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One of 39 National Register listings published here for Ventura County · listed in 2025 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Washington Elementary School
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2025. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1904.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss, 1 site as contributing to the listing.
- Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
- Address. 96 MacMillan Avenue, Ventura, 93001
- When was it listed? April 2025
- Category. building
- Census division. Ventura
- National Register reference number. 100011623 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
62 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Washington Elementary School between 2005 and 2020, burning about 4,253 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 40 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2006 | Smoking | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 24 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 21 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 20 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 17 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Washington Elementary School: 9 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ventura River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ventura Expandable Shale | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Ventura River Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Ventura Velvet Molding Sand Dpst. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Associated Oil Co. Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Connett Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Peoples Lumber Co. | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Rocklite Quarry | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Shell Oil Co. | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
16 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ventura, the town this property stands in, in 16 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 7 flood, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 waterspout. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ventura | - | Strong thunderstorm winds produced significant wind damage in the city of Ventura. |
| October 2025 | Flood | Ventura | - | California Highway Patrol reported significant roadway flooding at the intersection of Highway 101 and Seaward Avenue. |
| February 2024 | Flash Flood | Ventura | - | Significant flooding was reported in downtown Ventura in the area of Thompson Boulevard and Main Street. |
| February 2024 | Flash Flood | Ventura | - | Flash flooding resulted in the closure of the #1 and #2 lanes of Highway 101 from Seaward Avenue to California Street. |
| January 2023 | Flood | Ventura | - | Heavy rainfall produced significant flooding across Highway 101 near the Highway 33 interchange. |
| January 2023 | Flash Flood | Ventura | - | The Santa Clara River breached the bridge, flooding both directions and broke the center divide. |
| October 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ventura | - | Gusty thunderstorm outflow winds impacted the valleys of Ventura county. An automated sensor at Crimea Fire Station reported a gust of 63 MPH. |
| December 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Ventura | - | A strong thunderstorm generated a weak tornado over Ventura Harbor (in Ventura county). Only very minor damage was reported. |
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ventura | - | A severe thunderstorm generated strong winds across coastal sections of Ventura county. At Ventura Harbor, wind gusts to 65 MPH were reported. |
| December 2001 | Flood | Ventura | - | A weather spotter reported street flooding in the community of Ventura. |
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ventura | - | A line of severe thunderstorms produced strong winds across southern Ventura county. In Ventura, the winds knocked down several power poles. |
| January 2001 | Waterspout | Ventura | - | no account filed |
| November 2001 | Flood | Ventura | - | no account filed |
| November 2001 | Flood | Ventura | - | no account filed |
| February 2000 | Flood | Ventura | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Flood | Ventura | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
9 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.
- 1904 USGS Ventura quadrangle1:62500 - 6 printings
- 1941 USGS Ventura quadrangle1:62500 - 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Ventura quadrangle1:24000 - 7 printings
- 1955 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Santa Barbara quadrangle1:100000 - 3 printings
Listed places nearby
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | First Baptist Church of Ventura | 0.6 miles | 2009 |
 | Elizabeth Bard Memorial Hospital | 0.8 miles | 1977 |
 | Ventura Theatre | 0.9 miles | 1986 |
 | Ventura County Courthouse | 1.0 miles | 1971 |
 | Emmanuel Franz House | 1.1 miles | 1982 |
 | Mission San Buenaventura and Mission Compound Site | 1.3 miles | 1975 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100011623 in Record Group 79. |
| Ventura County | All 39 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.
- 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.