{"nrhp_refnum":"02001289","name":"Brown, Jackson Fay, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"6751 Maine Prairie Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dixon","county":"Solano County","state":"CA","lat":38.331609988000054,"lon":-121.81583986859758,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-11-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Italianate farmhouse of about 6,000 square feet, completed in January 1888 on a 79.84-acre agricultural property about nine miles south of Dixon, Solano County, California. It has an attached tankhouse and a smokehouse as contributing features.","why_significant":"The nomination argues significance under Criterion C as a distinctive example of a rural Italianate farmhouse in California. It is also significant as a design attributed to prominent Sacramento architect Nathaniel Dudley Goodell, whose restrained decoration here suited the rural setting while still conveying the owner's standing. The form finds no significance under Criterion A or B.","narrative":"Built in 1887-88 for dairyman, rancher and county supervisor Jackson Fay Brown, this redwood-frame farmhouse sits on a low knoll on a 79.84-acre property south of Dixon. The two-story Italianate home has a modified Z-shaped plan, carved brackets with finials, ornate window crowns, fishscale-shingled gables, and a wraparound porch with Tuscan columns. A three-story tankhouse is attached, and a brick smokehouse nearby also contributes. Reported to have cost $8,000 to $11,000, the house had eighteen rooms and gas lighting. Its design is attributed to Sacramento architect Nathaniel Dudley Goodell, who used restrained decoration suited to a rural setting. The house was left vacant in the 1970s and 1980s and suffered water damage and vandalism before careful rehabilitation in the 1990s. It was listed for its architecture, as a distinctive rural Italianate farmhouse and as an example of Goodell's work.","period_of_significance":"1888","architect_builder":"Goodell, Nathaniel Dudley","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Italianate, with Mid-19th Century Greek Revival influences","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Left vacant and damaged in the 1970s and 1980s, then rehabilitated from 1992 onward; now in excellent condition and used as a single dwelling.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.939952-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/02001289.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02001289/84482e5859-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02001289/84482e5859-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jackson_Fay_Brown_House,_6751_Maine_Prairie_Rd.,_Dixon,_CA_5-4-2013_6-37-45_PM.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Sanfranman59</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:Jackson_Fay_Brown_House,_6751_Maine_Prairie_Rd.,_Dixon,_CA_5-4-2013_6-37-45_PM.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123862001","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Fay_Brown_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39048821"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/solano-county/brown-jackson-fay-house-02001289/"}