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Photograph of Thomas O'Donnell House
Photograph by JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ, M.D, CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Thomas O'Donnell House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1901.

From the record

One of 90 National Register listings published here for Riverside County · listed in 2011 · category: Building.

Sources: 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 as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. O'Donnell, Thomas, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 447 Alejo Rd, Palm Springs, 92262
  • When was it listed? January 2011
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Palm Springs
  • National Register reference number. 10001123 - 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 1996

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Thomas O'Donnell House, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet covering Thomas O'Donnell House, surveyed 1901

Fires near this property

369 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 369 fires within 5 miles of Thomas O'Donnell House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,229 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 28 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/undetermined213
Equipment and vehicle use53
Arson/incendiarism28
Misuse of fire by a minor22
Smoking15
Recreation and ceremony13
Natural9
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Debris and open burning7
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use18 acresSan Bernardino National ForestPALM
8 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestPALM 2
6 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestWINDY
30 September 2011Naturalunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestHIDDEN
30 September 2010Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this property

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Thomas O'Donnell House: 2 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Geothermal, Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Chino Canyon DepositsLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Mineral Canyon Nos. 5-7IronProspect
Palm SpringsGeothermalProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Massey Indian AvenueSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Riverside County

Maps showing this location

16 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.

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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Palm Springs Desert Museumunder 500 feet2016
Desert Golf Course0.2 miles2020
Frey House II0.2 miles2015
Plaza Theatre0.2 miles2025
Fire Station No. 10.3 miles2015
Santa Fe Federal Savings and Loan Association0.4 miles2016

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 10001123 in Record Group 79.
Riverside CountyAll 90 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.