{"nrhp_refnum":"78000748","name":"Libby, Charles, House","other_names":["Goldie Rush's House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"636 Rockledge St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Oceanside","county":"San Diego County","state":"CA","lat":33.19140249800006,"lon":-117.36690376199999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-07-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A late Victorian/Colonial Revival house built about 1902-1905 by Charles Libby, a founder of Oceanside, California. It was moved in 1977 from its original ridge site to 636 Rockledge Street, about half a mile south.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it the best and last example of late Victorian/Colonial Revival architecture in Oceanside. It is one of the city's few remaining links to its early development. It was also long the home of Goldie Rush, a burlesque performer. It was moved in 1977 to save it from demolition, with community support.","narrative":"This two-story wood-frame house was built between 1902 and 1905 by Charles Libby, a real estate broker, city councilman and one of Oceanside's founders. He placed it on a ridge with ocean views to attract others to the growing town. It has horizontal cedar siding, steep shake roofs, a bay window, carved trim, ten rooms, a circular staircase and a cross-shaped plan that may echo a European cathedral. In the 1920s it was bought by Goldie Rush, a burlesque performer who lived there until her death in 1968 and kept prize chickens and about a thousand antique glass jars. Facing demolition for an office and apartment complex in 1977, the house was moved about half a mile south along the same ridgeline. City officials, the local historical society and residents supported the move. It is considered Oceanside's finest surviving example of late Victorian and Colonial Revival design and a tangible link to the city's early settlement.","period_of_significance":"c. 1902-1905","architect_builder":"Charles Libby (builder); architect unknown","architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Moved on August 4, 1977 to a nearby site to avoid demolition. The form describes it as basically unaltered, with restoration planned, and a private residence in good standing at the new site. Earlier material describes it as vacant and deteriorating at its original site.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:32.052383-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/78000748.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000748/82ecd0a18c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000748/82ecd0a18c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Bobak Ha'Eri","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2010-1026-CharlesLibbyHouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Bobak Ha'Eri</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2010-1026-CharlesLibbyHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860911","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5754134"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/san-diego-county/libby-charles-house-78000748/"}