{"nrhp_refnum":"85002305","name":"Kottinger, John W., Adobe Barn","other_names":["Kottinger Barn"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"200 Ray St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pleasanton","county":"Alameda County","state":"CA","lat":37.66293527900007,"lon":-121.87239851199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-09-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1½-story adobe barn at 200 Ray Street in Pleasanton, Alameda County, California, built about 1852 by John W. Kottinger. It has 2½-foot-thick adobe walls on a stone foundation and a redwood-shingled gable roof.","why_significant":"It is the only remaining structure tied to John W. Kottinger, a founder of Pleasanton, and is the only adobe left within the city limits. It served as a jail when Kottinger held court in his house, and was one of the town's first public buildings. It is an uncommon non-residential adobe and the best preserved of the three adobes remaining in the area.","narrative":"Built about 1852, this adobe barn at 200 Ray Street in Pleasanton was constructed by John W. Kottinger, an Austrian-born lawyer and one of the town's founding settlers. The roughly 35-by-35-foot building has 2½-foot-thick walls of locally made adobe brick on a stone foundation, plastered outside and topped by a redwood-shingled gable roof. Kottinger used his house as a courthouse and a section of the barn as a jail, with a tunnel between them to avoid hostile crowds. The barn also supported his stock raising. His house was torn down in 1930, leaving the barn as the only structure associated with him. It is the only adobe remaining within Pleasanton's city limits and the best preserved of three in the area. After years of deterioration, it was restored in 1984 and converted to a wine tasting room beside a small shopping complex, though its original setting has been lost to subdivision.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"John W. Kottinger","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Restored to its historic appearance in 1984 after severe deterioration, and renovated for use as a wine tasting room within a small shopping complex.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.319744-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/85002305.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002305/65384a4a27-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002305/65384a4a27-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_W._Kottinger_Adobe_Barn_(Pleasanton,_CA).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:John_W._Kottinger_Adobe_Barn_(Pleasanton,_CA).JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858254","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133255049"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/alameda-county/kottinger-john-w-adobe-barn-85002305/"}