{"nrhp_refnum":"82002267","name":"Roma Bakery","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"655 Almaden Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Jose","county":"Santa Clara County","state":"CA","lat":37.34255983600008,"lon":-121.88624126699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-01-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, hipped-roof wood commercial building at 655 Almaden Avenue in San Jose, California, built in 1911 by Vittorio Pera for a bakery-grocery business.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant for an unusual blend of Colonial Revival and Queen Anne elements, including a corner turret. It is also one of the last family-run bakeries in the San Jose area and one of few surviving wood commercial structures downtown.","narrative":"Roma Bakery is a two-story wood commercial building at 655 Almaden Avenue in San Jose, completed in 1911. Vittorio Pera, a builder trained in Italy, constructed it for his cousin Rizieri Pera, who had started a combined bakery and grocery business in 1907. The hipped roof, central dormer, wood modillions and dentil bands reflect Colonial Revival design, while a shingled corner turret recalls the Queen Anne style. The original diagonal corner entrance beneath the turret has been closed off, though its three wood columns remain visible. A one-story front extension dates to 1911, and later additions, including a rear extension from 1976, match the original siding and paint. The business closed during the Second World War and reopened soon afterward, and a grandson of Rizieri managed it at the time of listing. The building was recognized for its mix of architectural styles, its survival as a family-run bakery, and its rarity as a wood commercial structure downtown.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Vittorio Pera","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival with Queen Anne elements","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still operating as a bakery and undergoing rehabilitation at the time of nomination; condition rated good 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 02:55:31.334346-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/82002267.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002267/04f18d1c9a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002267/04f18d1c9a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Eugene Zelenko","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USA-San_Jose-Roma_Bakery-1.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Eugene Zelenko</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USA-San_Jose-Roma_Bakery-1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861776","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roma_Bakery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123352683"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/santa-clara-county/roma-bakery-82002267/"}