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Green-Rankin-Bembridge House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. 17 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1896.

From the record

“Bembridge House, also known as Green-Rankin-Bembridge House, is a registered historic building located across from Drake Park in the Willmore neighborhood of Long Beach, California. The ornate and well-preserved Queen Anne Victorian house was built in 1906.”

Wikipedia article Bembridge House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 616 National Register listings published here for Los Angeles County · listed in 2005 · 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 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Green--Rankin--Bembridge House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 953 Park Circle Dr., Long Beach, 90813
  • When was it listed? February 2005
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Long Beach-Lakewood
  • Architectural style. Queen Anne style
  • National Register reference number. 05000002 - 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 1901

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 5 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Green-Rankin-Bembridge House, surveyed 1901
Topographic sheet covering Green-Rankin-Bembridge House, 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 Green-Rankin-Bembridge House between 2005 and 2020, burning about 91 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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/undetermined98
Equipment and vehicle use17
Smoking16
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Arson/incendiarism6
Debris and open burning5
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
26 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
2 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
18 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
13 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
31 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
29 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
26 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this property

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Green-Rankin-Bembridge House: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Limestone, Dimension. 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
Empire QuarryLimestone, DimensionProducer
Long Beach Brick CoClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Long Beach Brick Co.ClayPast Producer
R LoynesClayPast ProducerSedimentary
R. LoynesClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Los Angeles County

Storms near this property

10 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Long Beach, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 1998 and 2004: 3 flood, 2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud. 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
January 1998Tornado (F1)Long Beach1 hurtA small tornado swept through eastern sections of Long Beach. The tornado developed over Los Altos Park and travelled northeast to Studebaker Road. The most significant damage occurred to a Lucky's Supermarket where a 60 foot by 60 foot section of their roof collapsed. Also...Cubberley Elementary School lost a section of its roof. Other minor damage occurred from fallen trees and power lines. One minor injury was reported.
March 2002High WindLong Beach-Gusty northwest winds between 30 and 40 mph knocked a 16 foot boat into the breakwater in Long Beach Harbor. No one was injured, but the boat sank.
October 2000FloodLong Beach-The combination of heavy rain and clogged storm drains resulted in urban flooding in the community of Long Beach. The Long Beach Freeway (Interstate 710) was closed for 6 hours between Willow Street and Pacific Coast Highway.
March 1999FloodLong Beach-Moderate rainfall produced local street flooding in the Long Beach area.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindLong Beach-Strong thunderstorm winds produced damage across parts of the Long Beach area. At a car dealership, the roof of a couple of service bays was blown off. Next door, a 600 square-foot section of roof was torn off a aircraft instrument company.
March 1998Funnel CloudLong Beach-A spotter in the community of Long Beach reported a funnel cloud.
December 2004Tornado (F0)Long Beach-no account filed
March 2000Thunderstorm WindLong Beach-no account filed
April 1999FloodLong Beach-no account filed
February 1998Funnel CloudLong Beach-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Los Angeles County

Maps showing this location

17 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
Joseph and Carrie Torrey House0.3 miles2018
Long Beach Professional Building0.5 miles2005
Willmore, The0.7 miles1999
First Congregational Church of Long Beach0.7 miles2012
US Post Office-Long Beach Main0.8 miles1985
First National Bank of Long Beach0.9 miles1990

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 05000002 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Los Angeles CountyAll 616 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.