Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2023. 19 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1894.
“The Doctors House is a historic house in Brand Park in Glendale, California. It was built in 1888 and is one of the only Victorian-style houses left in the city.”
Wikipedia article Doctors House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 616 National Register listings published here for Los Angeles County · listed in 2023 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 146 fires within 5 miles of Doctors House between 1993 and 2020, burning about 9,545 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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 | 86 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 29 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Angeles National Forest | TUNA |
| 30 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 3 September 2005 | Fireworks | 18 acres | Angeles National Forest | CABRINI |
| 3 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | MALIBU |
| 3 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | OCEAN |
| 29 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,012 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 27 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | LOWELL |
| 25 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | RED ROCK |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Doctors House: 7 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Graphite, Calcium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quartz Hill Deposit | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Ross Deposit | Granite | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Adit | Gold, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Calcite Occurrence | Calcium | Prospect | ||
| Verdugo Canyon Deposit | Graphite | Prospect | ||
| Verdugo Mountain Deposit | Graphite | Past Producer | ||
| Forest Lawn Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gordon-Garrison-Russell | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Montrose | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Brush Canyon Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glendale, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 1997 and 2008: 1 dust devil, 1 wildfire, 1 flash 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 2008 | Flash Flood | Glendale | - | The USGS reported flash flooding including mud and debris flows near the Griffith Park Burn Area. Mud and debris flows covered Observatory Road. |
| April 1997 | Dust Devil | Glendale | - | A dust devil developed in the Glendale area. The dust devil blew down a tree onto a automobile. |
| December 1998 | Wildfire | Glendale | - | no account filed |
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.
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.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Ard Eevin | 0.6 miles | 2006 |
 | Grand Central Air Terminal | 1.5 miles | 2017 |
 | City Hall-City of Burbank | 1.8 miles | 1996 |
 | US Post Office-Burbank Downtown Station | 1.9 miles | 1985 |
 | San Rafael Rancho | 2.6 miles | 1976 |
 | Schaffer, J.W. House | 2.7 miles | 2016 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100009362 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Los Angeles County | All 616 listed properties in this county. |
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