{"nrhp_refnum":"95000995","name":"Olinsky Building","other_names":["Post Office Building","Sutherland Building","Anchor Ford Buildin"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"401 N. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fort Bragg","county":"Mendocino County","state":"CA","lat":39.44569161100003,"lon":-123.80631197799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-08-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A single-story reinforced poured concrete commercial building at 401 N. Main Street, Fort Bragg, Mendocino County, California, built in 1920 with a 1925 addition by Julius Olinsky; now known as the Fort Bragg Depot.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building was the long-time center of transportation and related repair businesses on the isolated Mendocino Coast, peaking between 1920 and 1940. It housed Coast Line Stages, the area's only large commercial trucking firm for over twenty years, and later auto and truck dealers until 1992. It is also said to be the last remaining transportation-related building of its era in Fort Bragg.","narrative":"Fort Bragg's Olinsky Building, at Main and Laurel streets, is a single-story reinforced concrete structure of about 14,000 square feet. Julius Olinsky built the south half in 1920, first as an Army surplus store, and added the north half in 1925 for the city's first modern post office. Its Classical Revival details include a pediment, Corinthian capitals and a long concrete cornice. The building became the hub of trucking and vehicle repair on the Mendocino Coast. Coast Line Stages, the only large commercial transporter of goods in and out of the isolated town for over twenty years, operated there until 1946 and hauled the mail. Later occupants included a bowling alley, a state employment office, Sutherland's truck and auto dealership, and Anchor Ford, which closed in 1992. After two vacant years the interior was converted into shops, a cafe and museum displays. The nomination presents it as the last transportation-era building of its kind in town, with its use peaking from 1920 to 1940.","period_of_significance":"1920-1940","architect_builder":"Allen, W.W.","architectural_style":"Classical Revival","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Renovated after sitting vacant for two years following 1992 and now in use as the Fort Bragg Depot marketplace and museum, with shops, a cafe and museum displays.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.767417-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/95000995.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000995/eb598e4a0b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000995/eb598e4a0b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Almonroth","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Olinsky_Building-9.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Almonroth</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:Olinsky_Building-9.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859815","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56266697"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/mendocino-county/olinsky-building-95000995/"}