{"nrhp_refnum":"78000656","name":"Scully Ranch","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Marlette St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ione","county":"Amador County","state":"CA","lat":38.35357734100006,"lon":-120.96055086599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-11-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic ranch headquarters of six buildings on 7.34 acres along Five Mile Drive (Old Ione-Stockton Road) near Sutter Creek in Ione, Amador County, California. The brick ranch house dates to about 1852-1858, and the outbuildings include a stone granary, blacksmith shop, wagon shed, barn and milk shed.","why_significant":"The house is considered architecturally significant as a mid-19th century, two-story Classic Revival brick building, with a Victorian veranda added about 1890. The ranch is also tied to the development of agriculture and clay mining in the Ione area, to early settlers such as the Hicks, Martin and Scully families, and to the Arroyo Seco Grant land title disputes.","narrative":"Scully Ranch is a cluster of six farm buildings on about seven acres beside Sutter Creek in Ione Valley. The centerpiece is a two-story, L-shaped common bond brick house built between about 1852 and 1858, possibly by early settler James Porter Martin, a Virginia native. Its Classic Revival character recalls a southern mansion, and a Victorian-style two-tier veranda replaced the original about 1890. Surrounding the house are a stone granary, blacksmith shop with original tools, wagon shed, barn, milk shed and a small concrete dairy structure. The ranch is linked to local agriculture and clay mining, to the first settlers of the area, and to the Arroyo Seco Grant land disputes. Five generations of the Scully family have lived in the house, which has also served as a film location and as a small inn offering three bedrooms. The grounds keep mature locust, oak and palm trees and a family orchard.","period_of_significance":"1900-present","architect_builder":"James P. Martin (?)","architectural_style":"Classic Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"At nomination the house was a family home and also an overnight inn (Marlette Inn). The house was in good condition, while several outbuildings were deteriorated or damaged.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:32.058146-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/78000656.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000656/37801a9b98-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000656/37801a9b98-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"KarenTeague","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scully_Ranch--south_side_street_view_of_house.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">KarenTeague</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scully_Ranch--south_side_street_view_of_house.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858414","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scully_Ranch","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85800073"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/amador-county/scully-ranch-78000656/"}