Form No. 10-300 REV. (9/77) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ?tit 6 sv NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOWTO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS _________TYPE ALL ENTRIES - COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS______ I NAME HISTORIC BDRTiR BUILDING AND/OR COMMON LOCATION STREET & NUMBER Main Street —NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY. TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT ifth VICINITY OF STATE CODE COUNTY CODE California Yolo 7/3 CLASSIFICATION CATEGORY OWNERSHIP STATUS PRESENT USE —DISTRICT ^.PUBLIC —^.OCCUPIED _AGRICULTURE —MUSEUM X*BUILDING(S) —PRIVATE —UNOCCUPIED ??COMMERCIAL —PARK —STRUCTURE —BOTH —WORK IN PROGRESS —EDUCATIONAL —PRIVATE RESIDENCE —SITE PUBLIC ACQUISITION ACCESSIBLE —ENTERTAINMENT —RELIGIOUS —OBJECT —IN PROCESS X.YES. RESTRICTED —GOVERNMENT —SCIENTIFIC —BEING CONSIDERED —YES: UNRESTRICTED —INDUSTRIAL —TRANSPORTATION —NO —MILITARY —OTHER: [OWNER OF PROPERTY NAME Jfrmes R. and Lois A. Lawson STREET & NUMBER 74? JfT-i T*Rt. ,qtT-eet. CITY. TOWN STATE w™,n««rf —— VICINITY OF California HLOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE. REGISTRY OF DEEDS.ETC. YolQ ^^ Courthouse STREET & NUMBER 725 Court Street CITY. TOWN STATE Wofodland daT ~L f orn i a Q REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS TI'TLE None Known DATE —FEDERAL —STATE —COUNTY —LOCAL DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS CITY. TOWN STATE DESCRIPTION CONDITION CHECK ONE CHECK ONE -EXCELLENT _DETERIORATED .^UNALTERED XORIGINALSITE _G0OD -RUINS -ALTERED -MOVED DATE. _UNEXPOSED ———————DESCRIBE TH~E"7REliNTAND~ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE The Porter building bailt-in191S'Uis a-good example of Second Renaissance Revival architecture. The comrnerical ground level is surmounted by a colossal order two stories high. Slightly projecting corner bays with their rusticated quoins add a stability to the building. The whole composition is topped off by heavy bracketed cor-iice large enough to successfully blend with the building below. The building is built of tan brick accented by white terra cotta Renaissance details. The heavy console brackets, keystone, and balustrade at the lobby entrance are especially well handled. By showing a distihcti :<n between the commercial ground level and the upper level offices, this style is especially well suited to commercial office development such as the Porter Building• Sxterior appears the same today as photos found from 1916 except for deterioration of wooden window sills and casings and- the absence of awnings. Brick and marble appear to need only sand blasting or acid treatment fo restore. The first floor facade has under?;;- ne some window and doorway alterations, as well as modern signage. Interior hallways and rooms appear to need only to have hardwood doors and woodwork stripped of d>ld paint and then varnished. Some minor repairs of plaster needed and then painted. lixtensiire marblo work needs acid treatment and polished. Marble stairway . runs from Lobby Entrance to third floor with wrought iron topped with wood anisters. Most restroorn fixtures are reusable wi'h some plumbing needed. Overall structure appears sound with very little needed in the way of structural reinforcement. Some modernization of wiring and lighting would be desirable. [1 SIGNIFICANCE PERIOD AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW -PREHISTORIC _ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC _COMMUNITY PLANNING —LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE —RELIGION -1400-1499 _ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC _CONSERVATION _LAW —SCIENCE -1500-1599 _AGRICULTURE —ECONOMICS —LITERATURE —SCULPTURE -1600-1699 ^ARCHITECTURE —EDUCATION —MILITARY _SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN -1700-1799 _ART —ENGINEERING —MUSIC —THEATER -1800-1899 JKCOMMERCE —EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT —PHILOSOPHY —TRANSPORTATION L1900- —COMMUNICATIONS —INDUSTRY —POLITICS/GOVERNMENT —OTHER (SPECIFY) —INVENTION SPECIFIC DATES 1913 BUILDER/ARCHITECT Earle Younger (builder) STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE The Porter Building is architecturally significant as a good example of a turn-of-the-century Second Renaissance Revival commercial building. Located at the corner of two key streets, Main and College, it is Woodland's largest downtown commercial/office building. Historically the building has served a number of functions. It once housed the Woodland Medical Center; circa 1913 the Woodland Post Office occupied the first floor. The Porter Building still houses two of Woodland's oldest businesses, Dr. B.C. Fisher, Dentist, for the last 50 years, and Kidder and Kidder, Accountants, since the 19?0's. The biilding remains as a focal point in Woodland's downtown section, retainsins its original integrity, and makes a significant contribution to Woodland' s sense of time and place. UMAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES James R. Lawson The Woodland Democrat Mrs. Ab"->y Lawson Woodland Chamber of Commerce Miss Mary Porter Yolo County Historical Society Doctor D.C. Fisher Mrs. Ellard Younger GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY QUADRANGLE NAME QUADRANGLE SCALE UTM REFERENCES Ajl.01 |6|0.6i7iOtOl 1^.218,113.2.0! ____ ZONE EASTING NORTHING ZONE EASTING NORTHING cl , I I I . I . 1 I . I . I , . I D| , I I I . 1 , . 1 I . I , I , . I I . I i I . I I t I J_I Gl . I I I I I . I I i I . I I Hi I I I I I I VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION Bounded on the South by Main Street, on the '.Jest by College Street, on the North by Dead Gat Alley and the Midtovn Building and on the East by Mirth Furniture cky __; _________ ] ________________; ______________________ LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATE CODE COUNTY CODE STATE CODE COUNTY CODE HJFORM PREPARED BY NAME /TITLE Marvin L. Johnson, Manager ORGANIZATION DATE Lawson - Porter Building 7-14-78 STREET* NUMBER TELEPHONE 511 Main Street - Third Floor 666-2707 CITY OR TOWN STATE Woodland California STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: NATIONAL __ STATE ___ LOCAL As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE TITLE DATE SEP 13 1978 POR. SEC. 29, T.ION., R. 2E., M.D. 'COURT r + -»* T JJt ei *j rr\jju *r ^^ *•<» 1 i K* 1 1 1 1 *i i * S | » ' © @ [0 0 >o /V 12 s,U^,l ^ i~e> 1 ' ?0 9 •">. 1 1 I ^ »**v I 1 - 't ||«- r.^_._4J ' S? i @1 ! ? 1 | 1 .& _> * 9 ~-Vj> ''»•••)«" /•?». •? J^^v ^ou^— i Q: k OR. SEC £9,30 y (A.K.A. US. 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