{"nrhp_refnum":"82000974","name":"Finch, James W., House","other_names":["The Finch-Fleischer House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"410 Monroe St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Monterey","county":"Monterey County","state":"CA","lat":36.60120630600005,"lon":-121.90091452299998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-10-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story redwood frame residence at 410 Monroe Street in Monterey, California, built in 1870 by the Finch family, with later north wing and kitchen additions.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is one of the few intact examples of early American building styles in a town known for Spanish/Mexican adobes. It shows a Classical Revival form with eclectic features typical of its period. The Finch family was also important in Carmel Valley ranching and Monterey commercial ventures.","narrative":"Built in 1870 at 410 Monroe Street in Monterey, this two-story redwood frame house is sheathed in horizontal drop siding. Its boxed cornice, simple returns and capital corner boards suggest a Greek temple form, while Italianate and Gothic touches in the porch details and balustrade give it an eclectic character. A second-story porch with turned wooden urns overlooks Monterey Bay. The Finch brothers, James and Charles, built the house for their mother after arriving overland in 1854 and establishing a stock ranch in Carmel Valley. James Finch, also a stovemaker and ironworker, supplied horses to the Federal Army during the Civil War. After his mother died in 1881, he moved in and added a north wing and kitchen. Later kitchen and dormer changes followed between 1910 and 1920. The house is valued as one of the few intact early American-style buildings in a town known for adobes.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"James W. Finch & others","architectural_style":"Classical Revival with eclectic Italianate and Gothic elements","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied private residence in good condition; altered by early rear additions and a dormer modification.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.894973-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/82000974.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82000974/d7c0ce7dfd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82000974/d7c0ce7dfd-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Jack Boucher","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Finch-Fleischer_House_(Monterey,_CA).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jack Boucher</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Finch-Fleischer_House_(Monterey,_CA).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859915","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_W._Finch_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14682506"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/monterey-county/finch-james-w-house-82000974/"}