Semorile Building
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Location | 975 1st St., Napa, California |
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Coordinates | 38°17′57″N 122°17′02″W / 38.29917°N 122.28389°WCoordinates: 38°17′57″N 122°17′02″W / 38.29917°N 122.28389°W |
Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
Built | 1888 |
Architect | L.M. Turton |
Architectural style | Italianate |
NRHP reference No. | 74000541[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 21, 1974 |
The Semorile Building, at 975 1st St. in Napa, California, was built in 1888. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]
It is a two-story commercial building built in 1888 of red brick and cut stone. It has an ornamental iron balcony on its second story and it has a parapet. It was designed by Napa architect Luther M. Turton in Italianate style.[2]
The secretary of the wrote that this building is a landmark in downtown Napa and "easily the most refined example of Italianate commercial architecture in Napa".[2]
It was built for the Semorile family which came in 1855 from Portofino, Italy to Mariposa, California, in Gold Rush country, and later moved to the Napa Valley. Bartholomew Semorile and his sons operated a grocery business in the building.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b c Kathleen Kernberger (April 9, 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Semorile Building". National Park Service. Retrieved December 8, 2019. With accompanying two photos from 1972
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