{"nrhp_refnum":"78000723","name":"Manasse Mansion","other_names":["Burton Home"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"443 Brown St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Napa","county":"Napa County","state":"CA","lat":38.292631838000034,"lon":-122.28433178799997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-11-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Invention"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Victorian single-family residence at 443 Brown Street in Napa's Old Town area, designed and built in 1886 by architect/contractor W. H. Corlett for the Emmanuel Manasse family.","why_significant":"The nomination cites its unusual combination of Queen Anne, Eastlake and Colonial Revival elements, its association with the prominent local builder W. H. Corlett, and its role as the home of Emmanuel Manasse, a leading Napa tannery figure and civic leader. It is also part of a cluster of four of the largest Victorian-era homes left in Napa.","narrative":"Built in 1886 at 443 Brown Street in Napa, this large Victorian house was designed and built by W. H. Corlett for the family of Emmanuel Manasse. Its design blends three styles: Queen Anne bay windows and varied textures, Eastlake carved ornament and spindle work, and Colonial Revival two-story porch columns beneath a large gable. Fish scale shingles separate the floors, and the interior includes hand-painted ceilings, two staircases, pressed fiber wainscotting and plaster medallions. Manasse, born in Germany, rose from tannery superintendent to partner at Napa's Sawyer Tannery and patented a sheepskin tanning process. The house was divided into duplexes in 1900, returned to single-family use in 1926, and later converted to six apartments, with the original floor plan left intact. Corlett is credited with many of Napa's finest Victorian homes. The house sits beside Churchill Manor, part of a cluster of four of the city's largest Victorian-era homes.","period_of_significance":"1886","architect_builder":"W. H. Corlett (Corlett Brothers, original contractors)","architectural_style":"Queen Anne, Eastlake and Colonial Revival elements (Victorian)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied; converted by the 1940s into six apartments, with the original floor plan left largely intact. Condition listed as good.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.917583-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/78000723.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000723/f67a01a13a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000723/f67a01a13a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Manasse_Mansion,_443_Brown_St.,_Napa,_CA_9-5-2010_4-43-11_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:Manasse_Mansion,_443_Brown_St.,_Napa,_CA_9-5-2010_4-43-11_PM.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"97000042","name":"Napa Abajo-Fuller Park Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/california/napa-abajo-fuller-park-historic-district-97000042/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860048","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133308252"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/napa-county/manasse-mansion-78000723/"}