{"nrhp_refnum":"93000669","name":"Hawkins, Joel and Rena, House","other_names":["Hawkins,Laurel,House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"801 South St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hollister","county":"San Benito County","state":"CA","lat":36.84823087600006,"lon":-121.40993826299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1993-07-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, wood-frame Italianate house at 801 South Street in Hollister, San Benito County, California, built in 1876 for Joel and Rena Hawkins. It has a rear extension, a garage and a small shed.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is Hollister's most successfully executed and most important remaining Italianate residence. It shows elaborate features of the style, including a shallow hipped roof, bracketed and dentiled cornice, arched windows with hoods, quoins and a crested octagonal bay roof. It also reflects the standing of its original owners and retains high integrity.","narrative":"Built in 1876 for Joel and Rena Hawkins, this two-story wood-frame house at 801 South Street in Hollister is considered the city's finest Italianate residence. It has horizontal board siding, quoins at the corners, a shallow hipped roof with paired ornamental brackets, and a banded, dentiled cornice. The front bay window rises to an octagonal roof with cresting, and the arched windows use segmental arches upstairs and semicircular arches below. The family said they hired an architect and builders from San Francisco to ensure quality work, though the designer is not identified. Joel Hawkins belonged to the San Justo Homestead Association, which bought W. W. Hollister's ranch lands in 1868, and he mostly managed wheat farms near town. The house lost its original chimneys after earthquakes and has a replaced foundation, but it keeps a high level of integrity. A garage completed in 1990 and an older shed stand behind it.","period_of_significance":"1876","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Italianate","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition with only minor alterations, returned to excellent condition after 1989 earthquake damage. Still used as a single-dwelling residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:28.186743-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/93000669.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000669/5f35ca56cf-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000669/5f35ca56cf-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"NoeHill","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joel_and_Rena_Hawkins_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">NoeHill</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:Joel_and_Rena_Hawkins_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123857734","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133445207"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/san-benito-county/hawkins-joel-and-rena-house-93000669/"}