{"nrhp_refnum":"87000341","name":"Aetna Springs Resort","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"1600 Aetna Springs Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pope Valley","county":"Napa County","state":"CA","lat":38.64285252450006,"lon":-122.48642977665926,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-03-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Entertainment/Recreation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Aetna Springs Resort is a historic district of 672 wooded acres in Pope Valley, Napa County, California. It holds a former mineral springs resort with 32 buildings and related landscape features dating from the 1870s to the early 1930s.","why_significant":"The nomination presents Aetna Springs as one of California's famous mineral springs resorts of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and one of the finest remaining examples of its type and period in the state. It is largely intact, with few changes since the early 1930s renovation. Its rustic buildings and landscape features are described as a major statement of the regional \"First Bay Tradition\" of Arts and Crafts design.","narrative":"Aetna Springs Resort occupies 672 wooded acres in Pope Valley, Napa County, where a mineral springs resort grew from the 1870s into the early 1930s. A compact core holds 32 buildings, including the dining hall, social hall, soda fountain building, the original lodge called Winship, and many guest cottages. Stone walls, two stone and timber bridges, a pergola and a mineral bath pavilion add to the setting. Cobblestone foundations, wood shingles, latticed porches and exposed timber give the buildings a consistent rustic look, strengthened by remodeling in the early 1930s by Albert Farr and J. Frances Ward. The dining and social halls resemble the work of Bernard Maybeck, though the dining hall attribution is undocumented. The resort operated until the 1970s and was later vacant, with some cottage interiors stripped. It was listed as one of California's finest surviving mineral springs resorts and an example of the First Bay Tradition of Arts and Crafts design.","period_of_significance":"1877-1935","architect_builder":"Unknown for 1877-c1925; Farr and Ward (Albert Farr and J. Frances Ward) c1925-c1935; the dining hall has been attributed to Bernard Maybeck, though no plans or contract were found","architectural_style":"Rustic, with First Bay Tradition / Arts and Crafts character","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Listed as vacant and unoccupied; the resort operated until the 1970s. Several cottage interiors were stripped in the 1970s, and the owners at the time of the form planned to restore them. 34 of 40 features contribute to the district.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.405651-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/87000341.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000341/9300de97fa-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000341/9300de97fa-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Anthonysthwd","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aetna_Springs_Resort.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Anthonysthwd</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:Aetna_Springs_Resort.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859982","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aetna_Springs_Resort","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4688752"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/napa-county/aetna-springs-resort-87000341/"}