{"nrhp_refnum":"90001357","name":"Palmer, Annie, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"284 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Point Arena","county":"Mendocino County","state":"CA","lat":38.91077609400003,"lon":-123.69268480499994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-09-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small single-story frame house at 284 Main Street in Point Arena, Mendocino County, California, built around 1875 (estimated) by an unknown builder. It sits in a residential area just north of the commercial district.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as an excellent example of the small houses of the period, representing Point Arena's second wave of home-building, when modest decoration and some Greek Revival elements were added to functional design. It also holds a place in local lore through former owner Annie Palmer, a teacher who murdered her lover.","narrative":"This small single-story house at 284 Main Street in Point Arena was built around 1875 and still serves as a single-family home. Its weatherboard walls rise to a front-facing gable with a boxed cornice and cornice return. Two-over-two double-hung windows with decorative crown molding flank the area near a four-panel door with a transom, sheltered by a small pedimented roof. The house reflects the second wave of home-building in Point Arena, when practical construction gained some decoration and a few stylistic touches. Its Greek Revival character is modest: the asymmetrical facade and limited classical detail suggest a builder following precedent rather than a formal design. Even so, it is regarded as an excellent example of small houses from its era. The braces over the entry, which replaced narrow posts, are the only alteration. The house once had an identical twin next door, lost to fire about eighty years earlier. It is also tied to local lore through Annie Palmer, a former owner and teacher.","period_of_significance":"1875 (estimated)","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century: Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Historic and current use is a single-family dwelling; the only noted alteration is replacement of narrow posts with braces over the front door.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:28.037258-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/90001357.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001357/868d46073b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001357/868d46073b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"NoeHill","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Palmer_house.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">NoeHill</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:Palmer_house.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123857666","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133306299"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/mendocino-county/palmer-annie-house-90001357/"}