{"nrhp_refnum":"84000911","name":"Black, Samuel M., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"418 Pajaro St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Salinas","county":"Monterey County","state":"CA","lat":36.671666808000055,"lon":-121.65215633899999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-09-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half storey redwood-framed Queen Anne house with Colonial Revival detailing at 418 Pajaro Street, Salinas, California, designed by architect William H. Weeks and built around 1900, plus a 1936 farm worker housing building on the same lot.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an intact early residential work by regional architect William Henry Weeks and a prototype for his \"Modified Colonial\" style. It is also the most fully documented example of his early work, with the only known set of his plans and elevations from this period. Its builder, Samuel M. Black, was a county official and civic leader, and the 1936 eight-room building is an early example of single-male migrant farm worker housing in the Salinas Valley.","narrative":"Built around 1900 at 418 Pajaro Street in Salinas, this redwood-framed Queen Anne house was designed by architect William H. Weeks for Samuel M. Black, a farmer, county supervisor and civic leader who helped lay out the town. Features include a hexagonal corner turret with a witch's cap, a pedimented entry portico with carved festoons, shingled gables, and a reception hall with graining in \"Golden Oak\" and art glass windows. Weeks called the design a cottage, and it is considered a prototype for his \"Modified Colonial\" style. The only known plans and elevations from this phase of his residential work survive for it. A second building, constructed in 1936 by contractor L. Torrison, holds eight bedrooms that housed single male farm workers during the Depression and provided income for the Black children. Both structures remain largely intact, though the neighborhood has shifted from rural residential to commercial uses.","period_of_significance":"1900","architect_builder":"William Henry Weeks (architect); L. Torrison (contractor, 1936 farm worker housing)","architectural_style":"Queen Anne with some Colonial Revival detailing; 1936 outbuilding in a chalet pictorial style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied; the property was maintained by the Black family until 1982, and the exterior of both buildings is described as intact. The surrounding area has changed to parking lots and commercial uses.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.474251-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/84000911.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000911/69aed2a85d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000911/69aed2a85d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Rramosphoto","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samuel_M._Black_House_2.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Rramosphoto</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:Samuel_M._Black_House_2.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859893","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_M._Black_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14683855"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/monterey-county/black-samuel-m-house-84000911/"}