National Register of Historic Places

Greystone Cellars

St. Helena, Napa County, California
Listed
August 9, 1978
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
78000725

About this property

The Culinary Institute of America at Greystone is a branch campus of the private culinary college the Culinary Institute of America. The Greystone campus, located on State Route 29/128 in St. Helena, California, offers associate degrees and two certificate programs in culinary arts and baking and pastry arts. The CIA at Greystone and the Culinary Institute of America at Copia make up the school's California branch. The campus' primary facility is a 117,000-square-foot (10,900 m2) stone building, known as Greystone Cellars and built for William Bowers Bourn II as a cooperative wine cellar in 1889. Hamden McIntyre designed the gravity flow winery along with other wineries of the decade. The building changed ownership several times, and was notably owned by the Christian Brothers as a winery from 1945 to 1989. It was used as a winery until its sale to the school in 1993, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Location

2555 Main St.
St. Helena, Napa County, California
38.51439, -122.48505

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When was Greystone Cellars listed on the National Register?

Greystone Cellars was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 9, 1978.

What type of historic resource is Greystone Cellars?

Greystone Cellars is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Greystone Cellars is recorded as the industrial era.

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