{"nrhp_refnum":"05000069","name":"Saratoga Foothill Club","other_names":["Foothill Women's Club","Foothill Study Club"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"20399 Park Place","address_restricted":false,"city":"Saratoga","county":"Santa Clara County","state":"CA","lat":37.25891861700006,"lon":-122.02990233599996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-02-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story redwood Craftsman/bungalow-style clubhouse at 20399 Park Place in Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California, built in 1915 and designed by architect Julia Morgan for a women's study club.","why_significant":"The nomination argues significance under Criterion A (Social History) for the club's role in Saratoga's civic and cultural life since 1907, as the city's oldest social organization. It also qualifies under Criterion C (Architecture) as the work of Julia Morgan, and was her first commission for a private women's club. The building remains largely intact and in continuous community use.","narrative":"Built in 1915 at 20399 Park Place in Saratoga, this one-story redwood clubhouse was designed by California architect Julia Morgan for the Foothill Club, a women's study group organized in 1907. The shingled bungalow has low horizontal massing, a pergola, a courtyard and a circular rose window in the Assembly Room gable. Inside are an assembly room with a stage, a dining room with a fireplace, and redwood paneling. The only change to the footprint came in 1936, when the kitchen area was enlarged. The building matters for two reasons. The club promoted civic causes in Saratoga, from billboard removal and scenic highway efforts to a Memorial Day celebration, and it hosted soldiers during World War II. The clubhouse was also Morgan's first commission for a private women's club. It remains in the club's ownership and in regular community use, and it was designated Saratoga Landmark No. 1 in 1988.","period_of_significance":"1915-1954","architect_builder":"Morgan, Julia","architectural_style":"Craftsman","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Structurally intact, still managed and maintained by its original owners, and in constant use by the community; current roof repairs noted in 2004.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:29.753973-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/05000069.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000069/eab002fee6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000069/eab002fee6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"EugeneZelenko","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USA-Saratoga-Foothill_Club.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">EugeneZelenko</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:USA-Saratoga-Foothill_Club.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861786","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saratoga_Foothill_Club","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123111121"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/santa-clara-county/saratoga-foothill-club-05000069/"}