{"nrhp_refnum":"01000333","name":"Highland Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Cole and Nona Ave., Pacific and Church Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Highland","county":"San Bernardino County","state":"CA","lat":34.12865853850005,"lon":-117.20807667994872,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-04-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Transportation","Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district in Highland, San Bernardino County, California, covering the original 1891 townsite and part of the 1904 Cole's Addition. It contains 99 contributing and 35 noncontributing buildings, mostly dating from the 1890s to the 1930s.","why_significant":"The district is a largely intact collection of homes, commercial, religious, civic and industrial buildings from Highland's years as a citrus production center. It includes growers' houses, workers' cottages and packing houses along the former railroad right-of-way known as \"packing house row\". It also contains the Mission Revival First Bank of Highland, designed by architect Arthur B. Benton.","narrative":"Highland Historic District preserves the original townsite of Highland, in the eastern San Bernardino Valley, along with part of the 1904 Cole's Addition. The townsite was surveyed in 1891 and recorded in 1893, after the railroad arrived and set the town's layout. The district holds 134 buildings, with growers' large homes on West Main Street, modest cottages for citrus workers throughout, a commercial core on Palm Avenue, and churches and civic buildings. Citrus packing houses line the former Santa Fe right-of-way on what became known as \"packing house row\". Styles include Queen Anne, Craftsman bungalow, Mission Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival. One standout is the 1904 First Bank of Highland, designed by Arthur B. Benton. The district was listed because these buildings remain largely as built and show how the community was organized during its years as an important citrus center in Southern California.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Arthur B. Benton (First Bank of Highland, 1904); Nyal and Arthur McHenry (builders of the 1894 Methodist parsonage)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and early 20th Century American Movements: Bungalow/Craftsman; Late Victorian: Queen Anne; Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival; Citrus Packing Houses","criteria":[],"status_note":"Mixed current use: residences, churches, a medical office in the former bank, a machine shop, and some vacant buildings such as the former gas station.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:28.329141-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/01000333.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000333/8500fee8ba-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000333/8500fee8ba-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Bruceherwig","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Highland_Historic_District.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Bruceherwig</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Highland_Historic_District.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860762","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_Historic_District_(Highland,_California)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20714373"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/san-bernardino-county/highland-historic-district-01000333/"}