construction wherein considerable wealth was generated in the dairy industry. Many of these buildings date from the 1880s. The entire town is registered as [[California Historical Landmark]] #883.<ref name="ohp">{{cite ohp|883|Ferndale|October 10, 2012}}</ref>

Six historic buildings as well as the [[Ferndale Main Street Historic District]] and the [[Fern Cottage (California)|Fern Cottage Historic District]] are within or around Ferndale and are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Humboldt County, California|National Register of Historic Places]].

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File:Ferndale CA LM883 plaque.jpg|Landmark #883 plaque in Town Hall Park
File:Shaw House Ferndale CA frontview.jpg|alt=Shaw House,|[[Shaw House (Ferndale, California)|Shaw House]]<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a| #84000777}}</ref>
File:Alford-Nielson House 2015.JPG|[[Alford–Nielson House]]
File:Ferndale CA Andreasen-Rossen House.jpg|[[F. W. Andreasen-John Rossen House|Andreasen–Rossen House]]
File:Ferndale CA Berding House Gum Drop Trees.jpg|[[A. Berding House]], "Gum Drop Tree House"
File:Ferndale CA Fern Cottage.jpg|[[Fern Cottage (California)]] Historical District
File:Ferndale CA Main Street to North.jpg|Main Street Historical District
File:Ferndale CA Public Library.jpg|[[Ferndale Public Library]]
File:Ferndale CA Rectory 563 Ocean.jpg|[[Rectory, Catholic Church of the Assumption]], now a private home
File:Ferndale CA Gingerbread Mansion 2014.jpg|[[Gingerbread Mansion]] in 2014
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Other points of interest include the Ferndale City Hall, Ferndale Museum, Ferndale Cemetery, St. Mary's Cemetery, Our Savior's Lutheran Church, Saint Mark's Lutheran Church, Church of the Assumption, the Congregational Church (now the Community Church), and the Humboldt County Fairgrounds.

===Annual events===
[[File:2021 Christmas tree lighting, Ferndale, California - Sarah Stierch 02.jpg|thumb|The tallest living Christmas tree in the country lit in 2021]]
The Humboldt County Fair has been held every August since 1896 at the county fairgrounds on the edge of Ferndale,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humboldt County Fair « Cal Racing |url=http://www.calracing.com/racetracks/humboldt-county-fair/ |access-date=April 27, 2023 |website=www.calracing.com}}</ref> and feature the only horse-racing events in the county along with agricultural, pastoral and artistic contests, carnival games, carnival amusement rides, and commercial and nonprofit booths.<ref name="Genzoli, 1963">{{cite book |last=Genzoli |first=Andrew |title=Down memory lane: 67th annual Humboldt County Fair, Ferndale, California, August 12–18, 1897–1963 |publisher=Bert Wood Advertising Agency |year=1963 |location=Ferndale, California |pages=60 |oclc=58912289}}</ref>

Every year since 1934 in early December, local volunteer firefighters climb and light one of America's tallest living Christmas trees, an approximately {{convert|150|ft|m|adj=on}} spruce, during a celebration of song held at Fireman's Park.<ref>{{cite web  | last =Humboldt County Convention & Visitors Bureau | title =Lighting of America's Tallest Living Christmas Tree  | publisher =Humboldt County Convention & Visitors Bureau  | url =http://redwoods.info/showrecord.asp?id=3714  | access-date =  August 16, 2011}}</ref>

The Ferndale Lighted Tractor Parade has been held every mid-December since 1993.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Christensen |first=Brian |date=November–December 2023 |title=Ferndale's Lighted Tractor Parade |journal=Our Story |location=Ferndale, California |publisher=The Ferndale Museum |volume=47 |issue=5 |pages=8}}</ref>

The Fray In Ferndale, a [[Slotcar racing|slot car]] race with the highest attendance of this type of event anywhere in the world has been held since 1997. More than 100 racers on sixteen teams arrive to compete on eight custom-built tables.<ref name="Mickey">{{cite web   | last =Mickey  | first =R   | title =So, what is this thing called The Fray?  | publisher =Inland Empire HO Raceway – Purveyors of fine fray racing  | url = http://www.inlandempirehoraceway.itgo.com/index_2.html   | access-date =  August 16, 2011}}</ref><ref name="Phillis">{{cite web   | last =Phillis  | first =Richard  | title =It happens at the Ferndale Fairgrounds  | publisher =The Fray In Ferndale  | url =http://www.thefrayinferndale.com/  | access-date =  August 16, 2011}}</ref>

The Foggy Bottom Milk Run has been held (excluding two years for COVID) each March since 1977. Races were held in {{convert|2|mi|km|adj=on}}, {{convert|4|mi|km|adj=on}}, and {{convert|10|mi|km|adj=on}} distances.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ferndale Takes Note|newspaper=The Ferndale Enterprise|date=March 7, 2013}}</ref> Beginning in 2024, only the {{convert|2|and|4|mi|km|adj=on}} will be run.

The [[Kinetic Sculpture Race|Kinetic sculpture race]] has finished each May since 1969 in front of 393 Main Street. The race began in Ferndale when [[Hobart Brown]] was challenged to race his odd-looking five-wheeled bike down Main Street on [[Mother's Day (United States)|Mother's Day]] that year by local sculptor Jack Mays.<ref name="Bennett1975">{{cite book|first=Stan|last=Bennett|title=Crazy Contraptions: A Light-hearted Look at Ferndale's Kinetic Sculpture Race|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AihPtwAACAAJ|access-date=July 20, 2013|year=1975|publisher=Low Tide Lumber Company}}</ref> Multiple races were held in the first few years, but standardized on the current {{convert|42|mi|km|adj=on}} course in the late 1970s.<ref name="Bennett1975" />