{"nrhp_refnum":"79000560","name":"Park Apartments","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"300 Santa Rosa Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Santa Rosa","county":"Sonoma County","state":"CA","lat":38.435147534000066,"lon":-122.71190786599999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-04-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story wooden multiple-dwelling building at 300 Santa Rosa Avenue in Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California, constructed between 1904 and 1906 on a small corner lot on the Old Redwood Highway.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is one of the oldest surviving multi-dwelling wooden buildings in the Santa Rosa area, and its two-tier veranda is an unusual feature for the region. It also serves as a focal point for the adjoining Burbank neighborhood and helps preserve the setting near Luther Burbank's home and gardens.","narrative":"Built between 1904 and 1906, this two-story wooden apartment building sits on a small corner lot at Santa Rosa Avenue and Charles Street in Santa Rosa. It has drop clapboard siding with a quarter-round detail, a hipped roof with flared eaves, and a two-tier veranda that gives access to the units. Originally four apartments heated by wood stoves, it was later converted to eight, mostly through interior changes. Its plain design reflects housing meant for moderate-income residents who worked nearby. The building is considered one of the oldest surviving multi-dwelling wooden structures in the Santa Rosa area, at a time when later hotels and multiple dwellings were built of stone or brick because of fire risk. The two-tier veranda is rare locally. It also anchors the adjacent Burbank neighborhood and faces the home and gardens of horticulturist Luther Burbank, helping preserve a sense of the setting he knew in the early twentieth century.","period_of_significance":"1904-1906","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Simple vernacular architecture built for moderate-income tenants; the form does not name a formal style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Marked as being restored; the form lists it as occupied, privately owned, and used as a private residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.338014-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/79000560.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000560/1ba645a535-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000560/1ba645a535-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Park_Apartments,_300_Santa_Rosa_Ave.,_Santa_Rosa,_CA_6-12-2010_7-56-46_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:Park_Apartments,_300_Santa_Rosa_Ave.,_Santa_Rosa,_CA_6-12-2010_7-56-46_PM.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123862106","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133554584"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/sonoma-county/park-apartments-79000560/"}