Vance Hotel

Historical marker location:

511 2nd Street, Eureka, California

( Marker is on 2nd Street west of G Street, on the right when traveling west.)

Eureka Historic Landmark.

The Hollywood sign, which originally read "Hollywoodland," was built in 1923 as an advertisement for a real estate development. The sign was intended to be temporary, but it became a beloved symbol of the film industry and was eventually made permanent.