{"nrhp_refnum":"79000505","name":"Lisbon Winery","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1720 Brown St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Napa","county":"Napa County","state":"CA","lat":38.303931205000026,"lon":-122.28993933099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-03-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story rectangular cut-stone winery at 1720 Brown Street in Napa, California, begun in 1880 and completed in 1884, built beside an earlier brick sherry cellar.","why_significant":"It is described as the only winery remaining in Napa City and is virtually intact in its original design. It represents the simple rectangular industrial warehouse style common to late 19th-century Napa County wineries. It is also tied to J.A. Mathews, a Portuguese-born sherry and wine dealer and stonemason, and to the role of immigrants in the local wine industry.","narrative":"Lisbon Winery is a two-story stone building at 1720 Brown Street in Napa, measuring 90 by 45 feet with walls two feet thick. Built of locally quarried cut stone, it has a hip roof ending in a gable at the east end, arched doorways with keystones carved with grapes and wine presses, and a stone course dividing the floors. It was begun in 1880 beside a brick sherry cellar of 1878 and finished in 1884 under J.A. Mathews, a Portuguese-born stonemason who carved the arches himself and named the winery for his birthplace. After Mathews became insolvent in 1885, the property was tied up in litigation until 1896, then served as a bottling plant until Prohibition. Winemaking resumed in 1946 and continued until 1976, after which the building held storage. It is noted as the last winery remaining in Napa City and an example of the industrial warehouse winery style, with an open plaza preserving part of its early setting.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"J.A. Mathews (builder/architect)","architectural_style":"Industrial warehouse style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Winery operated until 1976 and was thereafter used only for storage; the form marks the property unoccupied. Alterations include a new tile roof, metal gutters and brick infill of four windows and one entry.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.797453-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/79000505.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000505/850bd2a174-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000505/850bd2a174-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lisbon_Winery,_1720_Brown_St.,_Napa,_CA_10-9-2011_11-36-36_AM.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:Lisbon_Winery,_1720_Brown_St.,_Napa,_CA_10-9-2011_11-36-36_AM.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860046","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133308290"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/napa-county/lisbon-winery-79000505/"}