{"nrhp_refnum":"98001552","name":"Bishop, Ellis, House","other_names":["Burnham, John, House","McDonald, Marianne, House","Rancho Santa"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4802 El Arco Iris","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rancho Santa Fe","county":"San Diego County","state":"CA","lat":33.00541770150005,"lon":-117.22948286444161,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-01-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture","Health/Medicine"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Spanish Colonial Revival U-shaped stucco mansion on a ridge in Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego County, California, built in 1928-1929 for Ellis Bishop and designed by architect Sylvanus Marston.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is the best example of grand-scale Spanish Colonial Revival architecture in San Diego County and a definitive work of architect Sylvanus Marston. It is also significant in military history because the U.S. Navy used it from 1943 to 1946 as a convalescent hospital annex for wounded officers, one of few private residences in the nation used that way.","narrative":"Set on a prominent ridge in Rancho Santa Fe, this two-story Spanish Colonial Revival mansion was built in 1928-1929 for Ellis Bishop, a former Episcopal clergyman turned Pasadena businessman. Pasadena architect Sylvanus Marston designed it, and John H. Simpson built it at a cost of $137,300. White stucco walls, low-pitched Spanish tile roofs, arcaded cloisters, wrought iron, a carved wooden front door and a circular stone stairway reflect the style's key elements. Formal gardens, a long lawn mall, a pool and a tennis court complete the estate. The house is regarded as Marston's most imposing residential work and the best example of its style on a grand scale in the county. It also served a wartime purpose: from January 1943 to November 1946 the owner leased it to the U.S. Navy, which used it as a convalescent annex of Balboa Naval Hospital for wounded officers. Only a small pantry addition has altered the house itself.","period_of_significance":"1929 and 1943-1946","architect_builder":"Marston, Sylvanus, architect; Simpson, John H., contractor","architectural_style":"Spanish Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The house remains largely unchanged apart from a 1930s pantry addition, and the form lists its current function as a single-dwelling house.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.801642-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/98001552.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98001552/31f87edd12-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98001552/31f87edd12-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ELLIS_BISHOP_HOUSE,_RANCHO_SANTA_FE,_SAN_DIEGO_COUNTY,_CA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.</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:ELLIS_BISHOP_HOUSE,_RANCHO_SANTA_FE,_SAN_DIEGO_COUNTY,_CA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860820","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5754192"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/san-diego-county/bishop-ellis-house-98001552/"}