Sam Brannan Cottage, Neoclassical cottage in Calistoga, United States

The Sam Brannan Cottage at 109 Wappo Avenue is a neoclassical single-family home with symmetrical facades and a palm-lined entrance drive. Today it functions as part of a hotel complex while maintaining the architectural details of a refined residence from its era.

Sam Brannan bought 2,000 acres around the Indian Hot Springs in 1859 and opened his Calistoga Hot Springs Resort by 1862, when this cottage was built as one of 25 guest cottages. It is the last of that group still on its original site; two cottages of the other design survive but were moved.

The cottage reflects how Calistoga became a destination for wealthy people seeking the healing properties of hot springs in the 1800s. It stands as a symbol of an era when natural thermal waters were viewed as places of recovery and wellness.

The cottage is located on Wappo Avenue and operates as part of a hotel accommodation, allowing visitors to view it from outside or stay overnight. The property sits in central Calistoga, making it easy to reach on foot or by car from downtown.

The cottage's palm is the "weedy palm" Robert Louis Stevenson mentioned in The Silverado Squatters; the tree still stands in front of the building, grown tall over the town. Brannan planted a palm before each of the 25 guest cottages, and the surviving mature palms mark where those cottages once stood.