NRHP Reference # 89002273 Added to NRHP 4 January 1990 | Area 2,000 m² Architect W. H. Weeks | |
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Location 29 Bishop St., Pajaro, California Built 1850s; 1870s; 1895-1899 Architectural style Queen Anne style architecture | ||
The Porter-Vallejo Mansion, located at 29 Bishop St. in Pajaro, California, is a historic Queen Anne style house that was designed by noted architect William Henry Weeks. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
It is significant both for its architecture and for its association with John T. Porter, a business leader and "a central figure locally in the complex issues surrounding California's anti-Chinese movement in 1888."
The house was built first as a salt-box in the 1850s by Antone Vallejo. It was moved to its present site and renovated in the 1870s by John T. Porter, bringing it into Gothic Revival style that was then in fashion. Then, during 1895-99, William Henry Weeks designed and supervised modification into Queen Anne style, but saving many elements of the 1874 Gothic Revival building.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. The listing included four contributing buildings.