{"nrhp_refnum":"79000506","name":"Suscol House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S of Napa on Old Suscol Ferry Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Napa","county":"Napa County","state":"CA","lat":38.23999773000003,"lon":-122.26930721899998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-02-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, L-shaped former stage stop inn on Old Soscol Ferry Road south of Napa, California, with a wing built c.1856 and a second wing added c.1875. It was moved about 500 feet west in March 1978 to avoid demolition for a state highway project.","why_significant":"It is described as the earliest remaining example in Napa County of the mid-19th century stage stop inn. It is also the only commercial structure left from Suscol, a transportation center of the 1860s. It served stage lines, ferry, steamer and railroad connections, and has operated for over a century as a hotel, restaurant or bar.","narrative":"Suscol House, also spelled Soscol House, is a two-story, L-shaped inn on Old Soscol Ferry Road south of Napa. Its older wing dates to about 1856 and uses pegged mortise-and-tenon framing; a balloon-framed wing followed around 1875. Gabled roofs, clapboard siding and symmetrical double-hung windows reflect the Greek Revival vernacular common to regional inns. The building was moved about 500 feet west in 1978 to avoid demolition for a state highway project, and later additions were stripped away during renovation. The inn is considered the earliest surviving stage stop inn in Napa County and the only commercial building left from Suscol, a 1860s transportation hub. Stage lines, steamers, a ferry and a railroad connected here. Even as Suscol declined, the building continued as a hotel, restaurant or bar, later hosting dances, banquets and theatrical performances. It sits close to the transportation corridor it has served since the 1850s.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Greek Revival influenced vernacular inn","criteria":[],"status_note":"Moved in March 1978 to avoid demolition and under renovation at the time of nomination, with the aim of returning it to a late 19th century vernacular appearance and reopening it as a restaurant.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.830521-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/79000506.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000506/a263bff715-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000506/a263bff715-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Suscol_House,_1011_Soscol_Ferry_Rd.,_Napa,_CA_9-5-2010_12-10-25_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:Suscol_House,_1011_Soscol_Ferry_Rd.,_Napa,_CA_9-5-2010_12-10-25_PM.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860104","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133308336"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/napa-county/suscol-house-79000506/"}