{"nrhp_refnum":"92000786","name":"Pinkham, Capt. George, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"529--531 Brown St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Napa","county":"Napa County","state":"CA","lat":38.29397939300003,"lon":-122.28363241199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-06-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Transportation","Maritime History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A narrow two-story frame Stick/Eastlake house at 529-531 Brown Street in Napa, California, built in 1885 for riverboat captain George G. Pinkham.","why_significant":"The house is tied to Captain George G. Pinkham, a leading Napa steamboat owner, master and warehouse manager in the late nineteenth century. It is significant in maritime history, commerce and transportation. It is one of few remaining buildings directly linked to Napa's river trade, since no wharves or warehouses from the period survive.","narrative":"Built in 1885 at 529-531 Brown Street in Napa, this narrow two-story frame house was the home of Captain George G. Pinkham, who lived there until his death in 1914. Its Stick/Eastlake character shows in the bracketed eaves, tall narrow windows with decorative pediments, a gabled two-story bay and a gabled entrance portico with turned posts. A brick foundation added in the 1940s raised the building four feet. The interior was divided into three rental units, though the curved main staircase survives. Pinkham arrived in California in 1852, moved to Napa around 1857 and became a prominent steamboat operator running scheduled trips to San Francisco, and he also managed a warehouse. The house stood a block from the river and near his dock. It matters today because no wharves or warehouses from Napa's nineteenth-century river trade remain, leaving this residence as one of the few direct links to that history.","period_of_significance":"1885-1914","architect_builder":"Lindsey, John and Voorhes, W. D.","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Stick/Eastlake","criteria":["B"],"status_note":"In good condition and in current use as multiple dwellings (three rental units); the exterior is largely unaltered, while the interior lost much of its detailing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.870491-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/92000786.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000786/ee52967035-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000786/ee52967035-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Capt._George_Pinkham_House,_529-531_Brown_St.,_Napa,_CA_9-5-2010_4-29-10_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:Capt._George_Pinkham_House,_529-531_Brown_St.,_Napa,_CA_9-5-2010_4-29-10_PM.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"97000042","name":"Napa Abajo-Fuller Park Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/california/napa-abajo-fuller-park-historic-district-97000042/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860076","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133308472"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/napa-county/pinkham-capt-george-house-92000786/"}