National Register #90001354
Hoyt-Scott House
10 Riverside Drive
Point Arena
Built c1870

The Hoyt-Scott House is an essentially unaltered and extremely rare example of the large, elegant houses built in Point Arena during the 1870s. Once there were at least a half-dozen of them, constructed by the town's leading citizens to provide the inhabitants with all the comforts of late 19th century America and to show passers-by that those inside were indeed comfortable.

The house was owned by prominent families.

First were the Hoyts, who came to Point Arena in the 1860s and operated a dairy.

In 1888 the Hoyts' daughter Belle and her husband H. B. Scott moved in. Scott was a merchant and rancher who ran the Scott Opera House. His family, known for its theatricality, must have perfectly fit this flamboyant house.

Source: NRHP nomination submitted in 1990.