{"nrhp_refnum":"92000979","name":"Chichizola Family Store Complex","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"1316--1330 Jackson Gate Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Jackson","county":"Amador County","state":"CA","lat":38.367571525000045,"lon":-120.77396369946058,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-08-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 20-acre district of 11 buildings and one structure on Jackson Gate Road, about two miles north of Jackson, Amador County, California. It centers on a general store begun in 1850 and includes family houses, barns, garages and outbuildings built between 1850 and the 1930s.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the complex best exemplifies the commercial response to gold mining in Amador County, from the Gold Rush until World War II. It represents the county's most important retail business serving miners. The district is described as virtually unchanged since 1942 and retaining a high degree of integrity.","narrative":"Along Jackson Gate Road, two miles north of Jackson, a 20-acre complex records the growth of a family-run general store that served gold miners. Augustino Chichizola, an Italian native, began trading in 1849 and built a two-foot-thick schist store in 1850. Additions in 1904 and 1912 expanded it, and its interior counters, shelving and ladders remain in place. The district also holds a livestock barn from 1860, a lumber barn from 1875 that stored lumber from the family sawmill, a Queen Anne family home from 1903, a smaller 1911 house with Neo-Classical and Craftsman elements, garages, a hot house, a pigpen, and concrete powder and cap houses from 1905. Most buildings were built for function rather than style. The complex is considered significant for its link to commerce supporting mining in Amador County between 1860 and 1942, and it has changed little since 1942.","period_of_significance":"1860-1942","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Queen Anne; No Style","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Historic uses included a department store, warehouse and single dwellings; current uses are listed as specialty store and single dwelling, with a Vacant/Not in Use entry also on the form. Most buildings are described as in good condition, and several still function as originally intended.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.322677-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/92000979.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000979/88345a7969-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000979/88345a7969-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Sacramento Chamber of Commerce","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chichizola_Family_Store_(Jackson,_CA).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Sacramento Chamber of Commerce</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chichizola_Family_Store_(Jackson,_CA).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858389","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141632080"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/amador-county/chichizola-family-store-complex-92000979/"}