{"nrhp_refnum":"82002268","name":"Troy Laundry","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"722 Almaden Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Jose","county":"Santa Clara County","state":"CA","lat":37.32380492900006,"lon":-121.88550237599998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-01-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A wood-frame commercial laundry building at 722 Almaden Avenue in San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, first built in 1895 and enlarged, most notably in 1922-23.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it was a landmark commercial operation in San Jose, running continuously at this location from 1896 to 1979. It is also described as a well-preserved example of late nineteenth century false-front wooden industrial architecture. The founder, Charles L. Southgate, and his partner Stiner G. Stinerson built a business that served leading hotels, restaurants and institutions.","narrative":"Located on the east side of Almaden Avenue in San Jose, this wood-frame laundry building began in 1895 as a mix of one- and two-story construction. Horizontal wood siding covers the exterior, a gabled shingle roof sits behind a stepped false front, and most windows are double hung. A major 1922-23 addition, built by carpenter Mike Solimine, introduced post and beam construction to create a large open production floor, along with a clerestory for light and ventilation and a separate double-brick boiler room. The laundry was founded by Charles L. Southgate and partner Stiner G. Stinerson, and it operated continuously from 1896 to 1979. Its customers included major hotels, restaurants, San Jose State University and distant clients such as Lick Observatory and Stanford University, with laundry collected at the railroad depot. Ownership later passed to the Dalesandro family and then others. The building is valued as a long-running local business and as a well-preserved false-front industrial structure, though its roof needs repair.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Unknown (1922-23 addition by carpenter Mike Solimine)","architectural_style":"Late nineteenth century false-front wooden industrial architecture","criteria":[],"status_note":"Altered; the second-story roof structure is in need of repair. Sold in 1979 to an owner who planned to restore it for commercial use.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:32.090536-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/82002268.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002268/ed5fb92718-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002268/ed5fb92718-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Unknown authorUnknown author","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Troy_Laundry.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown authorUnknown author</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Troy_Laundry.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861805","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_Laundry_Building_(San_Jose,_California)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q125256547"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/santa-clara-county/troy-laundry-82002268/"}