History
Eureka Books is located in an 1879 Victorian storefront, complete with original skylights and balconies. The building first held a haberdashery, then a shop that sold buggies and equipment for horse-drawn carriages. During Prohibition and into the 1970s, it was a series of bars, most notoriously, the High Lead Saloon. In 1933, the owners fought over money leading Tom Slaughter (his real name) to shoot his business partner, John Carter, in the back hallway. Carter had mostly bled to death in the bar by the time the ambulance arrived. He died soon after at the hospital and Slaughter got off on self-defense. During the 1980s, Norton Steenfott and Wes Kausen restored the building and completed the earthquake retrofit. Eureka Books moved in in 1992.
Specialties
Specializing in: - Used & Rare Books - Books-Wholesale & Manufacturers - Appraisers