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It cites Criterion B for Edwin Witter's role in innovative agriculture and community leadership, and Criterion C for the 1934 residence designed by the Bay Area firm Williams and Wastell.","narrative":"Set among farm fields near a bend in the West Drainage Canal, this working ranch in Sacramento's Natomas District includes a 1934 residence, an early farmhouse, a tank house, a foreman's cottage, a barn and a later equipment shed. The ranch began between 1918 and 1921, after reclamation work by the Natomas Company turned swampland into farmland. Its first owner, O. M. Saylor, built the barn, tank house and farmhouse. In 1933 Edwin Witter, a co-founder of the Dean Witter brokerage, bought the property. The one-story, U-shaped residence, designed by the Bay Area firm Williams and Wastell, shows Spanish and Mediterranean influences, with a long screened porch and exposed beams. The nomination ranks it as unusually refined for a working ranch. The property was recognized for its link to the large reclamation project, for Witter's agricultural and civic leadership, and for its architecture. Its period of significance runs from 1918 to 1940.","period_of_significance":"1918-1940","architect_builder":"Williams & Wastell (residence); Edwin Witter Sr. listed as significant person; original ranch built by first owner O. M. Saylor","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Spanish/Mediterranean Revival, with minor Craftsman influences on the older ranch buildings","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"The residence is described as in excellent condition, the farmhouse and barn in good condition, and the foreman's cottage in fair condition. 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