{"nrhp_refnum":"79000521","name":"Rosebud Ranch","other_names":["Rosebud Farm"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"N of Hood","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hood","county":"Sacramento County","state":"CA","lat":38.38533175600003,"lon":-121.51389415099999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-12-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Rosebud Ranch (Rosebud Farm) is a 19th-century river farm complex about one and a half miles north of Hood, Sacramento County, California, beside the Sacramento River. Its centerpiece is an Italianate house built about 1877 for William Johnston and designed by Nathaniel Goodell.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be an outstanding, ornate example of Italianate architecture and the largest and finest surviving Italianate work of Sacramento architect Nathaniel Goodell. It is also tied to William Johnston, a pioneer agriculturist and state senator, and to the artist Wayne Thiebaud, who lived there from 1967 to the mid-1970s. The surviving water tower, smokehouse and barn represent a self-sufficient 19th-century ranch.","narrative":"Rosebud Ranch is a river farm complex north of Hood, California, built around a two-story wooden Italianate house completed about 1877. William Johnston, a gold rush arrival who became a leading agriculturist and state senator, built the ranch, and Sacramento architect Nathaniel Goodell designed the house. At its height the ranch covered 1,200 acres and produced fruit, grain, vegetables and butter from a herd of 100 Jersey cows. The house has arched windows, wooden quoins, bracketed cornices, slanted bays and a Corinthian-columned porch, and its interiors remain largely original. Remaining farm buildings include a four-story pump tower, a brick smokehouse and a large barn that now stands on neighboring land. The property was listed for its architecture, for its link to Johnston, and for its later association with the painter Wayne Thiebaud, who lived in the house from 1967 to the mid-1970s. The form describes the house as the largest and finest surviving Italianate work by Goodell.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Nathaniel Goodell (architect); William Johnston (builder-owner)","architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":[],"status_note":"The main house is occupied as a private residence and is in fair condition. The barn now sits on a neighboring parcel, and the current owner plans to acquire and restore it.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.960764-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/79000521.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000521/83a200f181-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000521/83a200f181-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Katiebug7","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rosebud_Ranch.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Katiebug7</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:Rosebud_Ranch.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860646","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosebud_Ranch","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14683834"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/sacramento-county/rosebud-ranch-79000521/"}