{"nrhp_refnum":"75000482","name":"Golden Gate Villa","other_names":["The Monte Carlo"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"924 3rd St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Santa Cruz","county":"Santa Cruz County","state":"CA","lat":36.967080844000066,"lon":-122.02284158199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-07-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story Queen Anne style villa at 924 Third Street in Santa Cruz, California, built in 1891 as a summer home for Major Frank W. McLaughlin. It was designed by Thomas J. Welch and built by Swain and Hudson.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it an outstanding example of eclectic Queen Anne architecture and the only remaining villa from the Beach Hill resort era of early Santa Cruz. It is also tied to McLaughlin, a financier and mining promoter known for large gold mining projects around Oroville.","narrative":"Golden Gate Villa is a three-story summer home at 924 Third Street in Santa Cruz, completed in 1891 for Major Frank W. McLaughlin. Thomas J. Welch of San Francisco designed it, and Swain and Hudson of Marysville built it for roughly $25,000 to $30,000. Its 22 rooms span about 10,500 square feet, with two full towers, a half-tower, varied rooflines and three different siding treatments. Interiors include the Gold Room, modeled on a room at Versailles, and a room covered in elephant hide given to McLaughlin by President Theodore Roosevelt. Seventeen stained and jewel-cut glass windows add to the detail. The villa is regarded as an outstanding eclectic Queen Anne building and the sole survivor of the villas and hotels that once made Beach Hill a resort area. It also reflects McLaughlin, a mining promoter who pursued ambitious gold projects near Oroville. Apartment conversion in the late 1930s left the main common rooms largely intact.","period_of_significance":"1891","architect_builder":"Architect: Thomas J. Welch; Builder: Swain and Hudson","architectural_style":"Queen Anne (eclectic)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Altered in the late 1930s when converted to apartments; the changes were described as slight, and the owner intended to restore the original floorplan. Listed as residence/commercial use.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.799421-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/75000482.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75000482/b7f728d583-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75000482/b7f728d583-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Eugene Zelenko","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USA-Santa_Cruz-Golden_Gate_Villa-2.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-Santa_Cruz-Golden_Gate_Villa-2.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861859","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Gate_Villa","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5579469"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/santa-cruz-county/golden-gate-villa-75000482/"}