{"nrhp_refnum":"82002213","name":"Old Napa Register Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1202 1st St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Napa","county":"Napa County","state":"CA","lat":38.298687080000036,"lon":-122.28713137699998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-02-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Communications"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick commercial building at 1202 First Street, on the northwest corner of First and Coombs Streets in downtown Napa, California, completed in 1905 for the Napa Register newspaper and designed by architect Luther M. Turton.","why_significant":"The building is one of the few remaining turn-of-the-century commercial buildings in downtown Napa and was designed by Luther M. Turton, the city's leading architect of the time. It was built for the Napa Register, the city's oldest continuously operating newspaper. Its construction also helped shift Napa's commercial growth from Main Street toward First Street.","narrative":"Built in 1905 at the corner of First and Coombs Streets in Napa, this two-story brick building was constructed as the home of the Napa Register newspaper. Publisher George Milton Francis bought the lot in 1904, though other businessmen thought it too far from the downtown core, and completed the building for $9,000. Architect Luther M. Turton, who practiced in Napa from 1887 to 1927, designed it with cement facing scored to resemble stone, arched windows with keystones, a scrolled entrance pediment and a dentiled cornice. The newspaper used the first floor while the second floor held a dance studio. Other businesses followed, and commercial development turned from Main Street toward First Street. The Register moved out in 1965, the building sat vacant until 1968, and a major rehabilitation in 1979 restored lost interior features and adapted the space for offices and retail use. It is valued as a rare surviving example of turn-of-the-century commercial architecture in downtown Napa.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"L. M. Turton (Architect)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Major renovation was completed in 1979 and the building was in excellent condition. The second floor was leased to a law firm, and the building was listed as occupied with commercial use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.780987-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/82002213.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002213/c9de97fefb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002213/c9de97fefb-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Napa_Register_Building,_1202_1st_St.,_Napa,_CA_9-5-2010_2-17-35_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:Old_Napa_Register_Building,_1202_1st_St.,_Napa,_CA_9-5-2010_2-17-35_PM.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860072","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Napa_Register_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85790506"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/napa-county/old-napa-register-building-82002213/"}