{"nrhp_refnum":"92001244","name":"Gould-Shaw House","other_names":["Gould,Thomas J.,House","Shaw,Thomas A.,Homestead","Shaw,Isaac E."],"category":"building","location":{"address":"215 N. Cloverdale Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cloverdale","county":"Sonoma County","state":"CA","lat":38.80679741100005,"lon":-123.01861731599996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-09-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, front-gabled Gothic Revival brick house at 215 North Cloverdale Blvd. in Cloverdale, Sonoma County, California, built in 1862 by Thomas J. Gould. It now serves as the Cloverdale Museum.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is the oldest known dwelling in Cloverdale and a rare, little-altered example of Gothic Revival design in Sonoma County. It is also linked to Isaac E. Shaw, a leading merchant and banker who lived there from 1875 until his death in 1905.","narrative":"Built in 1862 by blacksmith Thomas J. Gould, this one-story brick house on North Cloverdale Boulevard is the oldest known dwelling in Cloverdale. It is a front-gabled Gothic Revival building with locally made brick walls laid in common bond, flat-roofed bays flanking the entry porch, and sculptured vergeboard, brackets and frieze. Alterations are minor: a new chimney after the 1906 earthquake, a replaced rear addition in 1940, and new roofing in 1991. The nomination notes that few Gothic Revival buildings, and very few of brick, have been identified in Sonoma County surveys. The house is also tied to Isaac E. Shaw, who lived there from 1875 until 1905 and became Cloverdale's most important businessman, serving as postmaster and city treasurer. An 1877 county atlas named his home among the town's best residences, and it is the only one of those still standing. Today it houses the Cloverdale Museum.","period_of_significance":"1862-1905","architect_builder":"Gould, Thomas J.","architectural_style":"Mid 19th Century, Gothic Revival","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Described as in good condition with very little alteration since 1862; now used as a museum, with the rear addition rented as an apartment.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.390261-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/92001244.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001244/6f26a06fb8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001244/6f26a06fb8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gould-Shaw_House,_215_N_Cloverdale_Blvd.,_Cloverdale,_CA_7-3-2010_5-44-53_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:Gould-Shaw_House,_215_N_Cloverdale_Blvd.,_Cloverdale,_CA_7-3-2010_5-44-53_PM.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123862072","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56613047"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/sonoma-county/gould-shaw-house-92001244/"}