{"nrhp_refnum":"97000750","name":"Acacia Lodge","other_names":["Shourds--Price House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"109 Miramar Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Santa Barbara","county":"Santa Barbara County","state":"CA","lat":34.423002103000044,"lon":-119.63052135199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-07-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Acacia Lodge (also known as the Shourds-Price House) is a single-story, H-shaped Craftsman-style house at 109 Miramar Avenue in the Montecito area of Santa Barbara, California, built in 1917 by designer-builder William A. W. Brownell.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a very good example of the local variant of Arts and Crafts architecture, under Criterion C at the local level. It reflects Brownell's \"bungalow-ranch\" hybrid, which combines bungalow styling with a ranch-house floor plan and extensive multi-light glass. It also embodies Arts and Crafts ideals of integrated design, unity with nature, and simple, private living.","narrative":"Acacia Lodge is a single-story, H-shaped house at 109 Miramar Avenue in Santa Barbara's Montecito area, built in 1917. It has a multi-gabled wood shingle roof, deep eaves, knee braces, shingled walls and large multi-paned windows. Inside are redwood walls, Douglas fir floors, built-in cabinetry and a massive cobblestone fireplace. Cobblestone pergolas, planters and an address post mark the landscaped grounds, and a non-contributing guest house stands at the rear. William A. W. Brownell, a local designer, builder and developer, created the house and the grounds. He built several rental \"lodges\" nearby for Easterners seeking the mild climate. His work blended the bungalow with the floor plan and low roof pitch of older local ranch houses, and made unusually heavy use of glass. The house was recognized as a very good local example of Arts and Crafts architecture and still serves as a private home.","period_of_significance":"1917","architect_builder":"Brownell, William A. Whittlesey","architectural_style":"Bungalow/Craftsman","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a single dwelling; the form says the property retains a high level of integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.433529-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/97000750.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000750/3a80733f7b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000750/3a80733f7b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Vivalande","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Santa_Barbara_County_-_Acacia_Lodge_-_20201010155419.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Vivalande</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:Santa_Barbara_County_-_Acacia_Lodge_-_20201010155419.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861579","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acacia_Lodge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4670834"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/santa-barbara-county/acacia-lodge-97000750/"}