{"nrhp_refnum":"77000292","name":"Lombardo Ranch","other_names":["Fossati's Winery","Roeger Winery"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1709 Carson Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Placerville","county":"El Dorado County","state":"CA","lat":38.742954842000074,"lon":-120.77440113799997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1977-09-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic ranch complex about one mile northeast of Placerville on Carson Road in El Dorado County, California, founded in 1856 by Giovanni Lombardo. It includes a stone winery and residence built in 1872 and an older distillery building from about 1860.","why_significant":"The ranch preserves a tradition of agriculture and wine making that began in 1856. Its buildings are fine examples of local vernacular architecture built from native materials close at hand. The winery also has unique hand-made features, such as forged window bars and a lock and key made on the ranch.","narrative":"Lombardo Ranch is a former homestead, vineyard and distillery site in Dutch Mary Ravine, about a mile northeast of Placerville. Giovanni Lombardo, who came from Genoa, Italy, settled there in 1856, planted fruit trees and vines, and built a small distillery around 1860 that produced brandy until 1912. In 1872 the family completed a larger winery and residence of rubble stone gathered on the property, with 18-inch plastered walls, a raised cellar and a wooden balcony. Grapes were once crushed in the upstairs living room and poured through floor openings to the cellar. Hand-forged window bars and a large lock and key were made in the ranch blacksmith shop. The ranch supplied produce to Placerville hotels and grocers and sacramental wine to the Catholic church for forty years. Lombardo's daughter's family later operated it as Fossati's Winery before a 1972 sale, and it is now a working winery. The buildings illustrate foothill construction using stone, wood and slate.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Giovanni Lombardo","architectural_style":"Local vernacular","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in agricultural and commercial use; the cellar serves as a tasting room for a winery, and the upper floor is a residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.538587-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/77000292.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858617","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/el-dorado-county/lombardo-ranch-77000292/"}