Eureka Street Inn

The Eureka Street Inn is a beautifully preserved Craftsman-style bungalow built in 1914 by Italian-American Tobias Lagomarsino, who operated a stagecoach route connecting Sutter Creek, Jackson, and Volcano. The home’s Arts & Crafts architecture — popularized by Gustav Stickley in the early twentieth century — rejected Victorian excess in favor of large comfortable porches, clean straight lines, and rich dark interior woods. Original details including rosewood and redwood wainscoting, a dramatic rosewood stairwell, and leaded stained-glass windows remain intact, providing an authentic backdrop for the inn’s collection of early 1900s-era antiques and collectibles.

The property was converted to an inn in the early 1970s, originally operating as the “Nine Eureka Street Inn.” Innkeeper Sandy Anderson and her husband Chuck acquired the inn in 2002. Chuck, who directed the Criminal Justice Program at Cabrillo College in Santa Cruz, passed away in 2012, and Sandy continues to run the inn with help from her children and grandchildren. Sandy has deep roots in the Sutter Creek community, having served as a Sutter Creek City Council member, Mayor, and President of the Amador County Tourism Board.

The inn offers four guest rooms on the second floor — Sarah’s, Sophia’s, Alexandra’s, and Samantha’s — each with a private bathroom, gas fireplace or gas stove, air conditioning, and furnishings of antiques and cozy quilts. Sarah’s Room, a former family sleeping porch with windows on three walls, is bright and airy with foothill views. Sophia’s Room features Victorian style with rose tiles on a carved oak mantle and dormer windows overlooking Eureka Street. Alexandra’s Room offers a comfortable rocking chair and views of rolling hills, while Samantha’s Room is the most romantic, with a king bed under a draped demi-canopy. Every stay includes early morning coffee and tea service followed by a creative two-course breakfast prepared by Sandy, who accommodates special dietary needs with advance notice. The inn sits just steps from the historic Knight Foundry — America’s last water-powered foundry, established in 1873 and designated a National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark — and a short walk from the restaurants, shops, and wine tasting rooms along Main Street. The Eureka Street Inn has been featured in the New York Times and Sunset Magazine.