{"nrhp_refnum":"85000259","name":"Combellack-Blair House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3059 Cedar Ravine","address_restricted":false,"city":"Placerville","county":"El Dorado County","state":"CA","lat":38.727933509000025,"lon":-120.79476755599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-02-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Victorian house at 3059 Cedar Ravine in Placerville, El Dorado County, California, built in 1895 for William Hill Combellack. It sits on a 0.565-acre lot near an old Methodist church and cemetery.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of the finest late-nineteenth century houses in California's Mother Lode region and the most elaborate Victorian in Placerville. It blends Queen Anne, Stick-Eastlake, Gothic and Italianate elements and has a free-hanging circular stair to a cupola. The Combellack (clothing) and Blair (lumber) families were also important in the county's economic and social development.","narrative":"Built in 1895 for William Hill Combellack at 3059 Cedar Ravine in Placerville, this two-story house combines Queen Anne, Italianate, Stick-Eastlake and Gothic details. Features include stained glass windows, bay windows with sawn brackets, spool-and-sunburst vergeboard, fish-scale shingles, and a rectilinear cupola reached by a free-hanging circular staircase. Materials came from the Pacific Planing Mill and Building Company in Placerville, and family accounts put the cost at $2,500. The Combellack family lived here for twenty-nine years before the Blair family bought it in 1924 and stayed for about fifty. Combellack's family ran a clothing store, and the Blairs worked in lumber. Most interior millwork, doors, hardware and flooring are original, and the fieldstone retaining walls and a hand-dug wine cellar remain. The house was listed for its architectural quality, its intact Victorian character, and the role of its two pioneer families in local commerce. It is described as the most elaborate Victorian home in Placerville.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Unknown (built for W.H. Combellack)","architectural_style":"Mixture of Queen Anne, Italianate, Stick-Eastlake and Gothic elements","criteria":[],"status_note":"Rated excellent condition and occupied; used as a private residence and commercial use. Recently converted to a Bed and Breakfast Inn, with a reproduced redwood picket fence and some missing fretwork the owners plan to replace.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.699706-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/85000259.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000259/fba56f79f3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000259/fba56f79f3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Bobak Ha'Eri","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2009-0724-Placerville-CBhouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Bobak Ha'Eri</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2009-0724-Placerville-CBhouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858602","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combellack%E2%80%93Blair_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5150774"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/el-dorado-county/combellack-blair-house-85000259/"}