{"nrhp_refnum":"90001443","name":"Atkinson House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"8440 St. Helena Hwy.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rutherford","county":"Napa County","state":"CA","lat":38.45368089900006,"lon":-122.41448358499997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-09-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story wood frame Queen Anne residence at 8440 St. Helena Highway in Rutherford, Napa County, California, built in 1881 by brothers Joseph and Louis Atkinson. It is a single building on a 0.70-acre parcel.","why_significant":"It is tied to the 1880s \"Golden Age of Wine\" in Napa Valley as the main house of the award-winning Ewer and Atkinson Winery, established in 1881. It is also a good example of rural Queen Anne design, a type that has become rare in Napa County.","narrative":"This two-story wood frame house at 8440 St. Helena Highway in Rutherford was built in 1881 by brothers Joseph and Louis Atkinson, who had earned their money in shirtmaking before buying 153 acres of vacant land in Napa County. After Louis died in 1882, Joseph planted vineyards and joined Senator Seneca Ewer in building the Ewer & Atkinson Winery, whose wines won awards in 1888 and at the 1889 Paris World's Fair. The house marks Atkinson's success during the 1880s boom in Napa wine. Phylloxera destroyed his vines by 1900, and the ranch was sold at foreclosure in 1901. Architecturally, the house has a cut stone foundation, wrap-around porch with Doric columns, fishscale shingles, and a polygonal tower with a tent roof. Some alterations were made, but most original materials and design remain. Fewer than ten rural Queen Anne frame houses survive in the county. The house is now used as a museum.","period_of_significance":"1881-1890","architect_builder":"Unknown (built by Joseph and Louis Atkinson)","architectural_style":"Late Victorian Queen Anne","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Currently used as a museum; the form says the house was undergoing restoration without altering the interior floor plan or exterior design.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:28.063825-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/90001443.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001443/98873fda79-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001443/98873fda79-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atkinson_House,_8440_St._Helena_Hwy.,_Rutherford,_CA_10-9-2011_5-12-15_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:Atkinson_House,_8440_St._Helena_Hwy.,_Rutherford,_CA_10-9-2011_5-12-15_PM.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859988","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atkinson_House_(Rutherford,_California)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63541463"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/napa-county/atkinson-house-90001443/"}