{"nrhp_refnum":"90001362","name":"Morse, LeGrand, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"365 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Point Arena","county":"Mendocino County","state":"CA","lat":38.91384248900005,"lon":-123.69225322299997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-09-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A single-story, U-plan wood-frame house at 365 Main Street in Point Arena, Mendocino County, California, dating from the 1870s. It sits in a residential area north of the commercial district.","why_significant":"The house is linked with LeGrand Morse, a member of one of Point Arena's founding families and an early leading citizen. It is the only building directly tied to him. It is also an unusual example of 1870s residential building, showing that leading citizens did not require pretentious dwellings.","narrative":"This modest single-story house at 365 Main Street in Point Arena is built on an irregular U-plan, with a gable roof over each segment and a shed-roofed portico sheltering the front door in the crook of the U. It is clad in horizontal wood siding, has two-over-two double-hung windows, and is enclosed by a picket fence. The house is associated with LeGrand Morse, whose father, Dr. J. G. Morse, arrived in Point Arena in 1858, followed by his son a year later. LeGrand Morse rose from teacher and store clerk to drug and merchandise seller, lawyer and state legislator, and lived here during the most productive years of his life. He died in 1907 as one of the town's last original settlers. Its construction materials date from the 1870s, though the plan looks pieced together after construction. The house shows that prominent townspeople did not need grand homes.","period_of_significance":"1870-1907","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["B"],"status_note":"Listed as a private single dwelling, still in domestic use 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 02:54:28.153146-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/90001362.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123857664","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeGrand_Morse_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85776046"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/mendocino-county/morse-legrand-house-90001362/"}