{"nrhp_refnum":"79000472","name":"Point Richmond Historic District","other_names":["See Also:East Yard District"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Off CA 17","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond","county":"Contra Costa County","state":"CA","lat":37.92703274900006,"lon":-122.38720060232168,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-11-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A roughly triangular historic district of about 94 acres in Point Richmond, Richmond, Contra Costa County, California, centered on the hilly Potrero peninsula. It grew up around 1900 as a railroad and oil-industry town.","why_significant":"The district began as a transportation and industrial settlement tied to the Santa Fe Railroad terminus and the Standard Oil refinery. It was the nucleus of the City of Richmond and hosted its first city hall. It keeps a cohesive turn-of-the-century character of modest Victorian-era houses, brick commercial buildings and churches.","narrative":"Point Richmond is a hillside district of about 94 acres on the Potrero, a former island that became a peninsula as marshes filled in. Unlike many Bay Area towns, it began as a transportation and industrial center. In 1897 Santa Fe Railroad bought land here and built a terminal, yard, and a tunnel to a transbay ferry, with the first overland passenger train arriving in July 1900. The Standard Oil refinery opened in 1902 and drew workers who lived in modest housing nearby. Richmond's first city hall was located here after incorporation in 1905, though government and population shifted to the mainland by 1915. Development largely stopped in the 1920s, leaving small Queen Anne cottages, Neo-Classic row houses, bungalows, brick storefronts and churches. The 1906 First United Methodist Church and the 1910 Hotel Mac remain. Residents have restored many buildings, and the district keeps its identity as a distinct community.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Hotel Mac designed by architect W. O. Clausen (1910); most other buildings were built by small contractors or carpenters","architectural_style":"Turn-of-the-century styles including Queen Anne, San Francisco Stick, Neo-Classic, Eastern and Brown Shingle, Craftsman Bungalow and California Bungalow","criteria":[],"status_note":"Many older residential and commercial buildings have been restored or rehabilitated; the district remains a distinct community with some 1950s-60s apartment intrusions.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:32.254771-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/79000472.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000472/523e0d6db7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000472/523e0d6db7-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Ed Andersen, HABS/HAER photographer","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Point_Richmond_Historic_District_(Richmond,_CA).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ed Andersen, HABS/HAER photographer</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Point_Richmond_Historic_District_(Richmond,_CA).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858557","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Richmond_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7208152"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/contra-costa-county/point-richmond-historic-district-79000472/"}