We wanted to highlight some of HB's history by hiding a cache in the place that holds the oldest jail cells in the city. It is a gem to have such a historic site, still around. Windowless, brick jail cells with weighs-a-ton sliding doors in the alley between Main and 5th Streets (behind 218 and 220 5th Street). Walk down the alley to take a look. The Longboard Restaurant and Pub and No Ka Oi patio dining are across the alley.
The original city hall and jail--built in 1908, one year before Huntington Beach incorporated--is now home to HB Top Nails. The 5th Street building is on the Historic Resources Board's Walking tour of Historic Downtown Huntington Beach, and is an example of "neo classical commercial architecture." The small civic complex served as the hub of city activities during the early years and was used as a polling place for the town's first elections. Later known as the "Pickering building," 218 5th Street housed Fred Pickering's City Cleaners in the 1940s.
**PLEASE BE STEALTH IN YOUR HUNTING AS THEIR ARE LOTS OF MUGGLERS IN THIS AREA!!**
**PRETTY PLEASE DO NOT DAMAGE THE BUILDING IN ANY WAY, THIS IS A PIECE OF OUR CITY'S HISTORY**
(FTF gets a tiny local sea shell.)