{"nrhp_refnum":"82002228","name":"Cohn House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"305 Scott St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Folsom","county":"Sacramento County","state":"CA","lat":38.67862301800005,"lon":-121.17481792799998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-01-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Queen Anne style residence built in the mid-1890s at 305 Scott Street, Folsom, California, with an original 1860s house and barn attached at the rear, plus a small garden outbuilding.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a particularly fine local example of late 19th century residential architecture, with complex forms and varied detail, and that it was built from a published pattern book design. The attached 1860s house and barn are a rare remnant of working class housing from the city's earliest decades. It is also associated with Phillip Cohn, a prominent local businessman who served in the California State Senate from 1912 to 1920.","narrative":"Overlooking the town and valley from a hill in Folsom, this large Queen Anne house was built in the mid-1890s by merchant Simon Cohn and was part of the town's \"Nob Hill\" cluster of mansions. Its design came from a published pattern book, a common practice in the West where few houses were designed by architects. The two and a half story building features intersecting gables, a corner tower with a pyramidal roof, a wraparound porch with spindlework, fish scale shingles and fine interior woodwork. Attached to it are a small 1860s house and barn that Cohn built earlier; these modest buildings now serve as kitchen and dining space and are described as rare survivals of working class housing from the city's early years. Cohn's son-in-law Phillip, a businessman, lived here and served in the California State Senate from 1912 to 1920. The home hosted many social gatherings and stayed in the Cohn family until the 1960s.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Unknown (owner-builder Simon Cohn built the original 1860s house; the 1890s house was built from a pattern book design)","architectural_style":"Queen Anne, with Stick, Shingle and Classical Revival influences","criteria":[],"status_note":"Main house in good condition; the original house, barn and outbuilding somewhat deteriorated. Occupied as a residence and rehabilitation was underway at the time of nomination.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.498795-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/82002228.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002228/94d73d37af-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002228/94d73d37af-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Oscarmostofi","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cohn_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Oscarmostofi</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:Cohn_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860565","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cohn_House_(Folsom,_California)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5141377"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/sacramento-county/cohn-house-82002228/"}