{"nrhp_refnum":"77000314","name":"Buford House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1930 Clay St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Napa","county":"Napa County","state":"CA","lat":38.29846448400008,"lon":-122.29502461199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1977-11-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Italianate house at 1930 Clay Street in Napa, California, built in 1877 for rancher Simon H. Buford, with redwood frame and tongue-and-groove siding.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is probably the best Napa example of the Romano-Tuscan variation of the Italianate style, with its cubic form, simplified lines and crowning cornice. It is also tied to Simon H. Buford, a wealthy Napa rancher, and to later use as a county youth detention home and agricultural extension office.","narrative":"Built in 1877 at 1930 Clay Street in Napa, this two-story house reflects the Romano-Tuscan variation of the Italianate style, a form uncommon in a city otherwise rich in Victorian architecture. It has a redwood frame, tongue-and-groove siding, a stone foundation, a shingle roof and a cornice with pierced brackets and a molded gutter. Windows carry bracketed lintels, with alternating arched and triangular pediments upstairs. A two-story western addition of unknown date matches the original materials. Simon H. Buford, a Missouri-born rancher who came to California in 1849, built the house and split his time between it and his ranch in Berryessa Valley. He sold it in 1906 to J. M. Butler. Napa County bought it in 1912 for a youth detention home, and from 1956 it served as a University of California agriculture extension office. Condemned in 1971, it was sold in 1976 on condition that it be rehabilitated, and it now holds four apartments within its original floor plan.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Unknown (built by Simon H. Buford)","architectural_style":"Romano-Tuscan variation of the Italianate Style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condemned and vacated in 1971; sold in 1976 on condition of rehabilitation; since restored and converted to four apartments.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.534858-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/77000314.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77000314/4b535e629a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77000314/4b535e629a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Buford_House,_1930_Clay_St.,_Napa,_CA_9-5-2010_6-06-07_PM.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Sanfranman59</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:Buford_House,_1930_Clay_St.,_Napa,_CA_9-5-2010_6-06-07_PM.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859998","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buford_House_(Napa,_California)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65066824"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/napa-county/buford-house-77000314/"}