{"nrhp_refnum":"75000483","name":"Live Oak Ranch","other_names":["Hagemann House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"105 Mentel Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Santa Cruz","county":"Santa Cruz County","state":"CA","lat":36.97707735500006,"lon":-122.00013082499999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-07-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Conservation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Live Oak Ranch, also known as the Hagemann House, is a Victorian farmhouse with outbuildings on about 7.3 acres at 105 Mentel Avenue in Santa Cruz, California. The original farmhouse dates to 1871 and was enlarged in 1885 to a design by architect Emil John.","why_significant":"The nomination names architecture and conservation as the principal areas of significance. It argues the house is a rare Victorian dwelling that still sits in a rural, garden setting within a city, on a site of more than 7 acres. The grounds also shelter wildlife, and the property was then threatened by a proposed road extension.","narrative":"Set on about 7.3 acres in the middle of Santa Cruz, Live Oak Ranch is a Victorian farmhouse complex reached by a quarter-mile driveway lined with cypress and eucalyptus. The original farmhouse went up in 1871 and was remodeled in 1885 by architect Emil John, who gave it twin towers, turned woodwork, stained glass, iron grillwork and a picket fence. Frederick Hagemann, a German-born immigrant, built the house for his wife; his ranch once covered 110 acres of wheat, cattle and other livestock. A barn more than 100 years old and other outbuildings survive. The grounds hold old oaks, a creekway with wild azalea, and habitat for quail, doves and waterfowl. The nomination presents it as an unusual small-scale Victorian property that kept its rural garden setting as the city grew around it, and it stressed preserving the whole setting against a planned road extension that would have cut through the grounds.","period_of_significance":"1871 - 1885","architect_builder":"Emil John (listed as \"Emi John\" in the builder/architect field)","architectural_style":"Italianate Victorian, also called Eastlake; reviewer's note: Eclectic with Eastlake elements","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is marked good and altered; the house remains a private residence and the barn is in good repair.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:32.016776-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/75000483.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861873","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/santa-cruz-county/live-oak-ranch-75000483/"}