{"nrhp_refnum":"82002276","name":"Pinschower, Simon, House","other_names":["Vintage Towers Bed And Breakfast Inn"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"302 N. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cloverdale","county":"Sonoma County","state":"CA","lat":38.80846467600003,"lon":-123.01746596399994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-02-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large one-and-a-half story redwood-frame house at 302 N. Main Street in Cloverdale, Sonoma County, California, built around 1901 for merchant Simon Pinschower and remodeled in 1913 by architect Brainard Jones.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of the largest and most significant houses in a small wine and lumber town. It was built for a prominent local merchant and is a distinctive local interpretation of late Queen Anne styling showing a transition toward Colonial Revival and bungalow forms. Its integrity is high and dates from the 1913 remodeling by a noted local architect.","narrative":"Built around 1901 on a corner lot in Cloverdale, this one-and-a-half story house was the home of Simon Pinschower, who ran a clothing store called the White House. It is framed in clear heart redwood and topped with a hipped roof. Its most striking feature is a set of short corner turrets above the roofline, each shaped differently: round, octagonal and square. Three of the turrets were added in 1913, when new owner Alice J. Henderson hired Sonoma County architect Brainard Jones to design them along with some interior changes. Inside are three fireplaces, a large oak staircase, white oak floors and 31 leaded glass windows. From the 1920s until 1942 the building served as a full-service hospital run by Dr. Ira Wheeler, and it later returned to single-family use. It was recognized as one of the largest and most significant houses in the town, with an eclectic mix of Queen Anne, Colonial Revival and bungalow influences.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Builder unknown; 1913 remodeling by Brainard Jones","architectural_style":"Eclectic local interpretation of late Queen Anne, showing transition to Colonial Revival and bungalow forms","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in excellent condition, and used as a private residence; also known as Vintage Towers Bed and Breakfast Inn. It was a hospital until 1942.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.719541-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/82002276.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002276/3d97df2357-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002276/3d97df2357-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Simon_Pinschower_House,_302_N_Main_St.,_Cloverdale,_CA_7-3-2010_5-53-37_PM.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Sanfranman59</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:Simon_Pinschower_House,_302_N_Main_St.,_Cloverdale,_CA_7-3-2010_5-53-37_PM.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123862114","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56483202"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/sonoma-county/pinschower-simon-house-82002276/"}