{"nrhp_refnum":"93000260","name":"Miller-Melone Ranch","other_names":["Miller House"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"12795 Saratoga--Sunnyvale Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Saratoga","county":"Santa Clara County","state":"CA","lat":37.28246956600003,"lon":-122.03298418599996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1993-04-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2.4-acre former prune ranch at 12795 Saratoga-Sunnyvale Road in Saratoga, California, with a Craftsman ranch house built in 1910-11, a garage, tank house, windmill and other ranch objects.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is the only remaining prune ranch home in the Saratoga area with its original outbuildings undisturbed, reflecting the Santa Clara Valley's prune-growing era. It is also an excellent example of a Craftsman house designed by San Jose architect F.D. Wolfe. The Miller family lived there from 1911 to 1986.","narrative":"This 2.4-acre remnant of a prune ranch in Saratoga, California, centers on a 1½-story Craftsman house built in 1910-11 to designs by San Jose architect F.D. Wolfe. Clapboard and shingle walls, a full-width front porch, matching bays and multi-pane windows define the exterior, while the interior retains cypress woodwork, tile, built-in cabinetry and original plumbing fixtures. A garage, a three-story tank house, a windmill, a fuel oil container and an old service station gas pump complete the complex; a barn was removed in 1987. Charlie Miller and his family lived here from 1911 to 1986, through the rise and decline of fruit ranching in the Santa Clara Valley. The land came from the Melone family, who settled in Saratoga in the 1880s. The ranch is considered significant as the only local ranch devoted exclusively to prunes with its outbuildings intact, and as a well-preserved example of Craftsman design.","period_of_significance":"1911-40","architect_builder":"Wolfe, F.D., Architect","architectural_style":"Bungalow/Craftsman","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Restored by its owner between 1987 and 1992; the house and its outbuildings have never been moved, and the garage and tank house are in fair condition and still in use. The aviary has deteriorated, and the barn was razed in 1987.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.89416-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/93000260.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000260/dccd6a36de-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000260/dccd6a36de-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Greghenderson2006","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Miller-Melone_Ranch_House_With_Trellis.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Greghenderson2006</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Miller-Melone_Ranch_House_With_Trellis.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861740","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller-Melone_Ranch","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124461388"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/santa-clara-county/miller-melone-ranch-93000260/"}