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Photograph of Case Study House No. 28
Photograph by Junkyardsparkle, CC0 1.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Case Study House No. 28

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1900.

From the record

“The Case Study House No. 28, at 91 Inverness Rd., Thousand Oaks, California, is the only Case Study House in Ventura County. Built during 1965-66, it was listed on the National Register on July 24, 2013.”

Wikipedia article Case Study House No. 28, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 39 National Register listings published here for Ventura County · listed in 2013 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · 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. 91 Inverness Rd., Thousand Oaks, 91361
  • When was it listed? July 2013
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Case Study House Program MPS
  • Census division. Thousand Oaks
  • Architectural style. modern architecture
  • Architect. Buff, Smith and Hensman
  • National Register reference number. 13000522 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Then and now

1900 to 1979

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Case Study House No. 28, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet covering Case Study House No. 28, surveyed 1900

Fires near this property

93 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Case Study House No. 28 between 1992 and 2020, burning about 43,266 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined46
Equipment and vehicle use19
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking5
Fireworks4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Natural3
Debris and open burning3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
7 September 2009Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaKIMBER
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreVentura County Fire Departmentnot named
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreVentura County Fire DepartmentBRUSH
5 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaSMALLFIRE
27 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined42 acresSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaHAMPSHIRE
27 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaYERBA
2 September 1998Naturalunder an acreSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaYERBABUENA
2 September 1998Naturalunder an acreSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaTRIUNFO

Every fire recorded in Ventura County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Case Study House No. 28: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper. 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
Prospect MineCopperOccurrence
Quality Rock Company Sand and GravlSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ventura County

Storms near this property

3 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Thousand Oaks, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 1998 and 2000: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 wildfire. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2000WildfireThousand Oaks2 hurtno account filed
September 1998Thunderstorm WindThousand Oaks-A severe thunderstorm produced strong winds in the community of Thousand Oaks. Twelve power poles were knocked down along Thousand Oaks Boulevard. Six automobiles were struck by these fallen power poles.
March 1998FloodThousand Oaks-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ventura County

Maps showing this location

13 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

2 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
Grand Union Hotel1.8 miles1975
Joel McCrea Ranch5.0 miles1997

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 13000522 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Ventura CountyAll 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.