The McCloud Historic District covers 130 acres and contains seventeen contributing buildings.

In 1896, William Van Arsdale and George Scott incorporated a company in the McCloud River Valley on the slopes of Mount Shasta, a dormant volcano. The McCloud River Railroad and Lumber Company remained independent until 1963 with McCloud as its company town.

This building, built in 1903, contained the offices of McCloud River Lumber Company as well as the telephone switchboard and bank for the town of McCloud. The building was expanded in 1906 and again in September.

The building now houses the McCloud River Inn.

The hotel was built to house unmarried employees. The top floor was a dorm, and the first and second floors had private rooms, some with baths. In 1925, the hotel had 116 beds and a library. Monthly rent for a bunk bed in the dorm was $11.00.

The building is still a hotel but is now open to the public.

The building was originally a pool hall for white lumbermen. All others - including Latinos, Orientals and Greeks - were denied entrance. In 1943, when the workers succeeded in unionizing the McCloud River Lumber Company, this building became the union hall.