The Weaverville Historic District contains thirty-one contributing buildings on Main Street.

Weaverville is one of the best preserved towns of the Shasta-Trinity Gold Rush era. As a commercial hub, Weaverville supplied food, tools, equipment and clothing to thousands of prospectors and miners over a large section of Northern California.

Named for John Weaver in 1850, the camp of Fortyniners was the political as well as the commercial and entertainment center of Trinity County.

Early wood buildings lost in a series of disastrous fires were replaced with brick construction. By 1858 there were about twenty-five brick buildings along Main Street. Several of these buildings have an unusual circular iron stairway leading from the sidewalk to the second floor because the upper and lower stories had different owners.

A large and active Chinese population centered in a two block area where the Weaverville Joss House is located.

The thirty-one buildings which contribute to the historic district include examples of most of the architectural styles common to the Northern California gold mining towns of the 19th century. Wood two-story residences, wooden church, brick single and two story commercial building and lodge halls, a Chinese tamped earth structure, and the frame and brick Chinese temple.

Excerpted from the NRHP nomination.