A large property for those times, the Eureka Inn was the premier full-service lodging between San Francisco and Portland, Oregon.

Though it housed many thousands of visitors (including US presidents and royalty) from all over the world during its first several decades, the hotel began to show the effects of time.

[citation needed] In 1960 Helen Barnum, the matriarch of a successful timber family in the county, purchased a controlling interest in the hotel and a process of modernization began.

[4] Architectural details include the use of differing roof forms and "visually stunning textured elevations", which are highlighted by stucco and half-timbering.

[citation needed] The inn appears extensively in the 2018 film An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn, under the name of The Moorhouse Hotel.