{"nrhp_refnum":"90001358","name":"Ketchum, Billy, House","other_names":["Larksong"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"10 Scott Pl.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Point Arena","county":"Mendocino County","state":"CA","lat":38.91158979000005,"lon":-123.69223134699996,"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 single-story Craftsman-style house at 10 Scott Place in Point Arena, Mendocino County, California, built around 1912 on an elevated corner lot. It is also known as Larksong.","why_significant":"The nomination describes it as Point Arena's finest example of residential architecture from the first two decades of the 20th century. Its design is unusually complex for a town of simple, functional houses, and its detailing is careful. It was presumably built for Billy Ketchum, manager of the Point Arena Hot Springs, the town's leading tourist attraction for two decades.","narrative":"Set on a small hill above Main Street in Point Arena, this single-story Craftsman house dates to about 1912. One shallow hipped roof covers the building, with open eaves and exposed rafter ends, a hipped dormer on the west side, and a shed-roof dormer. A porch wraps across the front and continues along the side, supported by four-sided piers with raised bases and stepped capitals. Windows are double-hung with wide hooded molding, including a three-part Chicago window at the front and a bay window on the side. The house sits on a basement raised six feet above the ground. Its design is unusually complex for a town of mostly simple, functional homes, and it is regarded as the community's finest residential work from the first two decades of the century. Its prominent siting may reflect the status of its presumed first owner, Billy Ketchum, who managed the Point Arena Hot Springs, the town's main tourist draw for twenty years. The house remains in excellent condition with no apparent exterior alterations.","period_of_significance":"1912 (estimate)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements: Bungalow/Craftsman","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition with apparently no exterior alterations; still used as a single dwelling.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.685599-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/90001358.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001358/4e22a75dea-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001358/4e22a75dea-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Almonroth","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Billy_Ketchum_House-3.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Almonroth</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:Billy_Ketchum_House-3.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123857660","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56268586"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/mendocino-county/ketchum-billy-house-90001358/"}