{"nrhp_refnum":"83001245","name":"Lumsden, W. H., House","other_names":["\"The Belvedere\""],"category":"building","location":{"address":"727 Mendocino St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Santa Rosa","county":"Sonoma County","state":"CA","lat":38.446427467000035,"lon":-122.71793642699998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-08-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large two-story Queen Anne residence at 727 Mendocino Avenue in Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California, built in 1901-1902 and known as \"The Belvedere.\" It was designed by architect Brainerd Jones and built by Simpson Roberts.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant for its architecture as one of the finer remaining homes in Santa Rosa. It is the only Queen Anne in the Santa Rosa area with an open belvedere, and one of fewer than six Queen Annes in the city with a tower. It is also tied to Brainerd Jones, the major architect in Sonoma County in the early 1900s, and to W. H. Lumsden, superintendent of the DeTurk Winery.","narrative":"Built around 1901-1902 at 727 Mendocino Avenue in Santa Rosa, this two-story Queen Anne house is known as \"The Belvedere\" for its large round corner tower, which has a wraparound first-floor veranda and an open pavilion beneath a conical roof. Architect Brainerd Jones designed it, and Simpson Roberts built it. Its entrance has round columns, a feature the nomination calls a signature of Jones's work. The main staircase and lobby retain original grained wood paneling and carved work. The house was built for William H. Lumsden, superintendent of the DeTurk Winery, which had become one of the largest wineries in California. A 1902 newspaper article counted it among the handsomest new dwellings in the county. The nomination describes it as the only Queen Anne in the Santa Rosa area with an open belvedere and one of only a few in the city with a tower. It has since been adapted to restaurant and bed-and-breakfast use.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Brainerd Jones, Architect; Simpson Roberts, Builders","architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied; adapted to a restaurant and bed and breakfast, with a 100-seat restaurant in the above-ground basement.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.96015-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/83001245.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001245/a57d3bc076-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001245/a57d3bc076-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:W._H._Lumsden_House,_727_Mendocino_Ave.,_Santa_Rosa,_CA_7-3-2010_1-18-51_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:W._H._Lumsden_House,_727_Mendocino_Ave.,_Santa_Rosa,_CA_7-3-2010_1-18-51_PM.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123862094","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56562750"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/sonoma-county/lumsden-w-h-house-83001245/"}