{"nrhp_refnum":"83001211","name":"Brannan, Sam, Cottage","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"109 Wapoo Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Calistoga","county":"Napa County","state":"CA","lat":38.58226420700004,"lon":-122.57733269999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-08-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A wood-frame guest cottage at 109 Wapoo Avenue in Calistoga, Napa County, California, built in 1862 as one of 25 cottages of Sam Brannan's Calistoga Hot Springs Resort.","why_significant":"It is the last of the resort's 25 guest cottages remaining on its original site, still with its palm tree described by Robert Louis Stevenson in The Silverado Squatters. Brannan's development of the area's geothermal resource was important to Napa County's commercial growth and inspired other resorts. Its classical architecture conveyed leisure and civilization in early Calistoga.","narrative":"This wood-frame cottage at 109 Wapoo Avenue in Calistoga was built in 1862 as a guest cottage for Sam Brannan's Calistoga Hot Springs Resort. Of the 25 cottages that once surrounded the resort, it is the last remaining on its original site, and it still has the palm tree that Robert Louis Stevenson called a \"weedy palm\" in The Silverado Squatters. The original building had gabled roofs, a wraparound porch with arches, and decorative bargeboard. Alterations in 1905 removed the roof cresting and finials and added a porch extension and a rear addition containing two apartments. A garage and a walk-up flat were also built nearby. Brannan's resort helped drive Calistoga's growth and inspired other spas in the valley. After about 1875-1925 as a private residence, the cottage served as a rooming house with sulphur baths, then as an apartment house from about 1955.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence (apartments); condition listed as fair and altered, though the original features remain or can be reclaimed by rehabilitation.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.724867-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/83001211.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001211/5f38748c5c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001211/5f38748c5c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sam_Brannan_Cottage,_109_Wapoo_Ave.,_Calistoga,_CA_10-22-2011_3-13-21_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:Sam_Brannan_Cottage,_109_Wapoo_Ave.,_Calistoga,_CA_10-22-2011_3-13-21_PM.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859996","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Brannan_Cottage","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65067051"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/napa-county/brannan-sam-cottage-83001211/"}