{"nrhp_refnum":"80000864","name":"Hamilton, Capt. James A., House","other_names":["Tivoli Art Gallery"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2295 S. Basom Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Jose","county":"Santa Clara County","state":"CA","lat":37.28151163800004,"lon":-121.93215000999999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-06-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Italianate house with later Queen Anne additions at 2295 South Bascom Avenue, San Jose area, Santa Clara County, California, built in 1882 for Captain James A. Hamilton. It now operates as the Tivoli Art Gallery.","why_significant":"The nomination argues local architectural and historical significance. It is a fine Queen Anne farmhouse and the only one of its kind left amid modern commercial development. It is also tied to Captain James A. Hamilton, a whaling ship captain, including command of the Charles W. Morgan, who became a noted horticulturalist in Santa Clara County.","narrative":"This two-story house on South Bascom Avenue near San Jose was built in 1882 for Captain James A. Hamilton, a whaling ship master who commanded vessels including the Charles W. Morgan. Born in Ohio in 1826, Hamilton went to sea at 18, retired in 1887 after falling ill, and became an enthusiastic horticulturalist on his orchard property in Santa Clara County. The house began as a tall Italianate residence with a hipped roof and bracketed eaves. A later phase added Queen Anne features, including a gabled bay, a lattice-enclosed porch with circular cut-outs, turned posts, leaded colored glass, and patterned shingles. A one-story rear addition was already in place by around 1900. Once surrounded by fruit trees, the house now stands alone amid commercial development along a major road. It was nominated as a rare surviving Queen Anne farmhouse in an urbanized area and for its link to a prominent local figure. It currently operates as an art gallery.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific date 1882)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate with Queen Anne additions; Queen Anne farmhouse","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition, occupied, and operating as the Tivoli Art Gallery; the form notes a storage shed that intrudes on the historic character.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:32.093401-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/80000864.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000864/e7f2c7ca8d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000864/e7f2c7ca8d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Elan5","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Captain_James_A._Hamilton_House,_on_2295_Bascom_Ave..JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Elan5</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:Captain_James_A._Hamilton_House,_on_2295_Bascom_Ave..JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861691","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capt._James_A._Hamilton_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55757595"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/santa-clara-county/hamilton-capt-james-a-house-80000864/"}