{"nrhp_refnum":"04000734","name":"Redman House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1635 W. Beach Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Watsonville","county":"Santa Cruz County","state":"CA","lat":36.89629360950005,"lon":-121.7767375589479,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-07-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Queen Anne style farmhouse at 1635 W. Beach Drive in Watsonville, Santa Cruz County, California, designed by architect William H. Weeks for farmer James Redman and built in 1896-97, with four non-contributing outbuildings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an excellent example of William H. Weeks's work and the only known rural farmhouse by him still standing in Watsonville or Santa Cruz County. It embodies Queen Anne detailing such as decorative plasterwork, fanciful shingling, a corner tower and false dormers. It also stands as a symbol of Watsonville's agricultural history.","narrative":"Rising from about thirteen acres of strawberry fields beside Highway 1 in Watsonville, this two-story farmhouse was designed in 1896-97 by architect William H. Weeks for farmer James Redman. Its asymmetrical plan features a rounded corner tower, wrap-around porches with Corinthian and Ionic columns, geometric wall shingling, plaster friezes and windows set in the attic to suggest a third story. A formal front entrance contrasts with a plain rear entrance where farm hands took meals. The house has had almost no alterations since construction, though it has been vacant since the early 1990s and vandalism has damaged the interior. Four outbuildings, including a barn, a garage, a 1950s residence and a mobile home, are not counted as contributing. The property was listed for architecture because it is the only known rural house by Weeks, who designed many Watsonville buildings between 1894 and 1911, and because it reflects the town's agricultural past.","period_of_significance":"1897","architect_builder":"William H. Weeks","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Queen Anne","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The house has stood vacant since the early 1990s, is in poor exterior condition but structurally sound, and has suffered interior vandalism.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:29.725217-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/04000734.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000734/7fcb485030-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000734/7fcb485030-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Rebedwards","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Redman_Hirahara_House_2005._photograph_by_R_Edwards.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Rebedwards</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Redman_Hirahara_House_2005._photograph_by_R_Edwards.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861889","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redman_Hirahara_Farmstead","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29641544"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/santa-cruz-county/redman-house-04000734/"}