{"nrhp_refnum":"99001563","name":"Tucker House","other_names":["Franklin Glass Home","Martinez Historical Society Marker # 8"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"110 Escobar St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Martinez","county":"Contra Costa County","state":"CA","lat":38.01516330900006,"lon":-122.14152838499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-12-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2-3 story redwood Italianate single-family house at 110 Escobar Street in downtown Martinez, Contra Costa County, California, built in 1877 for sea captain John Tucker by the construction company Rider and Conner.","why_significant":"The nomination argues significance under Criterion C as an excellent example of High Victorian Italianate architecture with some Italian Renaissance influence. It is described as one of the very few surviving Victorian Italianate structures of its period in Martinez. It retains its design, materials and workmanship despite being moved about 100 feet in 1924.","narrative":"Built in 1877 for Nantucket sea captain John Tucker, this redwood house at 110 Escobar Street in downtown Martinez is a large Italianate home with some Italian Renaissance influence. Rider and Conner, a construction company that built many similar homes in Contra Costa County, constructed it using balloon framing. Its full-width front porch with finials and balustrade, center gable, bay window and hooded window crowns are typical of the style. In 1924, when the hillside was subdivided and Escobar Street laid out, the house was moved about 100 feet downhill and turned 90 degrees to face the new street. A foundation, garages, basement, kitchen and servants' quarters were added then. It later served as a boarding house for sailors and military men. The house is considered significant for its architecture, as one of very few surviving Victorian Italianate structures of its period in Martinez, and it remains a private residence in good condition.","period_of_significance":"c. 1875","architect_builder":"Rider and Conner (construction company)","architectural_style":"Late Victorian, Italianate","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single-family dwelling; described as in good, sound condition with alterations that have not affected its architectural integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.530157-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/99001563.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99001563/a1fedb5a96-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99001563/a1fedb5a96-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tucker_House_(Martinez,_CA).JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Sanfranman59</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:Tucker_House_(Martinez,_CA).JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858579","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucker_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7851072"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/contra-costa-county/tucker-house-99001563/"}