{"nrhp_refnum":"85002197","name":"Gordon Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1130 1st St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Napa","county":"Napa County","state":"CA","lat":38.29877510800003,"lon":-122.28678742399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-09-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story commercial building at 1130 First Street in downtown Napa, California, built in two phases (1929 and 1935) for Samuel Gordon and designed by C. L. Hunt. The first phase incorporated the structure of an earlier 1904 theatre building.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is the best example of Spanish Colonial Revival style with Spanish Renaissance detailing in the City of Napa, shown in its glazed terra cotta facade and floral ornament. It also recalls the downtown pattern lost to redevelopment in the 1970s. Secondary significance lies in its ties to Samuel Gordon, a prominent early 20th-century Napa developer.","narrative":"Downtown Napa's First Street includes a two-story commercial building clad in sand-colored glazed terra cotta with polychrome floral ornament, tripart arched windows, colonettes and two-story pilasters. The main section was completed in 1929 on the framework of the 1904 Hayes Building, which had housed a theatre. A simpler second section facing Coombs Street followed in 1935, built in unglazed brick because the earlier terra cotta was no longer made. Samuel Gordon, a theatre operator who retired to Napa around 1920 and became a leading developer, commissioned the building, and local architect C. L. Hunt designed it. Inside are a patterned terrazzo lobby, an original cage-style elevator and thirteen office suites around a lightwell. The 1960s brought aluminum storefront windows and dropped ceilings, and a second office entrance was added in 1976. The building was valued as the best local example of Spanish Colonial Revival design and as a reminder of the downtown pattern that existed before 1970s redevelopment.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific dates 1929/1935)","architect_builder":"C. L. Hunt","architectural_style":"Spanish Colonial Revival with Spanish Renaissance detailing","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as in excellent condition and altered, with the original site retained; occupied and in commercial use, with first-floor alterations from the 1960s and 1976.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.622488-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/85002197.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002197/303e720f93-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002197/303e720f93-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gordon_Building,_1130_1st_St.,_Napa,_CA_9-5-2010_2-22-30_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:Gordon_Building,_1130_1st_St.,_Napa,_CA_9-5-2010_2-22-30_PM.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860024","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85764086"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/napa-county/gordon-building-85002197/"}