{"nrhp_refnum":"00000033","name":"Lake Norconian Club","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Jct. of Fifth and Western Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Norco","county":"Riverside County","state":"CA","lat":33.92557570050005,"lon":-117.56916585440479,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-02-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Exploration/Settlement"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district at the southeast corner of Fifth Street and Western Avenue in Norco, Riverside County, California, built around a Spanish Colonial Revival resort hotel and club with a man-made lake, casino/pavilion, boathouse and supporting buildings.","why_significant":"The text provided is truncated and does not include the Section 8 significance statement or the criteria boxes. The description shows a largely intact 1920s resort complex with Churrigueresque cast stone ornament and well-preserved public interiors. It later served Navy hospital and state correctional uses.","narrative":"Lake Norconian Club is a resort district in Norco, California, centered on a large Spanish Colonial Revival hotel and club built into a hillside above a 58-acre man-made lake. The 204,000-square-foot main building has stucco walls, clay tile roofs and Churrigueresque cast stone ornament, and its massing remains basically intact. Inside, the dining hall, the gym that began as a ballroom, the music room and the south indoor pool keep much of their original decoration. The district also includes a tea room and terrace, a casino/pavilion, a boathouse, a stone footbridge, gazebos, a power plant with smokestack, a laundry/garage building with gas station island, and the 1920s maids' quarters. During World War II the Navy took over the grounds and added hospital buildings. The property was later divided between the State of California and the Navy, and security features such as guard towers were added. The ensemble preserves a rare example of a 1920s resort and its landscape setting.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals/Spanish Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"The hotel/club and tea room are part of the California Rehabilitation Center, a state correctional facility; the southern parcel is under U.S. Navy control. The maids' quarters is in disrepair and may be demolished. The laundry/garage was recently rehabilitated.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.714624-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/00000033.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000033/ac5c064e82-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000033/ac5c064e82-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Rdt8888","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lake_norconian_pavilion_hotel.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Rdt8888</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lake_norconian_pavilion_hotel.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860482","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Norconian_Club","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7754304"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/riverside-county/lake-norconian-club-00000033/"}