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Item Title
James Lick Mill, Montague Road, Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, CA
LocationMontague Road,
Santa Clara vicinity, CA
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS CA-2011
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-109).
Building/structure dates:
1855 initial construction
Significance: The construction of the Lick Mill complex began ca. 1855 with a flour mill, and has continued intermittently to the present day, reflecting the changing use of the site and the evolution of more sophisticated technologies. The round brick granary, the mill's oldest extant building, and the large Italianate frame residence, erected ca. 1860, date from James Lick's ownership. As a prosperous and well-known Bay area businessman, involved in a wide array of financial and real estate investments throughout the San Francisco and San Jose area, Lick was able to improve significantly the mill's physical facilities and consequently its productivity. The site was used as a paper mill during the late 19th century, and has been an alcohol-producing chemical plant since the turn of the century. / This building is important historically for its association with James Lick, one of California's most important early citizens. It is important commercially as the site of a major flour mill, then chemical works. Finally, it is important architecturally because it contains several major early buildings, notably the fine Italianate main house and the extraordinary round brick granary, as well as a large collection of other structures from various dates, of some architectural interest and together forming a very interesting and varied complex.
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. MANSION FROM GUADALUPE RIVER, VIEW LOOKING NORTHEAST
2. FRONT AND WEST SIDE OF MANSION, LOOKING EAST
3. FRONT OF MANSION, LOOKING NORTHEAST
4. FRONT ENTRANCE PAVILION OF MANSION, LOOKING NORTHEAST
5. GRANARY AND OFFICE, LOOKING NORTHEAST
6. OFFICE, LOOKING NORTHEAST
7. GRANARY, LOOKING NORTHEAST
8. MANSION STAIR HALL, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
9. HALL FROM STAIR LANDING, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
10. NEWEL POST AND FRONT STAIR RAILING
11. FIRST-FLOOR ROOM IN SOUTHEAST CORNER
12. UPPER STAIR HAIL, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
13. SECOND-FLOOR FRONT WINDOW, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
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