{"nrhp_refnum":"06000915","name":"Ellis-Martin House","other_names":["Martin House","Ellis, JOhn D., House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1197 E. Washington St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Petaluma","county":"Sonoma County","state":"CA","lat":38.24529770400005,"lon":-122.62992360499999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-10-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Craftsman house at 1197 East Washington Street in Petaluma, Sonoma County, California, built in the first decade of the twentieth century for John Dixon Ellis, a farmer, on the edge of the city.","why_significant":"The house is presented as an excellent, highly intact example of a Craftsman home influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement, both outside and inside. It also reflects the history of East Petaluma, where Ellis built a semi-rural retirement home on an 18-acre parcel at the city's edge. The text visible does not state the formal criteria or period of significance.","narrative":"Built in the first decade of the twentieth century, this two-story Craftsman house at 1197 East Washington Street in Petaluma was the retirement home of John Dixon Ellis, a farmer born in Nova Scotia who had lived in Australia before settling in California in 1892. It sat on an 18-acre parcel at the edge of town, marking the shift from city to country. The wood-frame house has shingle siding, a hipped roof with flared eaves, a full-width front porch with pergolas, block modillions, knee braces and distinctive starburst window muntins. Inside, fir wainscoting, leaded glass, coved ceilings and clinker brick fireplaces reflect Arts and Crafts influence. Apart from 1950s enclosures at the rear, the exterior is largely unchanged, and the house retains excellent integrity. A tank house survives nearby. Its listing rests on its quality as a Craftsman design and its link to the development of East Petaluma.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"John Dixon Ellis (builder/original owner, farmer)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements/bungalow/Craftsman","criteria":[],"status_note":"Historic single dwelling; current function listed as commerce/professional/architect's office. The rear sleeping balcony and a rear porch were enclosed in the 1950s; the barn and tack house have been removed, but the tank house remains.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:29.786982-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/06000915.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000915/9e58962726-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000915/9e58962726-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ellis-Martin_House,_1197_E._Washington_St.,_Petaluma,_CA_5-31-2010_7-30-44_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:Ellis-Martin_House,_1197_E._Washington_St.,_Petaluma,_CA_5-31-2010_7-30-44_PM.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123862060","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellis-Martin_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65079224"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/sonoma-county/ellis-martin-house-06000915/"}