{"nrhp_refnum":"87001157","name":"Hicks House","other_names":["Gray House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3160 Hicks Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Graton","county":"Sonoma County","state":"CA","lat":38.437320517000046,"lon":-122.8661833869464,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-07-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A vernacular Greek Revival house at 3160 Hicks Road in Graton, Sonoma County, California, built in 1872-73 for Moses C. Hicks and moved about 300 feet in 1904, on a 5.57-acre parcel with a carriage house, a shed and an apple orchard.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the property matters for its association with later owners James H. Gray and Fred Maddocks, early developers who promoted the Graton area for fruit growing and laid out the town, which was named for Gray. Gray also served as mayor of Santa Rosa while living there. The roughly 70-year-old apple orchard is described as a remnant of the area's early fruit-growing industry.","narrative":"Set among apple trees at the corner of Hicks Road and Graton Road, this three-story vernacular Greek Revival house was first built in 1873 for early Sonoma County settler Moses C. Hicks. In 1904 James H. Gray bought it with 354 acres, moved it about 300 feet northeast and added an east wing, a water tower and a dormer. Gray and rancher Fred Maddocks, with banker Jacob Brush, laid out the Green Valley Ranch subdivision in 1905, which became the town of Graton, named for Gray. Gray later served as mayor of Santa Rosa. Maddocks, president of the California Cherry Growers Association, owned the house from 1913 to 1931. The property keeps a carriage house, a shed and about four acres of orchard, with 160 apple trees, many over 70 years old. It is considered significant for its ties to Graton's founding, local politics and the area's fruit-growing economy.","period_of_significance":"1904-1931","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied and in good condition, used as a private residence and agriculture; the orchard is worked on contract and the shed is in poor condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.575452-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/87001157.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001157/5dccf0e8f5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001157/5dccf0e8f5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hicks_House,_3160_Hicks_Rd.,_Graton,_CA_7-11-2010_4-53-48_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:Hicks_House,_3160_Hicks_Rd.,_Graton,_CA_7-11-2010_4-53-48_PM.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123862078","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133550997"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/sonoma-county/hicks-house-87001157/"}