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United States historic place
Semorile Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Semorile Building is located in CaliforniaSemorile Building
Location975 1st St., Napa, California
Coordinates38°17′57″N 122°17′02″W / 38.29917°N 122.28389°W / 38.29917; -122.28389
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1888
ArchitectL.M. Turton
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No.74000541
Added to NRHPNovember 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.

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.

The secretary of the Napa Historic Preservation Society wrote that this building is a landmark in downtown Napa and "easily the most refined example of Italianate commercial architecture in Napa".

It was built for the Semorile family which came in 1855 from Semorile (the native village has the same name), near Genoa, Northern 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.

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ 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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