{"nrhp_refnum":"90001386","name":"Merrium Apartments","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1017 14th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sacramento","county":"Sacramento County","state":"CA","lat":38.57802119200005,"lon":-121.48777407899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-09-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A five-story reinforced concrete apartment building at 1017 14th Street in Sacramento, California, built in 1913 to a design by architect Clarence Cecil Cuff for attorney Chauncey H. Dunn.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is Sacramento's premier example of Prairie-style, Sullivanesque multi-residential architecture (Criterion C). It is also an early reinforced concrete frame apartment building chosen for fireproofing, and a key structure of the pre-World War I building boom (Criterion A). Its exterior and interiors are largely intact.","narrative":"Built in 1913 at 1017 14th Street in Sacramento, this five-story apartment building was designed by architect Clarence Cecil Cuff for attorney Chauncey H. Dunn, who named it for his wife. It has a reinforced concrete frame, buff Sacramento Sandstone Brick facing on the west front, and a deeply overhanging cornice. A two-story entrance with Sullivanesque foliated ornament and Wrightian details marks the center. Inside are 41 small but richly finished apartments with oak and mahogany floors, leaded-glass built-ins, Murphy beds and original ice boxes. The building was chosen for its fireproof construction, a notable feature in a city where other new apartment houses were wood frame, and it was reported as the city's first absolutely fireproof apartment building. It was listed as the finest Prairie-style multi-residential building in Sacramento and as a key product of the city's pre-World War I building boom. Only the entrance doors have been altered, and the interiors keep most original finishes.","period_of_significance":"1913","architect_builder":"Cuff, Clarence Cecil","architectural_style":"Late 19th and early 20th century American Movements: Prairie School; Sullivanesque","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current function listed as Vacant/Not in Use in Section 6, though the form also lists Domestic, Multiple Dwelling as a current function; integrity described as outstanding, with only the entrance doors altered.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.292477-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/90001386.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860636","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrium_Apartments","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14683336"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/sacramento-county/merrium-apartments-90001386/"}