{"nrhp_refnum":"82002235","name":"Libby McNeil and Libby Fruit and Vegetable Cannery","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1724 Stockton Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sacramento","county":"Sacramento County","state":"CA","lat":38.56433076600007,"lon":-121.467516537,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-03-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A nine-building fruit and vegetable cannery complex on about 8.93 acres at 1724 Stockton Boulevard, at Stockton and Alhambra Boulevards on the edge of downtown Sacramento, California. The main building was built in 1912-13, with additions in 1918 and 1943.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the cannery is tied to a business that contributed to the industrial and agricultural growth of Sacramento and the Sacramento Valley. It served as the distribution center for five Libby canneries in California and helped make Sacramento known as the canning center of the west. It also survives as one of the few cannery plants left in nearly original condition, with varied structural systems.","narrative":"This is a large brick cannery complex at the corner of Stockton and Alhambra Boulevards, just outside downtown Sacramento. Nine buildings stand on roughly 9 acres: a main building about 700 by 196 feet, early warehouses, a can factory and can storage warehouse from 1913, two warehouses added in 1918, and two more from 1943. Chicago architect A. C. Rhoads designed the original 1912-13 plant, which represented an investment of about $1,000,000 and employed up to 1,000 people at full operation. It served as the distribution center for five Libby canneries in California and encouraged local farmers to plant more olives and tomatoes. The plant helped Sacramento earn its reputation as the canning center of the west. It is also valued as one of the few cannery plants left in nearly original condition, where each building shows a different structural and roof support system. At the time of nomination it was vacant and proposed for adaptive reuse.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"A. C. Rhoads, Architect (1913); Washington J. Miller, Architect (1918 warehouses), built by Palmer & Peterson, San Francisco","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed as good condition, vacant and proposed for commercial adaptive use at the time of nomination.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.473488-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/82002235.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002235/f3f469afd5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002235/f3f469afd5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Oscarmostofi","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Libby,_McNeill_and_Libby_Fruit_and_Vegetable_Cannery,_Alhambra_Sacramento_CA_Oscar_Mostofi_p1.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:Libby,_McNeill_and_Libby_Fruit_and_Vegetable_Cannery,_Alhambra_Sacramento_CA_Oscar_Mostofi_p1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860626","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libby,_McNeill_and_Libby_Cannery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16894138"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/sacramento-county/libby-mcneil-and-libby-fruit-and-vegetable-cannery-82002235/"}