{"nrhp_refnum":"86003577","name":"Alta Mesa Farm Bureau Hall","other_names":["Alta Mesa Hall","Alta Mesa Community Center Hall"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"10195 Alta Mesa Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wilton","county":"Sacramento County","state":"CA","lat":38.387053740000056,"lon":-121.22339179399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-01-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Exploration/Settlement","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A single-story wood-frame community hall at 10195 Alta Mesa Road in the rural Alta Mesa area near Wilton, Sacramento County, California, built in 1913 by local volunteer labor on donated land.","why_significant":"Apart from a few early farmhouses, it is the principal surviving structure tied to the history of the rural community of Alta Mesa. It served as the center of social, school, civic and Farm Bureau activity and hosted the Alta Mesa Fair, one of the last rural one-day community fairs in California, from 1922 to 1976.","narrative":"Alta Mesa Farm Bureau Hall is a modest wood-frame meeting hall near Wilton in southeastern Sacramento County. Local volunteers built it in 1913 on land donated by pioneer T. Winey, on a corner lot at Blake and Alta Mesa Roads. The original rectangular building gained a kitchen wing in 1930, giving it an L-shaped plan, and a covered porch in 1935. A small restroom building from 1930 also contributes. Apart from a few early farmhouses, the hall is the main surviving structure linked to the farming community of Alta Mesa, founded in 1903. The Farm Bureau bought it in 1917 and held monthly meetings there. It also housed church services, school plays and graduations, weddings, 4-H groups and wartime volunteer work. From 1922 to 1976 it hosted the Alta Mesa Fair, a one-day event with a community chicken dinner. The hall was unused when nominated, but it remains a tangible link to the area's rural past.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Unknown; built by local volunteer labor","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Unoccupied and vacant at the time of nomination; several windows were temporarily boarded to protect against vandalism. The condition is described as fair and altered.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.735748-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/86003577.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003577/000c05a247-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003577/000c05a247-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Aaron A. Gallup","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alta_Mesa_Farm_Bureau_Hall_6_-_Wilton_California.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Aaron A. Gallup</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alta_Mesa_Farm_Bureau_Hall_6_-_Wilton_California.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860539","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alta_Mesa_Farm_Bureau_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4735988"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/sacramento-county/alta-mesa-farm-bureau-hall-86003577/"}