The most photographed building in Ferndale: a Queen Anne Victorian house built in 1899, painted in multiple shades of apricot and yellow and dripping with carved wooden ornamentation — gingerbread trim, spindle work, and a turret that seems designed to out-ornament every building on the street. It is now operated as a bed-and-breakfast inn, though even if you're not staying, walking past and looking up at the exterior is one of the essential Ferndale experiences.
The building is on Berding Street, one block off Main Street, making it easy to incorporate into any walk through the historic district. The corner tower, bay windows, and elaborate porch are the architectural elements that appear in most photographs of the town. It is, without question, the most extreme example of Victorian decorative ambition in a town full of them.