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Photograph of Women's Twentieth Century Club of Eagle Rock
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Women's Twentieth Century Club of Eagle Rock

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1894.

From the record

One of 616 National Register listings published here for Los Angeles County · listed in 2013 · category: Building.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 5105 Hermosa Ave., Los Angeles, 90041
  • When was it listed? July 2013
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Los Angeles
  • National Register reference number. 13000551 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Then and now

1894 to 1995

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 101 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Women's Twentieth Century Club of Eagle Rock, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet covering Women's Twentieth Century Club of Eagle Rock, surveyed 1894

Fires near this property

86 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Women's Twentieth Century Club of Eagle Rock between 2001 and 2020, burning about 1,207 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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/undetermined47
Equipment and vehicle use11
Smoking10
Arson/incendiarism8
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
6 September 2009Smoking1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreAngeles National ForestTWIN
10 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
1 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 August 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 August 2009Smoking1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
28 August 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Women's Twentieth Century Club of Eagle Rock: 11 past producers, 2 prospects, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Graphite, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ross DepositGraniteOccurrence
Verdugo Canyon DepositGraphiteProspect
Anderson and SandquistClayPast Producer
Los Angeles Pottery Co.ClayPast Producer
BeyrleSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
City of Los AngelesSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Devil S GateSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Devils Canyon DamSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gordon-Garrison-RussellSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Home Teaming and Transfer Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Los Angeles County

Storms near this property

8 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Los Angeles, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 2000 and 2026: 3 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 high wind, 1 tornado. 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
March 2023Tornado (EF1)East Los Angeles1 hurtA weak tornado developed in the community of Montebello. The EF1 tornado impacted the area around the intersection of Washington Boulevard and Maple Avenue. There was substantial damage to the industrial warehouse and commercial business district, including nearly total roof collapse in one building and a total of 17 damaged structures. Numerous vehicles were damaged due to flying debris.
February 2000Thunderstorm WindLos Angeles1 hurtno account filed
February 2026FloodLos Angeles-Heavy rain produced significant roadway flooding on Interstate 110 near West 39th Street.
February 2026Flash FloodLos Angeles-Heavy rainfall generated flash flooding near the intersection of Interstates 10 and 110.
February 2026Thunderstorm WindLos Angeles-Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees in the South Los Angeles area.
March 2002High WindLos Angeles-no account filed
February 2000FloodLos Angeles-no account filed
April 2000FloodLos Angeles-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Los Angeles County

Maps showing this location

16 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
Eagle Rock Branch Library0.6 miles1987
James Daniel Derby House1.4 miles1978
Poppy Peak Historic District1.8 miles2009
Toad Hall1.8 miles2023
Highland Park Police Station2.0 miles1984
Harrower Laboratory and Clinic2.0 miles2025

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 13000551 in Record Group 79.
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.
  • 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.