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Photograph of California Theatre of the Performing Arts
Photograph by Amerique, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

California Theatre, The

Built in 1928 (Spanish Colonial Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. 15 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1901.

From the record

“The California Theatre of the Performing Arts or simply referred to as the California Theatre is a performing arts center in the historic Downtown area of San Bernardino, California. Originally a part of the Fox Theatres chain, it opened in 1928.”

Wikipedia article California Theatre of the Performing Arts, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 98 National Register listings published here for San Bernardino County · listed in 2009 · category: Building · built in 1928, Spanish Colonial Revival architecture, by John Paxton Perrine.

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 1 building, 1 object as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 562 W. 4th St., San Bernardino, 92570
  • When was it listed? December 2009
  • Category. building
  • When was it built? 1928
  • Architectural style. Spanish Colonial Revival architecture
  • Architect. John Paxton Perrine
  • National Register reference number. 09001116 - 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

1901 to 1983

The 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.

Topographic sheet covering California Theatre, The, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet covering California Theatre, The, surveyed 1901

Storms near this property

24 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names San Bernardino, the town this property stands in, in 24 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 9 flash flood, 9 wildfire, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood. The reports record 5 deaths and 8 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2003WildfireSan Bernardino4 killed, 5 hurt, $696,400,000no account filed
October 2004Flash FloodSan Bernardino1 killed, $100,000Heavy rains over the San Bernardino Mountains caused a torrent of mud and water to run down Lytle Creek. More than three feet of mud was deposited on Glen Helen Rd and Lytle Creek. One car was swept away and burried in the mud. No one was in the car at the time. A week later on October 26, the body of a 49 year-old man was found tangled in mud and trees near the Lytle Creek ranger station. It appears likely that this man was swept away in the flood waters from the October 20 storm.
June 2002WildfireSan Bernardino3 hurt, $300,000no account filed
October 1997Flash FloodSan Bernardino$2,500,000no account filed
October 1999WildfireSan Bernardino$550,000no account filed
October 2006Flash FloodSan Bernardino$200,000no account filed
January 2002WildfireSan Bernardino$45,000no account filed
August 2017Thunderstorm WindSan Bernardino$35,000Severe winds downed a large tree (diameter > 2 ft) on a home in San Bernardino. A brief funnel cloud was also reported.
February 2004Flash FloodSan Bernardino$30,000no account filed
February 2004Flash FloodSan Bernardino$20,000no account filed
December 2004Flash FloodSan Bernardino$15,000Mud and rock slide in upper Waterman Canyon.
February 2014Thunderstorm WindSan Bernardino$10,000The Press Enterprise reported a large tree fallen on North Macy Street in San Bernardino, crushing the front of a car. A line of showers with lightning was crossing the mountains and high deserts at the time. |Nearby, in Fontana, an emergency manager reported a roof collapse due to the gusty wind and rain.
February 2004Flash FloodSan Bernardino$10,000no account filed
December 2006LightningSan Bernardino$2,000Lightning caused damage to three homes in San Bernardino.
February 2024FloodSan Bernardino-The off-ramp from I-215 South near Base Line St in San Bernardino was closed due to flooding.
March 2023FloodSan Bernardino-The intersection of I-210 and 5th street was flooded after 1.10 inches of rain had fallen in the area, over the course of 8 hours.
May 2015Funnel CloudSan Bernardino-Funnel cloud reported near San Bernardino by a local resident.
August 2014Flash FloodSan Bernardino-CHP reported the east and west bound lanes of Interstate 210 were flooded. CHP also reported Marshall Boulevard flooded between Sterling and Arden Avenues, with vehicles stuck in the roadway. A couple hours later, the California Department of Forestry reported significant flooding in the city of Highland in the area of Baseline Road. Everyone was advised to shelter in place while they check for people stuck in water/mud.
September 2004Flash FloodSan Bernardino-Law enforcement reported Amboy Rd. was closed from Twentynine Palms to Sheep Hole Pass. Power lines were also down along with debris in the roadway.
January 1999WildfireSan Bernardino-A 25 acre brush fire fanned by 30 mph winds, forced the evacation of 100 residents.
July 2003WildfireSan Bernardino-no account filed
May 2002WildfireSan Bernardino-no account filed
July 2002WildfireSan Bernardino-no account filed
September 2001WildfireSan Bernardino-no account filed

Every storm recorded in San Bernardino County

Maps showing this location

15 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 09001116 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
San Bernardino CountyAll 98 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.
  • 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.