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Photograph of Nichelini Family Winery
Photograph by Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Nichelini Winery

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.

From the record

“Nichelini Family Winery is a family-owned winery located in the Chiles Valley District of Napa Valley in California. It is the oldest winery in Napa to have been in the same family's hands since its founding, by winemaker Anton Nichelini in 1890, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.”

Wikipedia article Nichelini Family Winery, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 88 National Register listings published here for Napa County · listed in 1979 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. E of St. Helena at 2950 Sage Canyon Rd, St. Helena, 94574
  • When was it listed? August 1979
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Angwin
  • National Register reference number. 79000508 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Then and now

1902 to 1983

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Nichelini Winery, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet covering Nichelini Winery, surveyed 1902

Fires near this property

140 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 140 fires within 5 miles of Nichelini Winery between 1992 and 2020, burning about 312,674 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 8 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined51
Equipment and vehicle use48
Debris and open burning14
Arson/incendiarism8
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Recreation and ceremony6
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Natural2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNorthern California DistrictCAPELL
9 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNorthern California DistrictSILVERADO
8 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBERRYESSA
6 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNorthern California DistrictCAPELL
6 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitPG+E
5 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitPOPE
4 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitTURTLE
30 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSODA

Every fire recorded in Napa County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 39 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 39 workings within 5 miles of Nichelini Winery: 24 occurrences, 7 prospects, 3 producers, 3 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Chromium, Magnesite, Manganese, Mercury. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Antone NicheliniChromium, Platinum, Palladium, Iridium, Ruthenium, RhodiumProducerChromite
Napa Rock Soda SpringsGeothermalUnknown
UnknownIronOccurrence
UnknownPerliteOccurrence
Conn ValleyManganeseOccurrence
Hastings DepositManganeseOccurrence
NicheliniManganeseOccurrence
PowersManganeseProspectPsilomelane
Powers MineManganeseProspect1918
UnknownMercuryOccurrence

Every working recorded in Napa County

Maps showing this location

10 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Atkinson House7.3 miles1990
Oakville Grocery7.3 miles1993
Yountville Grammar School7.5 miles2016
John Lee Webber House7.6 miles1982
Charles Rovegno House7.6 miles1991
French Laundry7.6 miles1978

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 79000508 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Napa CountyAll 88 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.