{"nrhp_refnum":"82002209","name":"Krough House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"146 Central Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Salinas","county":"Monterey County","state":"CA","lat":36.67644425300006,"lon":-121.66013043199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-01-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A wood-frame Queen Anne single-family house at 146 Central Avenue in Salinas, Monterey County, California, built around 1900 by an unknown builder on a 0.16-acre lot.","why_significant":"The house is one of only four remaining Queen Anne homes on Central Avenue, once the most desirable residential street in Salinas. It reflects the housing demand created by professionals who arrived as the agricultural economy of the Salinas Valley grew. It is also tied to the Krough family, and to Olga Krough, who later married lumber and savings-and-loan founder Michael Tynan and, by her account, played with John Steinbeck as a child.","narrative":"Built around 1900, this Queen Anne house at 146 Central Avenue in Salinas is a wood-frame residence made of rough-cut redwood with shiplapped redwood siding. Its irregular outline, intersecting gables, central hip roof and flat widow's walk are typical of the style, and bay windows, dormers and a small cellar add to its character. Central Avenue was once the street where Salinas's leading families chose to live, lined with Queen Anne houses, but only four remain. As the Salinas Valley's agriculture grew, professionals moved to town and created demand for such housing. Pharmacist Peter Krough Jr. had the house built for his wife and daughter Olga, who later married lumber and savings-and-loan founder Michael Tynan. She recalled playing there with a young John Steinbeck. After years of decline under later owners, the house was fully renovated in 1978-79, with the entrance porch reconstructed from surviving footings and railing notches. It was listed for its architecture and local importance.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Renovated from 1978 to February 1979 by its owners, who are architects, after a series of owners and a period of deterioration. The form lists it as occupied, in good condition, on its original site, and altered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.30627-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/82002209.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002209/cf6d3dcd2a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002209/cf6d3dcd2a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"McGhiever","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Krough_House_2013.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">McGhiever</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:Krough_House_2013.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859928","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krough_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116603051"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/monterey-county/krough-house-82002209/"}