{"nrhp_refnum":"78000658","name":"Winehaven","other_names":["Point Molate","Fuel Department","Nsco"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Point Molate","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond","county":"Contra Costa County","state":"CA","lat":37.95142606150003,"lon":-122.41593264693668,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-10-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Historic - Aboriginal","Commerce","Historic - Non-Aboriginal","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Winehaven is an industrial district at Point Molate on the Point San Pablo peninsula near Richmond, Contra Costa County, California. It is a complex of brick and concrete winery buildings, worker housing and support structures built in 1908 by the California Wine Association.","why_significant":"The nomination presents Winehaven as an uncommon winery complex, once billed as the largest in the world, with castle-like crenellated buildings. It is called representative of an efficient industrial unit of the early 1900s. Its layout has stayed largely unchanged because of its isolation and Navy ownership.","narrative":"Winehaven is a turn-of-the-century winery complex on the shore of the Point San Pablo peninsula near Richmond, California. The California Wine Association built it in 1908 as its headquarters and production center, and it was described at the time as one of the largest wineries in the world. The main winery is a two-and-a-half-story brick building with a crenellated parapet and corner turrets, and other brick and concrete buildings share the castle-like look. The complex also held a hotel, a school, a post office, a steam plant, and shingled cottages for workers below the superintendent's house. A long wharf and rail connections moved grapes in and wine out. Prohibition closed the operation in 1919, and the Navy bought the site in 1941 for a fuel depot. Because of its isolation and protective ownership, the layout has changed little, and the nomination treats it as a representative early twentieth-century industrial complex.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Castellated, Rhineland-castle-like industrial architecture with crenellated parapets and corner turrets","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition under Navy stewardship; the winery buildings are used for Navy warehouse storage or stand vacant, and the workers' houses house Navy personnel.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:32.208894-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/78000658.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000658/80fab6e96e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000658/80fab6e96e-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Robert Hicks","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Winehaven_Bldg_1.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert Hicks</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Winehaven_Bldg_1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858581","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winehaven,_California","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8024966"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/contra-costa-county/winehaven-78000658/"}