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Photograph of Elmshaven
Photograph by Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Elmshaven

A National Historic Landmark. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1942.

From the record

“Elmshaven is a historic house museum at 125 Glass Mountain Lane in St. Also known as Ellen White House or Robert Pratt Place, it was the home of Ellen G.”

Wikipedia article Elmshaven, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 88 National Register listings published here for Napa County · listed in 1993 · category: District · a National Historic Landmark.

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

The listing

  • National Historic Landmark. The highest federal designation, held by about 2,600 places in the country against roughly 100,000 Register listings.
  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
  • Address. 125 Glass Mountain Ln., St. Helena, 94574
  • When was it listed? November 1993
  • Category. district
  • Census division. Angwin
  • Architectural style. Victorian architecture
  • National Register reference number. 93001609 - 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.

Fires near this property

272 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 272 fires within 5 miles of Elmshaven between 1992 and 2020, burning about 68,267 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined108
Equipment and vehicle use77
Debris and open burning43
Arson/incendiarism16
Smoking12
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony3

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
8 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSPRING
8 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitWEST
7 September 1992Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitCLOVER
6 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSPRING WHITE 2
5 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSMOKEY OAK
28 September 2007Smokingunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitLAS POSADAS RD ANGWIN 22
28 September 1998Smokingunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitWILSON
28 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitWHITEHALL

Every fire recorded in Napa County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Elmshaven: 11 occurrences, 6 producers, 4 prospects, 3 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mercury, Stone, Iron. 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
Unnamed LocationPerliteOccurrence
Glass Mountain DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Moore Creek Manganese Ridge ProspectManganeseProducer
Moore Creek ProspectManganesePast Producer1918
Napa Valley StoneStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Reeve ClaimsChromiumProspect
StirlingIronOccurrenceHematite
Sullinger ClaimChromiumOccurrenceChromite
Unnamed LocationIronUnknown
Glass Mountain DepositStoneOccurrenceObsidian

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
Charles Krug Winery1.4 miles1974
J.C. Weinberger Winery1.5 miles2015
Greystone Cellars1.6 miles1978
Bale Mill1.7 miles1972
Beringer Brothers-Los Hermanos Winery1.8 miles2001
Rhine House2.0 miles1972

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 93001609 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.