Gidan Ruwa

Gidan James C. Flood babban gida ne na tarihi a 1000 California Street, a saman Nob Hill a San Francisco, California, Amurka. Yanzu gidan Pacific-Union Club, an gina shi a 1886 a matsayin gidan gari na James C. Flood, wani baron azurfa na karni na 19. Ginin farko ne na dutse a yammacin Kogin Mississippi, kuma shine kawai gidan da ke kan Nob Hill don tsira daga girgizar kasa da wuta ta San Francisco ta 1906. An ayyana shi a matsayin Tarihin Tarihi na Kasa a shekarar 1966.

 Bayyanawa da tarihi 
Gidan Ambaliyar ya mamaye dukan birni a kan Nob Hill, wanda ke da iyaka da titunan California, Cushman, Mason, da Sacramento. An rufe toshe shi a bangarori uku ta hanyar shinge na tagulla da aka shigar a lokacin da aka gina gidan. Babban tsari ne na masonry, hawa uku a tsawo, an gama waje a cikin brownstone da aka yi a Portland, Connecticut kuma an tura shi a kusa da Cape Horn. Yana da cikakkiyar magana game da gine-ginen Classical Revival, tare da kusurwa, gefen rufin da aka rufe, da windows da aka tsara ta hanyar pilasters da kuma ƙayyadaddun ƙuƙwalwa. Babban ƙofar, da ke fuskantar titin California, an kare shi da wani shinge mai zurfi mai zurfi guda uku wanda ke tallafawa da ginshiƙan murabba'i.
James C. Flood ne ya gina gidan, wanda ya yi arzikinsa a ma'adinan azurfa na Nevada.  Abin da ya ba shi sha'awa ga ginin shi ne gine-ginen Gilded Age da ya gani a Gabashin Gabashin Amurka, don haka ya ba da izini ɗaya daga Archus Laver.  An kammala shi a cikin 1888, yana ɗaya daga cikin gidajensa har zuwa mutuwarsa a 1889, kuma 'yarsa ta mamaye lokacin da girgizar ƙasa da gobara ta tashi a 1906.  Ta sayar da harsashi na ginin ga kungiyar Pacific-Union Club, wacce tun farko ta yi tunanin rushe shi.  Ya ƙare ƙaddamar da Willis Polk don tsara gyare-gyare ciki har da bene na uku da sabon ciki.  Waɗannan gyare-gyaren sun haɗa da amfani da ƙarin dutse mai launin ruwan kasa, wanda aka tanadar da shi daga magudanar ruwa iri ɗaya da na asali.

Gidan shine kadai a Nob Hill wanda ya tsira daga girgizar kasa da wuta ta 1906; sauran gidajen da ke kan tudun an gina su da itace, tare da kammalawa wanda ya ba su bayyanar dutse, kuma an lalata su.