{"nrhp_refnum":"03001168","name":"Saint Vincent's Hill Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Mare Island Way almost to Sonoma Blvd. and from Quincy Alley to Kissel Alley","address_restricted":false,"city":"Vallejo","county":"Solano County","state":"CA","lat":38.106605949000055,"lon":-122.26035002989047,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-11-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of about 38 blocks on a steep, gridded hillside just north of downtown Vallejo, Solano County, California, centered on Saint Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church and School. It includes 691 primary buildings plus City Park, mostly built from the 1868 church and platting through the end of World War II.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the district as a largely intact residential neighborhood that grew around the parish and is directly tied to changes in the workforce at Mare Island Naval Shipyard. Its concentration of houses in popular nineteenth- and early twentieth-century styles, plus vernacular types, gives it high integrity, with 542 contributing buildings out of 691. Notable civic buildings and City Park, donated by General John Frisbie, add to its importance for the city.","narrative":"Saint Vincent's Hill is a hillside neighborhood of about 540 parcels just north of downtown Vallejo, California, laid out on a regular grid of 38 blocks that rise from the Mare Island Channel to a crest of 120 feet. It grew around Saint Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church, built in 1868 in the Gothic Revival style on land donated by General John Frisbie, and developed in waves through the end of World War II as Mare Island Naval Shipyard drew workers. Of 691 primary buildings, 542 contribute to its character. Most are modest one-story houses in Stick/Eastlake, Italianate, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Craftsman and Prairie styles, along with plain vernacular types such as the gable-front cottage. Groups of identical cottages and second units on alleys show how pattern-book designs spread. Civic landmarks include the Art Deco post office of 1933, the Veterans' Memorial Building of 1930 and City Park. High integrity and a strong pre-1947 feel support its listing.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century Greek and Gothic Revival and Vernacular; Late Victorian (Italianate, Queen Anne, Eastlake, Shingle Style); Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Mission, Craftsman, Prairie; Modern Movement Art Deco","criteria":[],"status_note":"Mostly in residential use (about 95 percent of parcels); about 25 non-residential resources, some former grocery spaces abandoned or converted; 20 vacant lots; integrity described as high.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:29.796788-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/03001168.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001168/c0e0190772-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001168/c0e0190772-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Vincent_Ferrer_Catholic_Church,_925_Sacramento_St,_Vallejo,_CA_4-21-2013_1-53-37_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:St._Vincent_Ferrer_Catholic_Church,_925_Sacramento_St,_Vallejo,_CA_4-21-2013_1-53-37_PM.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123862027","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141649474"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/solano-county/saint-vincents-hill-historic-district-03001168/"}