Ellison, The

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017. 15 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1896.

From the record

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

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 15 Paloma Ave., Venice, 90291
When was it listed? December 2017
Category. building
Census division. Los Angeles
National Register reference number. 100001905 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Then and now

1896 to 1901

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 5 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Ellison, The, surveyed 1901

Topographic sheet covering Ellison, The, surveyed 1896

Fires near this property

24 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Ellison, The between 2005 and 2020, burning about 22 acres in total. 1 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	12
Smoking	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Natural	1
Debris and open burning	1
Recreation and ceremony	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
18 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
16 September 2019	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Los Angeles County Fire Department	not named
11 September 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
29 July 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area	ENTRADA
28 July 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area	DEPAUW
28 July 2010	Misuse of fire by a minor	2.0 acres	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
24 July 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Los Angeles County Fire Department	not named
18 July 2007	Smoking	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this property

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Ellison, The: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Pacific Beach Mining & Dredging Co	Gold	Past Producer
Acme Brick Co. Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Gladding-Mcbean-Santa Monica Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Santa Monica Brick Co.	Clay	Past Producer
Simons Brick Co.-Santa Monica Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Western Brick Co.	Clay	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Los Angeles 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.

1896 USGS Redondo quadrangle1:62500 - 9 printings
1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000 - 6 printings
1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1923 USGS Venice quadrangle1:24000
1924 USGS Venice quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
1934 USGS Venice quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
1943 USGS San Pedro quadrangle1:125000
1944 USGS Redondo quadrangle1:62500
1949 USGS Long Beach quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1950 USGS Venice quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
1957 USGS Long Beach quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
1958 USGS Long Beach quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Long Beach quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1964 USGS Venice quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
1981 USGS Long Beach quadrangle1:100000 - 3 printings

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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Venice Branch	0.2 miles	1987
Parkhurst Building	0.3 miles	1978
Venice of America House	0.6 miles	2001
Horatio West Court	0.8 miles	1977
Venice Canal Historic District	1.0 miles	1982
Club Casa Del Mar	1.1 miles	2000

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 100001905 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.