{"nrhp_refnum":"82002272","name":"Lick, James, Mill","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"305 Montague Expwy.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Santa Clara","county":"Santa Clara County","state":"CA","lat":37.399774136000076,"lon":-121.94278879099994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-03-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A complex of 19th-century buildings at 305 Montague Expressway in Santa Clara, California, including a round brick granary and mill pond from James Lick's flour mill (about 1855), his Italianate house (about 1858), and a late Victorian office building.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the site is historically important for its ties to James Lick, an influential early Californian. It is commercially important as the site of a flour mill, then a paper mill, then a chemical works. It is architecturally important for the Italianate house and the unusual round brick granary.","narrative":"Along Montague Expressway in Santa Clara sits what remains of James Lick's mill complex. Lick began a brick flour mill here in 1855, known locally as \"Lick's Folly,\" and completed it with a round brick granary by 1857. The granary is 66 feet across, with brick walls two feet thick, and was designed to be fire and rat proof. Lick also built a two-story Italianate house around 1858, marked by a front veranda, bracketed eaves and paired arched windows. A small Victorian office building and a rectangular mill pond complete the nominated grounds. The mill burned in 1882, and the site later served as a paper mill and then a chemical works producing alcohol, potash and other products. Lick also ran a notable orchard and pioneered new fruits and horticultural methods. The property was listed for its association with Lick, its industrial history and its early architecture.","period_of_significance":"1856-1860+","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Italianate (house); Victorian (office building)","criteria":["A","B"],"status_note":"Listed as partially occupied; primary historic structures in fair condition. The house has been used as an office, and the original mill burned in 1882 with no above-ground remains.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.905305-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/82002272.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002272/4ff2217466-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002272/4ff2217466-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"EugeneZelenko","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USA-Santa_Clara-James_Lick_Mansion-5.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">EugeneZelenko</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-Santa_Clara-James_Lick_Mansion-5.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861726","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lick_Mansion","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6138042"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/santa-clara-county/lick-james-mill-82002272/"}