James H. Francis House, two-storey stone house in Calistoga, California, United States

The James H. Francis House is a two-story stone house built in 1886 in Calistoga, California. Its walls are laid in regular blocks of tan and gray stone, and it is topped by a steep, dark slate mansard roof with a rounded dormer window. The upper floor has a central arched window boarded with unpainted wood, flanked by two tall, narrow arched windows on each side, some also boarded. The lower floor has a projecting central entrance bay with a boarded door and three smaller boarded windows on each side.

James H. Francis, a merchant, rancher and silver miner, commissioned the house in 1886; it was designed and built by architect John Sexton using stone quarried nearby. After the death of second owner Col. Myron E. Billings, the residence was converted into a hospital, serving as Calistoga Hospital from 1919 to 1964. It then stood vacant for more than 50 years and was pending demolition before San Francisco developers Richard and Dina Dwyer bought it in 2015 and restored it.

James H. Francis, a merchant, rancher and silver miner, commissioned the house in 1886; his brother George M. Francis owned the Napa Valley Register in Napa. The building later served as the Calistoga Hospital from 1919 to 1964, and since September 2018 it has operated as a five-room bed and breakfast.

The house reopened as a five-guestroom bed and breakfast in September 2018 after the Dwyers' restoration, which received the 2018 Preservation Design Award from the California Preservation Foundation. Guests today also have a pool, sauna and grass tennis court. The building had stood vacant for more than 50 years before its 2015 purchase.

The house was built with stone quarried nearby and stood 26 feet high, with curled redwood detailing painted white. Its second owner, Col. Myron E. Billings, noted in 1906 that the mansion already had electricity, hot and cold running water and indoor bathrooms on both floors.