Name/Title
Winans Vault at Kortum Canyon and Foothill Blvd.Entry/Object ID
2012.69.3.32Description
Black and white photograph from the County of Napa Unincorporated Areas Historic Resources Inventory (HRI) of Winans Vault on Foothill Blvd. (west of Lincoln Ave.), Calistoga.
The vault is on the hillside at the corner of Kortum Canyon and Foothill Blvd. It was the former site of the house of Ezra Badlam, Sam Brannan's nephew. Badlam built the vault in 1870 using stone brought from China by Joseph W. Winans, a San Francisco lawyer who had married his daughter Sarah. It once held the remains of Mary Badlam, Alexander Badlam Sr., Joseph W. Winans Sr., Joseph W. Winans Jr., Gerard C. Winans, Patrick Brannan, Don Francisco Brannan, Gerard C. Meagher, and Mary L. Meagher, although all were reinterred in the St. Helena Cemetery in 1919. The vault was damaged by a later proeprty owner, Harry Patten, when he tried to blow it up.
PF Location: Digital only.Collection
HRI Photo Album: County of Napa Unincorporated AreasAcquisition
Accession
2012.69Source or Donor
Napa County LandmarksAcquisition Method
GiftLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Foothill Boulevard, Winans Vault, Kortum Canyon RoadCreate Date
October 14, 2015Update Date
June 23, 2021
