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One of 14 National Register listings published here for San Benito County · listed in 2009 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
San Juan Bautista Third Street Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1915.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 24 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 3rd St. between 406 3rd St. and Franklin St., San Juan Bautista, 95045
- When was it listed? January 2009
- Category. district
- Census division. San Juan Bautista
- National Register reference number. 08001277 - 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
1915 to 1997The ground this property stands on, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Fires near this property
260 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 260 fires within 5 miles of San Juan Bautista Third Street Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,286 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 14 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 119 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 88 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | BETABEL |
| 9 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | San Benito-Monterey Unit | CABEU003696 |
| 9 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | PG&E #24 |
| 9 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | HULSE 2 |
| 8 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | San Benito-Monterey Unit | AROMAS |
| 8 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | San Benito-Monterey Unit | CABEU003678 |
| 8 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 27 acres | San Benito-Monterey Unit | COBB |
| 8 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | San Benito-Monterey Unit | MERRILL |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of San Juan Bautista Third Street Historic District: 10 past producers, 6 producers, 3 prospects, 1 occurrence. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holthouse Ranch | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Ideal Cement Company | Limestone, General, Clay | Producer | ||
| Spreckles Sugar Co. | Limestone, General, Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Augustini | Stone | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Los Vergales Ranch Quarry | Limestone, General | Prospect | Sedimentary | |
| Los Vergeles Ranch Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Underwood Deposits | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Bixby Lane Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | Sedimentary |
Storms near this property
2 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names San Juan Bautista, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 2021 and 2026: 2 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2021 | Flood | San Juan Bautista | $2,000,000 | Damage to Salinas Grade Rd from San Juan Bautista to Monterey County. Exact time of damage occurrence unknown, estimates sent b public works. |
| January 2026 | Flood | San Juan Bautista | - | Flooding was reported on San Juan Highway at Prescott Road. |
Maps showing this location
13 surveysUnited 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.
- 1915 USGS San Juan Bautista quadrangle1:48000
- 1917 USGS San Juan Bautista quadrangle1:62500 - 6 printings
- 1939 USGS San Juan Bautista quadrangle1:62500
- 1940 USGS San Juan Bautista quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1955 USGS San Juan Bautista quadrangle1:24000 - 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
- 1997 USGS San Juan Bautista quadrangle1:24000
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther 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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Jose Castro House | under 500 feet | 1970 |
 | Anza House | 0.1 miles | 1970 |
 | Zanetta House | 0.1 miles | 1969 |
| Mission San Juan Bautista | 0.1 miles | 1969 |
 | Rozas House | 0.1 miles | 1982 |
 | Marentis House | 0.3 miles | 1984 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 08001277 in Record Group 79. |
| San Benito County | All 14 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.