{"nrhp_refnum":"80000856","name":"First Congregational Church of Pescadero","other_names":["Community Congretional Church"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"San Gregorio St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pescadero","county":"San Mateo County","state":"CA","lat":37.25426024400008,"lon":-122.38336876799997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-10-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small wooden church on San Gregorio Street in Pescadero, San Mateo County, California, begun in May 1867 and dedicated in December 1867. A steeple was added in 1890.","why_significant":"It was the first building in Pescadero constructed solely for religious purposes. The nomination calls it the oldest surviving wooden church on its original site, in continuous church use and without major renovations, in the San Francisco Peninsula and Santa Clara Valley region. Its Classical Revival design, with board siding scored to imitate stone, reflects the tastes of an isolated coastside community.","narrative":"This small redwood-frame church on San Gregorio Street in Pescadero, San Mateo County, was begun in May 1867 and dedicated that December. It measures 34 by 54 feet. Of its $1,170 construction cost, $1,100 came from anonymous donors in San Francisco. It was the first building in town put up solely for worship. Its design is mainly Classical Revival: a temple-like roofline, a broken pediment, round-arched windows and board siding scored to look like stone. A 40-foot Gothic-style spire, drawn by local contractor Charles F. Wilson, was added in 1890. A fire in 1940 led to a social hall being built at the rear. The nomination describes it as the oldest surviving wooden church on its original site, in continuous use and without major renovations, in the San Francisco Peninsula and Santa Clara Valley region. It also reflects the New England roots of many early residents in a largely Catholic, coast-bound community.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Builder/architect unknown; spire by Chas. F. Wilson","architectural_style":"Classical Revival with a Victorian Gothic Revival spire","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in excellent to good condition, and in religious use; the form says it is on its original site.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.662897-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/80000856.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000856/d66f6c7e2a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000856/d66f6c7e2a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First_Congregational_Church_of_Pescadero,_San_Gregorio_St.,_Pescadero,_CA_10-30-2011_2-33-34_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:First_Congregational_Church_of_Pescadero,_San_Gregorio_St.,_Pescadero,_CA_10-30-2011_2-33-34_PM.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861506","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Congregational_Church_of_Pescadero","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5452858"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/san-mateo-county/first-congregational-church-of-pescadero-80000856/"}