BlockBefore

Fullerton Odd Fellows Temple

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. 19 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1896.

From the record

“The Fullerton Odd Fellows Temple, also known as IOOF Building or Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge No.103 or Williams Building, is located in Fullerton, Orange County, California. Compton-Hall and built during 1927-28 for the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge Number 103, which existed from 1901 to 1981.”

Wikipedia article Fullerton Odd Fellows Temple, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 136 National Register listings published here for Orange County · listed in 2002 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 112 E. Commonwealth Ave., Fullerton, 92832
  • When was it listed? April 2002
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Anaheim-Santa Ana-Garden Grove
  • National Register reference number. 02000383 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Then and now

1896 to 1983

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Fullerton Odd Fellows Temple, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet covering Fullerton Odd Fellows Temple, surveyed 1896

Fires near this property

151 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 151 fires within 5 miles of Fullerton Odd Fellows Temple between 2005 and 2020, burning about 70 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 39 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined72
Arson/incendiarism39
Equipment and vehicle use14
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Smoking9
Debris and open burning4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
27 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
27 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
25 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
22 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
20 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this property

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Fullerton Odd Fellows Temple: 8 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bixby PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Orange QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
La Habra Sand & Gravel Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lindauer & SopnsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Orange County Brick & Tile Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Orange PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
R. J. Noble Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sparks & Mcclelland PlantsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Orange County

Storms near this property

7 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fullerton, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 2000 and 2014: 2 heavy rain, 2 funnel cloud, 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2003Heavy RainFullerton1 hurt, $150,000no account filed
January 2005Heavy RainFullerton$15,000,000no account filed
October 2000FloodFullerton$30,000no account filed
December 2004Thunderstorm WindFullerton$20,000Numerous trees blown down.
May 2014Dust DevilFullerton$6,000Public reported a dust devil near Fullerton that came abruptly out of the west carrying large amounts of dust and leaves, and damaged portions of roof shingles on a few homes with estimated wind gusts of 60 mph.
January 2005Funnel CloudFullerton-no account filed
December 2004Funnel CloudFullerton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Orange County

Maps showing this location

19 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Farmers and Merchants Bank of Fullertonunder 500 feet1994
Fullerton Union Pacific Depotunder 500 feet1983
Fender's Radio Service0.1 miles2013
Fullerton First Methodist Episcopal Church0.1 miles2001
Chapman Building0.1 miles1983
Fullerton Post Office0.2 miles2012

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 02000383 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Orange CountyAll 136 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.