{"nrhp_refnum":"86000010","name":"Brawn, Charles A., House","other_names":["Michlin,Willard and Susan,House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"790 Vale View Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Vista","county":"San Diego County","state":"CA","lat":33.186238744000036,"lon":-117.24802278499999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-01-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1929 two-story estate house in a rural part of Vista, San Diego County, California, designed by architect Edgar Vaughn Ullrich. It sits on a 1.95-acre remnant of an original 44-acre estate and includes five outbuildings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is the largest and finest example of Spanish Colonial Revival styling in the local community and the work of a locally important architect. It also cites the original owner, Charles (Bergdoll) Braun, who was caught up in a nationally publicized World War I draft-evasion case involving his family. A federal reviewer accepted the property for its architecture only, finding the Braun association too briefly argued.","narrative":"Built in 1929 as the centerpiece of a 44-acre avocado and citrus estate in Vista, this house was designed by La Jolla architect Edgar Vaughn Ullrich, who described it as California Moorish. It is H-shaped, with stucco walls over masonry and frame, a red brick base, S-profile clay tile roof, arched windows and doors, wrought iron railings and a brick fish pond at the entry. Inside are eleven rooms, six baths, red fir floors and a columned fireplace mantel. Subdivision has reduced the property to 1.95 acres, which still holds five original outbuildings, including two garages, a servants house and a pump house. The house is judged the largest and finest example of Spanish Colonial Revival design in the local community. Its first owner, Charles Braun, born Bergdoll in Pennsylvania, moved west after his family became the target of a nationally reported World War I draft-evasion prosecution. Original features remain largely intact.","period_of_significance":"1929","architect_builder":"Edgar Vaughn Ullrich (architect); Porter Construction Company of La Jolla (builder)","architectural_style":"California Moorish / Spanish Colonial Revival, with Mission Revival elements","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Excellent condition; used as a single-family residence and occupied. Alterations since 1929 are described as relatively minor.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.462734-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/86000010.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000010/5d300267a1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000010/5d300267a1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CHARLES_A._BRAUN_HOUSE,_VISTA_SAN_DIEGO_COUNTY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CHARLES_A._BRAUN_HOUSE,_VISTA_SAN_DIEGO_COUNTY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860823","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5754127"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/san-diego-county/brawn-charles-a-house-86000010/"}