{"nrhp_refnum":"97000809","name":"Errea House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"311 S. Green St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Tehachapi","county":"Kern County","state":"CA","lat":35.129299478000064,"lon":-118.44793057699997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-07-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story wood-frame house at 311 S. Green Street in downtown Tehachapi, Kern County, California, built circa 1870-1875 in the original Tehichipa settlement and moved to its present site around 1900.","why_significant":"It is the last surviving structure from Tehichipa, the first settlement in the Tehachapi area, which declined after the Southern Pacific Railroad bypassed it. Its move reflects the relocation of the town's buildings to the new railroad town. It meets Criterion A in Exploration/Settlement and Criteria Consideration B for moved properties.","narrative":"This small wood-frame house at 311 S. Green Street in downtown Tehachapi is the only surviving building from Tehichipa, the first settlement in the Tehachapi Valley. Built between about 1870 and 1875, it was moved on log rollers to its present site around 1900, when businesses and residents relocated to the new railroad town after the Southern Pacific bypassed Tehichipa. The house has one story, an attic with a dormer, a concrete foundation, ship lap siding, a wraparound wood porch, and trim that gives it a Greek Revival look. A west porch was enclosed after the 1952 earthquake. The Errea family owned it for about 75 years, until 1992. It was listed for its link to early settlement, as the last visible evidence of Tehichipa. It also qualified as a moved property because it is the sole surviving structure tied to the area's oldest community. It sits across from the Tehachapi Museum.","period_of_significance":"c. 1870, amended to add c. 1900","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Historic function listed as single-dwelling domestic use; current functions listed as work in progress and museum. The Errea family owned it until 1992.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:26.853715-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/97000809.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000809/ad13dcc4b5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000809/ad13dcc4b5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Bobak Ha'Eri","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2009-0726-CA-Tehachapi-ErreaHouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Bobak Ha'Eri</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2009-0726-CA-Tehachapi-ErreaHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858847","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errea_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14681938"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/kern-county/errea-house-97000809/"}