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Carey House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1901.

From the record

One of 90 National Register listings published here for Riverside County · listed in 2015 · category: Building.

Sources: 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. 651 W. Via Escuela, Palm Springs, 92262
  • When was it listed? September 2015
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Architecture of Albert Frey MPS
  • Census division. Palm Springs
  • Architectural style. modern architecture
  • Architect. Albert Frey
  • National Register reference number. 15000635 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Then and now

1901 to 1996

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Carey House, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet covering Carey House, surveyed 1901

Fires near this property

436 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 436 fires within 5 miles of Carey House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,190 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 28 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/undetermined253
Equipment and vehicle use61
Smoking31
Arson/incendiarism28
Misuse of fire by a minor23
Recreation and ceremony12
Natural9
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Debris and open burning8
Other causes1
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2007Smoking1.0 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 3130
7 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Bernardino National Forestnot named
6 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestWINDY
5 September 2007Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 2715
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictPALM

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this property

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Carey House: 2 prospects, 1 past producer, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal, Limestone, General. 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
Chino Canyon DepositsLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Frances GroupGoldProspect
Massey Indian AvenueSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mineral Canyon Nos. 5-7IronProspect
Palm SpringsGeothermalProducer

Every working recorded in Riverside 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
Hamrick House0.2 miles2016
Loewy House0.2 miles2015
Dr. Franz Alexander House0.3 miles2016
Edris House0.4 miles2016
Grace Lewis Miller House0.6 miles2020
Tramway Gas Station0.7 miles2015

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 15000635 in Record Group 79.
Riverside CountyAll 90 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.