{"nrhp_refnum":"10000503","name":"Fiddyment Ranch Main Complex","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4440 Phillip Rd","address_restricted":false,"city":"Roseville","county":"Placer County","state":"CA","lat":38.78933205850004,"lon":-121.37532923702832,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-07-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Exploration/Settlement"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 13.96-acre historic ranch complex at 4440 Phillip Road, northeast of Roseville in Placer County, California, dating from about 1879. It includes a two-story Neoclassical ranch house, brick outbuildings, a reservoir, a windmill and archaeological features.","why_significant":"The complex is tied to agriculture and settlement in the Roseville area, having been farmed by three generations of the Fiddyment family through grain, sheep, cattle and turkey raising. The house, brick cooler, smokehouse and reservoir are described as rare local examples of nineteenth-century structures from a self-sufficient ranch. The family's turkey operation was the nucleus of that industry in Placer County. The site also holds archaeological deposits.","narrative":"Northeast of Roseville, in rolling oak-dotted hills south of Pleasant Grove Creek, a 13.96-acre ranch complex preserves a working landscape begun around 1879. Walter Fiddyment built a two-story ranch house with help from his father-in-law, Augustus E. Bond, a master brick mason, who also built a brick cooler, smokehouse and circular reservoir. The house was enlarged before 1910 and given a Neoclassical facade in 1950, while keeping many original interior details. A garage, wells, fences, a 1930s windmill and archaeological remains such as foundations and a long-used landfill also contribute. Three generations of the Fiddyment family farmed here, moving from grain to sheep and cattle and then to turkeys. Russell Fiddyment's commercial turkey operation, active from the mid-1930s to mid-1950s, became the nucleus of the industry in Placer County. The cooler, smokehouse and reservoir are rare local examples of structures that supported a self-sufficient nineteenth-century ranch.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Augustus E. Bond (master brick mason) built the brick cooler, smokehouse, reservoir and chimneys; Walter Fiddyment built the ranch house with his help.","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Classical Revival (Neo-Classical Revival)","criteria":[],"status_note":"The ranch house and outbuildings have been maintained by the Fiddyment family; the barn, bunkhouse, duplex and turkey hatchery have been removed. The brick reservoir floor is overgrown. Listed functions include adaptive reuse work in progress.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:29.553848-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/10000503.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860394","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/placer-county/fiddyment-ranch-main-complex-10000503/"}