{"nrhp_refnum":"78000783","name":"Hope, Thomas, House","other_names":["Hope House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"399 Nogal Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Santa Barbara","county":"Santa Barbara County","state":"CA","lat":34.43458142900005,"lon":-119.77156697999999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-12-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Italianate mansion at 399 Nogal Drive in Santa Barbara, California, built in 1875 as the ranch headquarters for landowner Thomas Hope, designed by architect Peter J. Barber. It sits on 7.5 acres with ranch outbuildings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a stately example of Italianate design by Peter J. Barber, Santa Barbara's most prominent architect of the period. It is also tied to Thomas Hope, a wealthy rancher whose land became Hope Ranch Park. Unlike other Barber houses, it remains in its original setting with ranch outbuildings.","narrative":"Built in 1875 for rancher Thomas Hope, this two-story redwood mansion at 399 Nogal Drive in Santa Barbara served as headquarters for his 6,663-acre ranch. Architect Peter J. Barber designed it in the Italianate style, with a broad front porch, an upper balcony, tall sash windows, eave brackets and a central hall with a mahogany-railed stairway. Hope was a major landowner and the local Indian agent, and his ranch later became the Hope Ranch Park neighborhood. Barber also designed the 1872 county courthouse, the Arlington Hotel and the Upham Hotel. The house remains in its original setting on 7.5 acres, still surrounded by a bunk house, manager's cottage, fire house, garages and an equipment shed now used as a stable. After sitting vacant, vandalized and condemned in the 1960s, it was bought and restored from 1968, furnished with Victorian pieces, and opened to visitors on occasion.","period_of_significance":"1875","architect_builder":"Peter Barber (Peter J. Barber)","architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Restored beginning in 1968 after being vacant, vandalized and condemned; furnished with Victorian pieces and opened to the public a few times each year. Horses are boarded on the property.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.454471-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/78000783.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000783/a50f49c07c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000783/a50f49c07c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"DocFreeman24","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Hope_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">DocFreeman24</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:Thomas_Hope_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861596","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hope_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108919611"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/santa-barbara-county/hope-thomas-house-78000783/"}