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Ah Louis Store

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1897.

From the record

One of 32 National Register listings published here for San Luis Obispo County · listed in 2008 · category: Building.

Sources: 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. 800 Palm St., San Luis Opispo, 93401
  • When was it listed? March 2008
  • Category. building
  • Census division. San Luis Obispo
  • National Register reference number. 08000203 - 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

1897 to 1995

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 98 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Ah Louis Store, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet covering Ah Louis Store, surveyed 1897

Fires near this property

327 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 327 fires within 5 miles of Ah Louis Store between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,242 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined137
Equipment and vehicle use136
Arson/incendiarism10
Smoking10
Debris and open burning10
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Firearms and explosives use2
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
9 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitSLU 3082
8 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSan Luis Obispo UnitSTENNER
8 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitSLU 3071
7 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitJOHNSON
7 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitCASLU04171
6 September 2019Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSan Luis Obispo Unitnot named
5 September 2014Smokingunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitOCONNOR WAY /W FOOTHILL B
5 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitCUESTA

Every fire recorded in San Luis Obispo County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 42 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 42 workings within 5 miles of Ah Louis Store: 17 past producers, 11 producers, 6 occurrences, 6 prospects. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Chromium, Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Barnaberg MineMagnesiteProducer
Barneberg MineManganese, Iron, Gold, Silver, MercuryProducer
Lee QuarryStoneProducer
Porfumo Canyon Iron OccurrencesIronOccurrence
Prefumo Canyon ProspectsIron, ManganeseProspect1942
San Jose Valley MineMercuryProducer
San Luis Brick Works, Inc.ClayProducer
Staneuche MineManganese, SilicaPast Producer1917, 1918
Yoakum TractGold, Silver, CopperOccurrence
Yoakum TractCopper, Silver, GoldProspect

Every working recorded in San Luis Obispo County

Maps showing this location

13 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
San Luis Obispo Carnegie Library0.2 miles1995
Robert Jack House0.4 miles1992
Myron Angel House0.5 miles1982
Tribune-Republic Building0.7 miles1993
Pacific Coast Railway Company Grain Warehouse0.7 miles1988
William Shipsey House0.9 miles2010

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 08000203 in Record Group 79.
San Luis Obispo CountyAll 32 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.