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Paul Shoup House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011. 21 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1897.

From the record

“The Paul Shoup House, also known as the Shoup House, is a historic residence in Los Altos, Santa Clara County, California, United States. It was built as an American Craftsman- and Shingle-style home in 1910 for railroad executive Paul Shoup.”

Wikipedia article Paul Shoup House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 117 National Register listings published here for Santa Clara County · listed in 2011 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · 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. Shoup, Paul, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 500 University Ave., Los Altos, 94022
  • When was it listed? September 2011
  • Category. building
  • Census division. San Jose
  • Architectural style. American Craftsman
  • National Register reference number. 11000696 - 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.

Fires near this property

175 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 175 fires within 5 miles of Paul Shoup House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 125 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined85
Equipment and vehicle use29
Smoking15
Arson/incendiarism14
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Debris and open burning8
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1

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
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
4 September 2018Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
28 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
27 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Every fire recorded in Santa Clara County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Paul Shoup House: 14 producers, 6 past producers, 4 unknowns, 2 prospects. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium, Clay. 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
Permanente Cement PlantLimestone, General, ClayProducer
Permanente QuarryCalcium, Clay, Limestone, GeneralProducer
Stevens Creek QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Permanente Cement Co.Calcium, ClayPast ProducerSedimentary
BondCalciumProspect
Permanente Cement PlantCalciumProducer
WinshipCalciumProspect
Adobe Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Adobe Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mt. View Crushing PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Santa Clara County

Storms near this property

6 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Los Altos, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 5 flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1998Tornado (F1)Los Altos1 hurt, $300,000A tornado briefly touched down in Los Altos CA on Alicia Way and continued to the Los Altos High School.A woman Tennis Coach at the high school was picked up and hurled around 20 feet and sustained injuries.
January 2024FloodLos Altos$10Flooding in the right lane of the Interstate 280 Northbound/El Monte Road onramp.
March 2024FloodLos Altos$10Water in all lanes of northbound Interstate 280 just south of El Monte Road.
January 2024FloodLos Altos-The onramp from El Monte Road to northbound Interstate 280 and some of the interstate lanes were flooded.
January 2020FloodLos Altos-Roadway flooding at I-280 N and Magdalena Ave off ramp. Significant flooding on the off ramp.
February 2019FloodLos Altos-Highway on ramp extremely flooded.

Every storm recorded in Santa Clara County

Maps showing this location

21 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
Willard Griffin House and Carriage House0.8 miles1977
Lantarnam Hall1.1 miles1985
Mountain View Adobe2.7 miles2002
Greenmeadow2.8 miles2005
Henry A. Rengstorff House3.9 miles1978
Hanna-Honeycomb House4.0 miles1978

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 11000696 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Santa Clara CountyAll 117 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.