{"nrhp_refnum":"98001251","name":"Schramsberg Vineyard","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"1400 Scramsberg Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Calistoga","county":"Napa County","state":"CA","lat":38.55143646000005,"lon":-122.54006607217703,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1998-10-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A roughly 170-acre historic wine-producing district near Calistoga in Napa County, California, established by Jacob Schram in the 1860s. It includes a vineyard landscape, hillside wine caves, a Queen Anne house (1889), a bunkhouse and a barn (1892).","why_significant":"The nomination argues the vineyard was important to Napa Valley winemaking in the second half of the nineteenth century. Schram emphasized quality over quantity, using only his own grapes and aging wine in hand-dug hillside tunnels, which helped the valley gain prominence as a leading viticultural center. The grounds and key buildings remain largely as they were around 1905.","narrative":"Schramsberg Vineyard covers about 170 acres of hilly land southwest of the highway between St. Helena and Calistoga. Jacob Schram, a former barber who grew up in a German winemaking region, began planting there after 1862. He dug storage tunnels into the hillside to keep wine cool and humid, starting the first in the mid-1860s and adding a second in 1881. The district also holds an 1889 Queen Anne house, a bunkhouse from about 1870, a barn built in 1892 after a fire, a formal garden and an olive allee. Schram kept production small, used only his own grapes and sold no crop to large cellars, so his wine stood for quality at a time when many Napa Valley producers failed. The vineyard declined after 1905 and returned to production from 1965, adding newer buildings that do not contribute to the historic character. The older core remains largely intact.","period_of_significance":"1867-1905","architect_builder":"Morton, John","architectural_style":"Queen Anne; Other: Tunnels; No Style","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"All but one of the thirteen elements are described as in excellent condition. Wine-making resumed after 1965 following nearly half a century of disuse, and the property remains in vineyard and winery use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.885725-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/98001251.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98001251/31332799b5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98001251/31332799b5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"5th Avenue &amp; 72nd Street","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schramsberg_house_1.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">5th Avenue &amp;amp; 72nd Street</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:Schramsberg_house_1.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860088","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schramsberg_Vineyards","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7432798"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/napa-county/schramsberg-vineyard-98001251/"}