{"nrhp_refnum":"92001279","name":"Yount, Eliza G., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"423 Seminary St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Napa","county":"Napa County","state":"CA","lat":38.29132733100005,"lon":-122.29212053799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-09-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half story wood-frame late Victorian house at 423 Seminary Street in Napa, California, built in 1884 and designed by John M. Curtis of the San Francisco firm Curtis and Bennett.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is one of Napa's most architecturally significant late Victorian residences. It reflects the move away from classical precedent toward eccentric, original design, and is the earliest essentially unaltered example of that trend remaining in Napa. It also retains a high degree of integrity.","narrative":"Built in 1884 at 423 Seminary Street in Napa, this two-and-a-half story wood-frame house was commissioned by Eliza G. Yount, widow of a successful county pioneer. San Francisco architect John M. Curtis of Curtis and Bennett designed it, reportedly at a cost near $18,000, making it one of the most expensive houses in Napa at the time. Its asymmetrical front, contrasting hipped, gable, pyramidal and shed roofs, five brick chimneys and oversized scroll brackets use classical details in deliberately unclassical ways. A local newspaper called it \"half Swiss and half Gothic.\" The nomination holds that it fits no single style, but illustrates the late Victorian turn toward originality and is the earliest essentially unaltered example of that trend in Napa. The main change is a sleeping porch added around 1905. The interior has been divided into apartments, and later apartment buildings occupy the rear of the original parcel, though the front setting remains largely intact.","period_of_significance":"1884","architect_builder":"Curtis, John M.","architectural_style":"Late Victorian","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described as in fair condition; the interior has been divided into apartments, and the house is in current single-dwelling and business use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.873401-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/92001279.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001279/5146cf50b1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001279/5146cf50b1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eliza_G._Yount_House,_423_Seminary_St.,_Napa,_CA_10-9-2011_11-19-13_AM.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:Eliza_G._Yount_House,_423_Seminary_St.,_Napa,_CA_10-9-2011_11-19-13_AM.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860120","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliza_G._Yount_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65067031"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/napa-county/yount-eliza-g-house-92001279/"}