{"nrhp_refnum":"02001747","name":"Canfield-Wright House","other_names":["Wrightland"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"420 Avenida Primavera","address_restricted":false,"city":"Del Mar","county":"San Diego County","state":"CA","lat":32.96417385700005,"lon":-117.26388219199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-05-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story single-family residence at 420 Avenida Primavera in Del Mar, San Diego County, California, built in 1910-1911 in Mission Revival style with Mediterranean influences. It sits on a 0.94-acre hillside lot with a garage, garden walls and terraces.","why_significant":"The nomination argues significance under Criterion B for its association with Charles A. Canfield, an oil developer who helped establish Del Mar as a resort community and developed Beverly Hills. It also credits the house as a fine example of Mission Revival design by architect John C. Austin. Later owner Gilbert Solomon Wright, a Los Angeles real estate developer, retired here.","narrative":"Perched on the highest point of a sloping lot in Del Mar, this 1910-1911 house faces west toward the ocean. Designed by Los Angeles architect John C. Austin, it combines Mission Revival features with Mediterranean touches: a low side-gabled roof of clay barrel tiles, textured stucco, a three-arch entry loggia and a second-story veranda. The grounds include tall concrete retaining walls, Italian-inspired staircases, overlooks, a sunken garden and mature period plantings. The house was built for Charles A. Canfield, an oil pioneer in Los Angeles and Mexico who also helped develop Beverly Hills and, through the South Coast Land Company, the resort community of Del Mar. Gilbert Solomon Wright, a Los Angeles real estate developer, later lived here in retirement, and a 1960s pink paint job gave it the local nickname the Pink Lady. The property was listed for its association with Canfield and for its architecture. At the time of nomination it stood vacant.","period_of_significance":"1910-1913","architect_builder":"Austin, John C.","architectural_style":"Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Vacant since its purchase in early 2001; the owners were pursuing demolition and maintenance had been suspended, though the building was described as essentially in very good condition.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:29.555557-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/02001747.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02001747/028350e0aa-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02001747/028350e0aa-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Bobak Ha'Eri","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2010-1026-CanfieldWrightHouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Bobak Ha'Eri</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2010-1026-CanfieldWrightHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860833","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canfield%E2%80%93Wright_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5032308"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/san-diego-county/canfield-wright-house-02001747/"}