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Photograph of Saban Theatre
Photograph by Gary Minnaert ( Minnaert )), Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Fox Wilshire Theatre

Built in 1930 (Art Deco architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. 20 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1894.

From the record

“The Saban Theatre is a historic theatre in Beverly Hills, California, formerly known as the Fox Wilshire Theater. It is an Art Deco structure at the southeast corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Hamilton Drive designed by architect S.”

Wikipedia article Saban Theatre, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 616 National Register listings published here for Los Angeles County · listed in 2012 · category: Building · built in 1930, Art Deco architecture, by S. Charles Lee.

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.
  • Address. 8440 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, 90211
  • When was it listed? April 2012
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Los Angeles
  • When was it built? 1930
  • Architectural style. Art Deco architecture
  • Architect. S. Charles Lee
  • National Register reference number. 12000164 - 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

1894 to 1979

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Fox Wilshire Theatre, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet covering Fox Wilshire Theatre, surveyed 1894

Fires near this property

93 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Fox Wilshire Theatre between 1995 and 2020, burning about 103 acres in total. None 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/undetermined57
Smoking12
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Debris and open burning1

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
29 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaEAST FIRE
27 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
24 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
18 September 1995Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaFRANKLIN
17 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
10 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 August 2008Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Fox Wilshire Theatre: 1 unknown, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Gold. 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
CahuengaGoldProspect
J. JensenClayUnknown

Every working recorded in Los Angeles County

Maps showing this location

20 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
Carthay Neighborhoods Historic District0.7 miles2022
Beverly Wilshire Hotel0.8 miles1987
Memorial Branch0.9 miles1987
Wilshire Vista West Historic District1.1 miles2020
Mitchell Camera Corporation-Studio One1.3 miles
R. M. Schindler House1.4 miles1971

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 12000164 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Los Angeles CountyAll 616 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.