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One of 616 National Register listings published here for Los Angeles County · listed in 2017 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Christian Science Society
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017. 7 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1943.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 209 E. Whittley Ave., Avalon, 90704
- When was it listed? July 2017
- Category. building
- Census division. Palos Verdes
- National Register reference number. 100001281 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
5 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Christian Science Society between 1999 and 2007, burning about 5,102 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 27 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 21 July 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 350 acres | California Southern Region Operations | GOAT CA LAC 99119650 |
| 10 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,750 acres | Los Angeles County Fire Department | ISLAND |
| 25 December 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Christian Science Society: 8 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pebble Beach Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Titanium | Past Producer | ||
| Pebbly Beach Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Renton Vein | Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Santa Catalina Island Deposits | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Santa Catalina Island Moonstones | Semiprecious Gemstone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Lead, Zinc, Silver | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Renton Vein | Lead, Zinc, Silver | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Unnamed Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Maps showing this location
7 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.
- 1943 USGS Santa Catalina East quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Long Beach quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Santa Catalina East quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Long Beach quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Long Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Long Beach quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Santa Catalina Island quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Tuna Club of Avalon | 0.1 miles | 1991 |
 | Peter Gano House | 0.3 miles | 1983 |
 | William Wrigley Jr. Summer Cottage | 0.5 miles | 1985 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100001281 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.