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One of 616 National Register listings published here for Los Angeles County · listed in 2009 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Stevens House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1903.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 23524 Malibu Colony Rd., Malibu, 90265
- When was it listed? October 2009
- Category. building
- Census division. Agoura Hills-Malibu
- Architectural style. modern architecture
- Architect. John Lautner
- National Register reference number. 09000802 - 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
1903 to 1995The ground this property stands on, surveyed 92 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
108 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Stevens House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,813 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 60 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
| 9 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area | RAMBLA PACIFICA |
| 9 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area | COLD CANYON |
| 7 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area | MULHOLLAND |
| 5 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area | VALLEY LINDO |
| 5 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 30 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area | MALIBU |
| 24 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Stevens House: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malibu Potteries | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
7 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Malibu, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 2 wildfire, 2 flash flood, 1 rip current, 1 debris flow. The reports record 1 death and 17 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2001 | Rip Current | Malibu | 1 killed, 1 hurt | Gusty north winds generated dangerous rip currents off the coast of Malibu. The rip currents capsized a kayak. One kayaker died and another was injured. |
| October 1996 | Wildfire | Malibu | 16 hurt, $1,500,000 | no account filed |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malibu | - | A thunderstorm wind gust of 65 MPH was reported at Saddle Peak in the Santa Monica Mountains. |
| February 2024 | Debris Flow | Malibu | - | Heavy rainfall generated a mudslide across Rotunda Mesa Road. |
| January 2008 | Flash Flood | Malibu | - | A mud and debris flow developed around the Corral Burn area between Malibu Canyon Road and Corral Canyon Road. |
| October 2000 | Flash Flood | Malibu | - | Heavy rain, in excess of 1.5 inches per hour, produced flash flooding in the Malibu area. Flooding was reported in Malibu City Hall. Also, mudslides closed sections of Malibu Canyon Road. |
| January 2003 | Wildfire | Malibu | - | no account filed |
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.
- 1903 USGS Calabasas quadrangle1:62500 - 8 printings
- 1903 USGS Camulos quadrangle1:125000 - 5 printings
- 1932 USGS Las Flores quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Calabasas quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Malibu Beach quadrangle1:24000 - 7 printings
- 1951 USGS Malibu Beach quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Malibu Beach quadrangle1:24000
Listed places nearby
3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malibu Historic District | 0.4 miles | 2018 | |
 | Adamson House | 0.5 miles | 1977 |
| Hunt House | 1.3 miles | 2019 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 09000802 in Record Group 79. |
| Los Angeles County | All 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.