{"nrhp_refnum":"05000596","name":"Standish Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"718-820 US 395 E","address_restricted":false,"city":"Standish","county":"Lassen County","state":"CA","lat":40.36497461600004,"lon":-120.42233228299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-06-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Entertainment/Recreation","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story wooden commercial and lodge building at 718-820 U.S. Highway 395 East in the center of Standish, Lassen County, California, built in 1907 by the Wilbur Brothers for the Foresters of America.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant under Criterion A for its long role in Standish's civic and commercial life from 1907 to 1954. The ground floor housed the town's main general merchandise and grocery store, while the upstairs hall hosted lodges such as the I.O.O.F. and the Native Daughters of the Golden West. It is described as one of the oldest buildings in Standish retaining its original integrity.","narrative":"Standish Hall is a two-story wooden building at the center of Standish, California, built in 1907 by the Wilbur Brothers for the Foresters of America. It measures about 28.5 by 80 feet and rests on a natural rock foundation with horizontal V-rustic siding. The ground floor held a general merchandise and grocery store, and the upper floor served as a lodge and meeting hall. Inside, the store keeps its floor-to-ceiling shelves, railed ladders, meat counter and old scale, while the hall has wooden floors, a raised stage area and a kitchen. The building mattered because it supplied dry goods, groceries and hardware to farmers and ranchers around Standish for decades, and because groups such as the Odd Fellows and the Native Daughters of the Golden West met upstairs. Its period of significance runs from 1907 to 1954. The store closed in 1990, and the building has stood vacant since then.","period_of_significance":"1907-1954","architect_builder":"Wilbur Brothers (builders); architect unknown","architectural_style":"No style (typical commercial style, two-story building of its era)","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"The building is described as vacant since the store closed in 1990, with some siding in poor condition; the owners hope to restore it.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:29.431441-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/05000596.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000596/31b5c9a36b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000596/31b5c9a36b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jon Roanhaus","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Standish_Hall_CA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jon Roanhaus</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:Standish_Hall_CA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858899","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standish_Hall_(Standish,_California)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65085893"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/lassen-county/standish-hall-05000596/"}