{"nrhp_refnum":"76000476","name":"Pardee House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"672 11th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Oakland","county":"Alameda County","state":"CA","lat":37.80491799200007,"lon":-122.27748069799998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-05-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"An Italianate villa-style house with a barn, octagonal tankhouse and outbuildings on half a city block at 672 11th Street in Oakland, Alameda County, California, built in 1869.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house was built by an Argonaut who became a leading doctor, politician and early mayor of Oakland. It was later home to Governor George Pardee, the \"Earthquake Governor\" who oversaw relief after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. It is also presented as an exceptional example of Victorian Italianate architecture, drawing on Palladio's Villa Capra, and has remained in one family since it was built.","narrative":"Built in 1869, this twelve-room Italianate villa occupies half a city block at 11th Street in Oakland, with its original dimensions intact. A barn with a dovecot, an octagonal tankhouse and smaller outbuildings sit within a picket fence, all in redwood. The house follows the plan of Palladio's Villa Capra, with a central hall and stairwell ringed by an upper gallery, a bracketed cornice, wooden quoins imitating stone, and a cupola topped with a finial. It was built by a successful Argonaut who became a leading doctor and an early mayor of Oakland. Later it was the residence of George Pardee, governor of California during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, who lived here rather than travel between San Francisco and Sacramento while directing relief. The house has stayed in the same family since construction. Alterations were limited to a matching early twentieth-century addition and minor kitchen repairs after a 1970 fire.","period_of_significance":"1869","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate villa (Gothic-Italianate era, Victorian)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition, largely unaltered, and occupied as a private residence; a kitchen fire in 1970 led to minor alterations.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.778305-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/76000476.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000476/1f550d0238-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000476/1f550d0238-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Jack Boucher","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PardeeHouse_OaklandCA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jack Boucher</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PardeeHouse_OaklandCA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858316","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardee_Home","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7136531"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/alameda-county/pardee-house-76000476/"}