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One of 39 National Register listings published here for Ventura County · listed in 2026 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Isis Theater
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2026. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1903.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
- Address. 145 E. Ojai Avenue, Ojai, 93023
- When was it listed? January 2026
- Category. building
- Census division. Ojai-Mira Monte
- National Register reference number. 100012536 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Then and now
1903 to 1995The ground this property stands on, surveyed 92 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
69 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Isis Theater between 1992 and 2020, burning about 306 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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 | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Natural | 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 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 3 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Los Padres National Forest | DAM |
| 22 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Los Padres National Forest | FARNHAM |
| 16 September 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Los Padres National Forest | MARICOPA |
| 13 September 2016 | Other causes | under an acre | Los Padres National Forest | GRIDLEY |
| 9 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 31 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Los Padres National Forest | GORGE |
| 3 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Los Padres National Forest | HORN |
Mines and quarries near this property
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Isis Theater: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ojai Gypsum Mine | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Unknown | ||
| Schmidt Ojai Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Matilija Hot Springs | Geothermal | Past Producer | ||
| Wheeler's Hot Springs | Geothermal | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ojai, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 2 wildfire, 2 flash flood, 1 flood, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ojai | $1,000 | Strong thunderstorms generated gusty winds in the community of Ojai. Law enforcement reported a couple trees were blown down in the 1000 block of Rancho Drive. |
| February 2023 | Flash Flood | Ojai | - | Heavy rainfall generated flash flooding on Ladera Canyon Road near the community of Ojai. Swift water rescue team had to rescue a couple people trapped in a vehicle, due to the flood waters. |
| June 2002 | Wildfire | Ojai | - | The Wolf Fire burned 21,278 acres in the Los Padres National Forest. Overall, the fire destroyed six structures. |
| May 1998 | Flood | Ojai | - | Heavy rain produced minor urban flooding across Ventura county. In the Ojai Valley, minor flooding temporarily closed parts of the Maricopa Highway. |
| February 2000 | Flash Flood | Ojai | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Lightning | Ojai | - | no account filed |
| December 1999 | Wildfire | Ojai | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
12 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.
- 1903 USGS Santa Paula quadrangle1:62500 - 6 printings
- 1942 USGS Santa Paula quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Paula quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Ojai quadrangle1:24000 - 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Santa Paula quadrangle1:62500
- 1966 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Santa Barbara quadrangle1:100000 - 3 printings
- 1995 USGS Ojai quadrangle1:24000
Listed places nearby
5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel | 0.1 miles | 1995 |
 | Charles M. Pratt House | 1.2 miles | 2002 |
| Charles M. Pratt House | 1.6 miles | 2002 |
| Thacher School Historic District | 4.0 miles | 2019 | |
 | San Buenaventura Mission Aqueduct | 7.7 miles | 1975 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100012536 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.