{"nrhp_refnum":"74000558","name":"McCullagh-Jones House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"18000 Overlook Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Los Gatos","county":"Santa Clara County","state":"CA","lat":37.22689353800007,"lon":-121.99435493399994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-10-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story stucco residence at 18000 Overlook Road in Los Gatos, Santa Clara County, California, created in 1901 when an older farmhouse was redesigned by architect Willis Polk in a Mission Revival style.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a sensitive and rare interpretation of Mission Revival by the noted Bay Area architect Willis Polk, capturing the spirit of early Spanish buildings without copying them. It was the first West Coast building featured in House and Garden magazine in 1902. It is also one of only three Polk-designed structures remaining intact in Santa Clara County, and it housed two prominent local families.","narrative":"This two-story stucco house at 18000 Overlook Road in Los Gatos began as a farmhouse bought by Frank and Mary McCullagh. In 1901 architect Willis Polk redesigned it, reportedly cutting the old house in half and building a broad open loggia between the two parts. The walls were finished in rough white stucco meant to resemble adobe, beneath red terra-cotta tile roofs, with details drawn from California's Spanish missions. The nomination calls it one of the most sensitive Mission Revival interpretations and a rare example of Polk working in that mode. House and Garden featured it in 1902 as the first West Coast building in the magazine. It is one of three intact Polk works in Santa Clara County. The McCullagh family lived here from 1901 to 1938, followed by Dr. Horace Jones and his family from 1939 to 1961. The nomination also notes that development plans threatened the property.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Willis Polk (Willis Jefferson Polk)","architectural_style":"Mission Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as in fair condition and privately owned as a residence; the form says the owner wished to develop the land, which threatened the house.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.566618-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/74000558.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74000558/2cb76bd1e0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74000558/2cb76bd1e0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Eugene Zelenko","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USA-Los_Gatos-McCullagh-Jones_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Eugene Zelenko</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-Los_Gatos-McCullagh-Jones_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861738","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCullagh%E2%80%93Jones_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55757586"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/santa-clara-county/mccullagh-jones-house-74000558/"}