{"nrhp_refnum":"91000945","name":"Terwilliger, Claude and Florence, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"5880 San Elijo","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rancho Santa Fe","county":"San Diego County","state":"CA","lat":33.03382882100004,"lon":-117.20647491299997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-08-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A single-family house at 5880 San Elijo in Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego County, California, completed on July 1, 1925 and designed by Lilian Jenette Rice in the Spanish Colonial Revival style.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an excellent example of Lilian Rice's Spanish Colonial Revival domestic architecture in Rancho Santa Fe. It also represents community planning and development as part of a carefully laid out group of buildings in a large planned area. Its siting among boulders and eucalyptus trees reflects Rice's effort to make a building appear a detail in the landscape.","narrative":"Completed on July 1, 1925, this U-shaped house at 5880 San Elijo in Rancho Santa Fe was designed by architect Lilian Jenette Rice for Claude and Florence Terwilliger. It has about 2,403 square feet of living space, white stucco walls with gold trim, a red clay tile roof with a wavy stuccoed edge, and a wood and concrete structure. The front faces the valley and mountains to the north and west, while the driveway, garage and walled patio are at the rear. The patio has semi-tropical planting, and a glassed-in rear porch lets views pass through the living room to the valley. The house sits on a sloping hillside among boulders and eucalyptus trees, reflecting Rice's aim of preserving natural features so a building reads as part of the landscape. It is recognized for its architecture as an excellent example of Rice's Spanish Colonial Revival work, and for its role in the planned development of Rancho Santa Fe.","period_of_significance":"1925","architect_builder":"Rice, Lilian Jenette","architectural_style":"Spanish Colonial Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a single dwelling; the assessor noted good ongoing maintenance and superior original craftsmanship.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.297928-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/91000945.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000945/a1eda608ec-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000945/a1eda608ec-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CLADE_AND_FLORENCE_TERWILLIGER_HOUSE,_SAN_DIEGO_COUNTY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CLADE_AND_FLORENCE_TERWILLIGER_HOUSE,_SAN_DIEGO_COUNTY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123857776","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5754144"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/san-diego-county/terwilliger-claude-and-florence-house-91000945/"}