{"nrhp_refnum":"76000506","name":"Clark, Dr. George C., House","other_names":["Heritage House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"California State University campus","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fullerton","county":"Orange County","state":"CA","lat":33.88734211800005,"lon":-117.88396067699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-12-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Health/Medicine","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A redwood Victorian house built in 1894-1895 as the home and medical office of Dr. George C. Clark in Fullerton, Orange County, California. It was moved in December 1972 from 114 North Lemon Street to the Arboretum at California State University, Fullerton, where it serves as a museum known as Heritage House.","why_significant":"The house is one of the oldest surviving homes on Fullerton's original townsite and the most significant surviving structure tied to Dr. Clark, the town's pioneer physician and civic leader. It is also cited as a fine example of Eastlake-style Victorian architecture, praised by an AIA preservation officer for its proportions and ornamentation.","narrative":"Heritage House is a redwood and fir Victorian residence built in 1894-1895 for Dr. George C. Clark, Fullerton's pioneer physician. Clark hired A. D. Porter and H. A. McWilliams to build a house that would serve as both his home and his medical office. He later became county coroner, school trustee, a member of the first city council and president of the first Board of Health. The house stands out for its Eastlake details, including a steep shingled roof, ornate gables, spindle and fish-scale ornamentation, and beveled and stained glass. When Lemon Street was slated for widening in 1972, the city planned demolition, but community members arranged to move the house to the Arboretum at California State University, Fullerton. There it was refurbished, with a reconstructed roof, a new foundation, and porch details copied from an 1899 photograph. It now serves as a museum and office beside an old Valencia orange grove.","period_of_significance":"1895-Present","architect_builder":"A. D. Porter and H. A. McWilliams","architectural_style":"Eastlake","criteria":[],"status_note":"Moved in 1972 to the CSUF Arboretum, refurbished and used as a museum and Arboretum office; the form lists it as occupied and work in progress.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:32.25928-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/76000506.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000506/4cfab5896f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000506/4cfab5896f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"David.starks","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dr_George_C_Clark_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">David.starks</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dr_George_C_Clark_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860186","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133325046"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/orange-county/clark-dr-george-c-house-76000506/"}