 As the sole representative of this style in the local context, this structure occupies an important niche in portraying the stylistic development of the built environment.Integrity of location, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association are relatively intact, integrity of design has been compromised to a small degree by the alterations previously described in Item 7, while integrity of setting has been compromised by land-use changes and location of nearby State Highway 156 expressway.The house has a peripheral relation to the Gold Rush, which drew Benjamin Wilcox to California where, like most, he found his livelihood far from the gold fields (criterion A).