Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1889.
From the record
“The Arthur Monroe Free House in San Jose, California is a Craftsman-style how which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. It is located at 66 South 14th Street, which previously was 66 South Priest Street.”
Wikipedia article Arthur Monroe Free House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 117 National Register listings published here for Santa Clara County · listed in 2002 · category: Building.
National Register reference number.02000384- 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
1889 to 1978
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
18891978
Fires near this property
70 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Arthur Monroe Free House
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 96 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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/undetermined
46
Smoking
8
Equipment and vehicle use
7
Arson/incendiarism
5
Misuse of fire by a minor
3
Recreation and ceremony
1
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Date
Cause
Size
Reported by
Name on the report
3 September 2005
Equipment and vehicle use
under an acre
Santa Clara Unit
SIERRA
25 September 2016
Arson/incendiarism
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
23 September 2005
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
22 September 2018
Smoking
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
20 September 2019
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
Santa Clara Unit
not named
18 September 2010
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
2.0 acres
Santa Clara Unit
ALUM
12 September 2019
Smoking
under an acre
Santa Clara Unit
not named
12 September 2016
Equipment and vehicle use
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
23 workings within 5 miles of Arthur Monroe Free House: 13 past producers, 5 unknowns, 4 producers, 1 prospect.
4 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Mercury, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
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.
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.
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.
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