{"nrhp_refnum":"79000556","name":"Fischer, Joseph, House","other_names":["Fischer-Hanlon House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"135 G St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Benicia","county":"Solano County","state":"CA","lat":38.049998318000064,"lon":-122.15916368399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-05-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, rectangular heavy timber house at 135 G Street in Benicia, Solano County, California, built in the early 1850s, possibly as a hotel, and moved to its present site by Joseph Fischer after he bought the property in July 1858.","why_significant":"The house preserves a rare California example of heavy timber frame construction with mortise and tenon joints, a method used mainly before balloon framing spread. It is also tied to Benicia's brief period as state capital in 1853-54 and to three generations of the Fischer family who developed and maintained it. Its outbuildings and garden remains illustrate nineteenth century domestic life.","narrative":"Joseph Fischer House, also called the Fischer-Hanlon House, is a two-story timber building at 135 G Street in Benicia, California. Built in the early 1850s and said to have first served as a hotel called the Eulahlia, it was damaged by fire and moved to its present lot by Joseph Fischer, a Swiss-born butcher who bought the property in 1858 and converted it into a home. Its heavy timber frame with mortise and tenon joints is one of the few surviving examples of that older building method in California, and studies suggest about 90 percent of the original material remains. The house sits beside the site of the 1853-54 state capitol, and three generations of Fischer descendants lived in and adapted it. Outbuildings include servants' quarters, a privy, a carriage house and a cistern. The state parks department restored the property, planning a house museum showing late nineteenth century family life.","period_of_significance":"1850's (house)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular, plain","criteria":[],"status_note":"Being restored by the California Department of Parks and Recreation, with plans to open it as a house museum reflecting the 1880-1900 period; the nomination lists the property as unoccupied and publicly owned.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.998182-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/79000556.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000556/f97b03c4a2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000556/f97b03c4a2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joseph_Fischer_House_horse_barn_and_arbor,_135_W._G_St.,_Benicia,_CA.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:Joseph_Fischer_House_horse_barn_and_arbor,_135_W._G_St.,_Benicia,_CA.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123862011","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fischer-Hanlon_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123055114"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/solano-county/fischer-joseph-house-79000556/"}