{"nrhp_refnum":"82002184","name":"Gushaw-Mudgett House","other_names":["Mudgett House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"820 9th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fortuna","county":"Humboldt County","state":"CA","lat":40.59943609700008,"lon":-124.15762562099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-01-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story redwood house at 820 Ninth Street in Fortuna, Humboldt County, California, built around 1884. The builder and architect are unknown.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a locally significant example of Italianate architecture with Eastlake detail, typical of 1880s houses in the Humboldt Bay region. It has survived almost a century without intrusive alteration. It is also tied to the Gushaw and Mudgett families, early figures in the community that became Fortuna.","narrative":"This two-story redwood house at 820 Ninth Street in Fortuna was built around 1884, when a prosperous lumber industry and the arrival of the railroad in the Eel River Valley prompted many fine Victorian homes. It is Italianate in style, with a low hipped roofline, a wide bracketed frieze, and stacked bays decorated with colonnettes, panels and bracketed hoods. Eastlake details appear in the turned porch posts, fan brackets and balustrades. The only noted alterations are an enclosed side porch and replaced kitchen windows. The land came from a large holding bought in 1870 by George Francis Gushaw, a pioneer sometimes called a father of Fortuna. After his death in 1894 the house passed to his daughter Eda and her husband Decatur Mudgett, who raised eight children there. It stayed in the family until 1973. It was listed as a locally significant example of Italianate and Eastlake architecture.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Italianate with Eastlake detail","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied private residence in good condition, undergoing repair and painting at the time of the nomination.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.145668-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/82002184.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002184/4a4caaf6a5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002184/4a4caaf6a5-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Ellin Beltz","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gushaw-Mudgett_House-elevation_Fortuna_CA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ellin Beltz</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gushaw-Mudgett_House-elevation_Fortuna_CA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858754","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133267437"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/humboldt-county/gushaw-mudgett-house-82002184/"}