Community
Completed Garberville veterans hall replaces building closed for a decade
Humboldt County has completed a replacement John Haynes Veterans Memorial Building in Garberville, with meeting space, a kitchen and accessible facilities.
Garberville’s veterans have a newly completed gathering place after their former hall closed in 2016.
Humboldt County says the replacement John Haynes Veterans Memorial Building at 483 Conger Street includes an accessible meeting hall, commercial kitchen, memorabilia room and fenced outdoor patio.
The original building opened in 1960. Maintenance problems, including mold, forced its closure. Supervisors decided in 2021 to replace it on the same property, and demolition followed in 2023.
Construction on the new facility began in May 2025. County Public Works staff and the design team worked with Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6354 on the building’s needs.
The hall bears the name of John Haynes, a local resident who died during World War II. The county announced a November 6th ribbon cutting and public tours to celebrate the project’s completion.
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Humboldt County announcement describing the completed building.