{"nrhp_refnum":"92000316","name":"Durham, W. W., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2280 Durham--Dayton Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Durham","county":"Butte County","state":"CA","lat":39.64665651200005,"lon":-121.79434647299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-04-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Exploration/Settlement"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Italianate single-family house of about 4,000 square feet at 2280 Durham-Dayton Road in Durham, Butte County, California. It was built in 1874 for W.W. Durham and his bride, Minnie Van Ness Durham, on its original site.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is locally significant for its association with William Wellington Durham, whose farming and land donations shaped the community of Durham. His flour mill land deed, the railroad stop and the church he helped found supported the town's growth, and the town took his name. The house, the first of its size and grandeur there, served as his home and farming headquarters from 1874 until his death in 1907.","narrative":"This two-story Italianate house of about 4,000 square feet sits on 1.4 acres in Durham, Butte County, California. W.W. Durham built it in 1874 for himself and his bride, Minnie Van Ness Durham. It is a wood-frame, balloon-framed building on a brick and concrete foundation, with a low hipped tin roof, bay windows rising the full height of the house and four porches with balconies above. Many original windows, doors, the staircase and a period interior bathroom survive, though porches have been rebuilt in concrete and most brackets and balustrades are gone. Two large oaks, a palm and some citrus trees remain on the grounds, along with a 1912 garage. Durham farmed from this house until his death in 1907. He deeded land for the town's first business, a flour mill, and later for its first church, and the community took his name. The house is listed for its local connection to his role in the town's growth.","period_of_significance":"1874-1895","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Italianate","criteria":["B"],"status_note":"The form describes the house as in serious disrepair, with crumbling plaster, deteriorated porches and missing brackets and balustrades. A preservation group plans restoration.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.64868-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/92000316.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000316/ac7217c24b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000316/ac7217c24b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sseroff","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Durham_House_Inn_Front_Courtyard.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Sseroff</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:Durham_House_Inn_Front_Courtyard.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858428","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._W._Durham_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85813612"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/butte-county/durham-w-w-house-92000316/"}