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One of 90 National Register listings published here for Riverside County · listed in 2025 · category: Site.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Trujillo Adobe
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2025. 19 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1896.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 site as contributing to the listing.
- Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
- Address. 3669 W. Center Street, Riverside, 92501
- When was it listed? 2025-07-07
- Category. site
- Census division. Riverside
- National Register reference number. 100011987 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Then and now
1896 to 1982The ground this property stands on, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Fires near this property
1,204 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,204 fires within 5 miles of Trujillo Adobe between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,575 acres in total. None started naturally. 164 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 | 662 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 180 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 164 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 94 |
| Smoking | 53 |
| Debris and open burning | 32 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
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 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 8 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL |
| 8 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL FIRE |
| 8 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL 15020 |
| 7 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Riverside Unit | CHAMOMILE INC |
| 7 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 36 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Trujillo Adobe: 24 past producers, 9 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Granite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City Creek | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Colton Cement Plant | Limestone, General, Calcium, Cement Rock | Producer | ||
| Crestmore Quarry | Cement Rock, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Mountain Group Deposit | Antimony, Arsenic | Past Producer | ||
| New City Quarry | Limestone, General, Dolomite | Past Producer | ||
| Rubidoux Hill Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Slover Mountain Quarry | Calcium, Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Spicer Silica Property | Feldspar, Silica | Prospect | ||
| Hancock's Brick Yard | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Riverside Cement Company | Limestone, General, Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
15 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Riverside, the town this property stands in, in 15 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 4 wildfire, 3 heavy rain, 2 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2002 | Wildfire | Riverside | 1 hurt, $50,000 | no account filed |
| February 2000 | Heavy Rain | Riverside | 1 hurt, $10,000 | no account filed |
| February 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverside | $15,000 | no account filed |
| February 2004 | Flash Flood | Riverside | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Lightning | Riverside | $1,000 | A spotter reported lightning struck and ignited fires in two palm trees near the community college. The fires were put out. Lightning also struck the technology building on campus, knocking out power. |
| February 2025 | Flood | Riverside | - | Received a report of a flooded roadway. |
| February 2024 | Heavy Rain | Riverside | - | Heavy rain fell across Riverside County from late in the evening on February 19 through the morning on February 21. The following are the heaviest rain reports from the Inland Empire:||Inland Empire:|Norco (650'): 1.14|Prado Dam (460'): 1.06. |
| April 2006 | Funnel Cloud | Riverside | - | A funnel cloud was spotted near hwy 60 and the 215 freeway. |
| August 2000 | Flash Flood | Riverside | - | Very heavy rain, up to 6 tenths of an inch in just 45 minutes, fell across parts of the county. Many streets flooded and washes running, especially route 62 through Twentynine Palms. Small hail also reported along route 62 near Copper Mountain College. |
| January 2001 | Heavy Rain | Riverside | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Wildfire | Riverside | - | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Flood | Riverside | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverside | - | no account filed |
| December 1998 | Wildfire | Riverside | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Wildfire | Riverside | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
19 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.
- 1896 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:62500 - 8 printings
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000 - 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1938 USGS Colton quadrangle1:31680
- 1942 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Colton quadrangle1:31680 - 2 printings
- 1953 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1954 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1954 USGS San Bernardino South quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1956 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS San Bernardino South quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
- 1975 USGS San Bernardino South quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:100000
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Court Bungalows | 2.4 miles | 1993 | |
 | Harada House | 2.6 miles | 1977 |
 | Mission Inn | 2.8 miles | 1971 |
 | First Church of Christ, Scientist | 2.8 miles | 1992 |
 | Riverside Municipal Auditorium and Soldier's Memorial Building | 2.8 miles | 1978 |
 | All Souls Universalist Church | 2.8 miles | 1978 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100011987 in Record Group 79. |
| Riverside County | All 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.
- 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.