{"nrhp_refnum":"73000415","name":"Marsh, Martin Luther, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"254 Boulder St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Nevada City","county":"Nevada County","state":"CA","lat":39.26727713400004,"lon":-121.00999904999998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-04-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story wooden residence at 254 Boulder Street in Nevada City, Nevada County, California, built in 1873 as the home of Martin Luther Marsh.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an exceptionally well-preserved, virtually unaltered example of restrained Georgian-derived design, unlike the flamboyant eclecticism then emerging in California's cities. Its form resembles a design in an 1850s Eastern stylebook, and it retains period furnishings. It is also tied to Marsh, a carpenter, sawmill operator and local civic figure.","narrative":"Built in 1873 at 254 Boulder Street in Nevada City, this two-story wooden house was the home of Martin Luther Marsh, a Gold Rush arrival from Ohio who turned from mining to carpentry and sawmill work. He later served on the county Board of Supervisors and helped plan the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad. The house has a cupola with arched windows, quoined corners, pedimented windows, modillioned cornice and a veranda on four pillars. Inside, a central hall divides parlors, a sitting room and dining room, with five bedrooms upstairs. Its plan closely resembles a design published in an 1852 architectural pattern book. After Marsh died in 1911 the home was eventually abandoned, and his granddaughter and her husband bought and began restoring it in 1954. Its lack of alteration and period furnishings make it a notable early California residence. The nominated property covers the main house only, not the later outbuildings.","period_of_significance":"1873","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Described in the nomination as primarily Georgian derivation; a reviewer's note says it should instead be described as Italianate villa style, early Victorian.","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as in good condition, virtually unaltered since 1873, occupied as a private residence. The woodshed, cooks' quarters and barn were noted as lacking historical integrity and were not part of the registration.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.458075-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/73000415.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73000415/33a28d6bdc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73000415/33a28d6bdc-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Rifflebox","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Martin_Luther_March_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Rifflebox</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:Martin_Luther_March_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860135","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_Marsh_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6776083"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/nevada-county/marsh-martin-luther-house-73000415/"}