Lansing Street Gallery / Kellieowen Hall
10466 Lansing Street, Mendocino — An 1887 multi-tenant corner building that has held shops, the 1970s Foghorn Tavern, and the Lansing Street Gallery.
Last updated: August 13, 2026
What looks like a quiet art gallery from the street is actually the newest chapter in one of Mendocino's busiest old gathering places.
Overview
Lansing Street Gallery occupied part of the large historic commercial building commonly known as Kellieowen Hall, at the corner of Lansing and Ukiah Streets.
Property records associated with the building list a construction date of 1887, making it another surviving piece of Mendocino's nineteenth-century commercial district. A recent commercial-property listing identifies Kellieowen Hall as a 5,780-square-foot, multi-tenant retail building with a long history of continuous occupancy.
The property has been divided into several storefronts over the years, allowing very different businesses and gathering places to operate under the same roof.
Location
Kellieowen Hall stands at 10466 Lansing Street in Mendocino, on a prominent corner site at Lansing and Ukiah Streets in the center of the village business district.
History
Kellieowen Hall is larger than it first appears from Lansing Street.
The building occupies a prominent corner site and has long functioned as a multi-use commercial property. Its size made it adaptable, with separate spaces that could accommodate shops, galleries, offices, and other businesses.
A 2024 property listing described the building as a historic Mendocino commercial property with multiple tenants and noted its location in the center of the village business district.
That ability to change with the village is a big part of its history.
The Foghorn Tavern
One community memory adds an especially interesting chapter. During the late 1970s, the left side of the building near the stairs was known as The Foghorn Tavern.
A former employee remembered working there during that period and recalled that the room was run by Jim Paulsen.
That memory places the building firmly in Mendocino's social history, when part of the property served not as a gallery or retail space but as a local tavern and gathering place.
It is exactly the kind of detail that gives an old commercial building more life than a list of tenants ever could.
Lansing Street Gallery
Lansing Street Gallery opened at 10466 Lansing Street as a contemporary fine-art gallery representing artists from the Mendocino Coast, Northern California, and the Bay Area.
The gallery held a grand-opening reception in July 2021 and developed into a regular part of Mendocino's gallery scene. Its exhibitions included painting, ceramics, woodworking, sculpture, glass, jewelry, textiles, and other contemporary work.
Arts Mendocino described the gallery as a hub for coastal and Bay Area artists and continued listing the address as 10466 Lansing Street.
The gallery also became known for frequently changing exhibitions and Second Saturday events.
A Busy Art Space
Over the following years, Lansing Street Gallery hosted solo and group exhibitions featuring a broad range of artists and media.
In 2024 and 2025, Arts Mendocino listings documented exhibitions involving fine woodworking, painting, ceramics, mixed media, and other forms. One of the gallery's last clearly documented exhibitions was Natural Rituals, which ran from April 12 through June 1, 2025.
The gallery's emphasis was broad rather than narrowly tied to one style, helping make the space approachable to both serious collectors and visitors simply wandering through Mendocino.
Gallery Closure
A community reply reported that Lansing Street Gallery recently closed.
Current online listings are somewhat mixed. Arts Mendocino still maintains a venue page showing the gallery at 10466 Lansing Street and displaying its former hours, while the event listings shown there stop in 2025.
The closure therefore appears to be a very recent change, with some online directories still carrying the gallery's older information.
That makes this one of those Mendocino histories where the transition is happening almost in real time.
Other Businesses in the Building
Kellieowen Hall has continued to function as a multi-tenant commercial building rather than a single-purpose property.
A recent property listing identified The Study Club and Lansing Street Gallery among its prominent tenants and described additional spaces occupied by other retail and service businesses.
That mixed use fits the building's long character.
One storefront may change while the rest of the building keeps right on working.
The Building Today
Kellieowen Hall remains one of the larger historic commercial buildings along Lansing Street.
Its 1887 construction date places it deep in Mendocino's nineteenth-century history, while its long record of multiple tenants shows how successfully the building has adapted to new uses.
The Lansing Street Gallery chapter appears to have recently ended, but the building itself continues.
Why It Matters
That is pretty typical Mendocino. The business name on the window may change, but the old building just moves on to the next story.
An 1887 corner building that has held shops, a tavern, offices, and a contemporary art gallery is a record of how the village itself has changed while its streetscape stayed remarkably intact.
Community Memories
One reply recalls the Foghorn Tavern operating in the left side of the building near the stairs during the late 1970s, providing a valuable connection between the present commercial spaces and an earlier social use of the property.
Another reply reports the recent closure of Lansing Street Gallery.
Together, those two memories show exactly why buildings like Kellieowen Hall are interesting: the walls stay put while the activity inside them keeps changing.
More memories may eventually fill in the years between the Foghorn Tavern era and the gallery years.
Timeline
1887 — Kellieowen Hall is built at the corner of Lansing and Ukiah Streets.
Late 1970s — The Foghorn Tavern operates in the left side of the building near the stairs, run by Jim Paulsen.
July 2021 — Lansing Street Gallery holds its grand-opening reception at 10466 Lansing Street.
2024–2025 — The gallery hosts frequently changing exhibitions in woodworking, painting, ceramics, glass, and mixed media.
April 12 – June 1, 2025 — Natural Rituals, one of the gallery's last documented exhibitions, runs at the space.
Recently — Lansing Street Gallery closes; other tenants, including The Study Club, continue in the building.
Sources & Original Research: This history blends the original Buildings and Businesses in Mendocino post with additional historical research and community memories. Sources include LoopNet and CoStar commercial-property information for Kellieowen Hall, identifying the building as an 1887 multi-tenant commercial property; Arts Council of Mendocino County and ArtsMendocino listings for Lansing Street Gallery, its exhibitions, artists, address, and former operating hours; historical and current Mendocino gallery listings; the 2021 Lansing Street Gallery grand-opening announcement; and the original post and comment thread supplied for the Buildings and Businesses in Mendocino, Ca. with history project. Community contributors: Brian Crasno and John Simonich.