{"nrhp_refnum":"82002270","name":"St. Vincent Orphanage and School Building","other_names":["Knights of Columbus Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"925 De La Vina St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Santa Barbara","county":"Santa Barbara County","state":"CA","lat":34.41905548900007,"lon":-119.70404496799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-06-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story-and-basement Italianate masonry building at 925 De La Vina Street, Santa Barbara, California, built in 1874-75 as St. Vincent's School and orphanage by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul. It later served as the Knights of Columbus hall.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it perhaps the finest late nineteenth century structure in Santa Barbara and a well-preserved example of Italianate design. It conveys the tastes of the first large-scale English-speaking settlement, a period little represented in a city known for Hispanic-themed architecture. It also had a long role in the city's social development as the area's first English-speaking school.","narrative":"Built in 1874-75 at 925 De La Vina Street in Santa Barbara, this Italianate building began as St. Vincent's School for Girls and orphanage, run by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul. It replaced an earlier wooden school on the site that burned. Architect A. Marquis designed it, D. Jordan built it, and Peter Barber likely supervised locally. Originally it had a basement and three floors, but the June 1925 earthquake forced removal of the top floor. The school moved to a new site in late 1924, and the Knights of Columbus Council 1684 then owned the building until 1980, using it as a fraternal hall. The symmetrical facade features a bracketed porch with Corinthian columns, a central pediment, and arched windows. A guidebook calls it the most important late nineteenth century building still standing in Santa Barbara, and it is valued as a rare survivor of the city's Americanization era.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Architect A. Marquis; builder D. Jordan; supervisor Peter Barber","architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as deteriorated but fair in condition, with structural stress and earthquake damage; rehabilitation was planned. Status is marked occupied and unoccupied, with commercial and religious uses.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.625654-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/82002270.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002270/2271a16b68-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002270/2271a16b68-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"LordAmeth","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Vincent_Orphanage.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">LordAmeth</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:St._Vincent_Orphanage.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861625","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133522349"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/santa-barbara-county/st-vincent-orphanage-and-school-building-82002270/"}