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One of 616 National Register listings published here for Los Angeles County · listed in 2016 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Douglas and Octavia Walstrom House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. 20 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1894.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Walstrom, Douglas and Octavia, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 10500 Selkirk Ln., Los Angeles, 90077
- When was it listed? April 2016
- Category. building
- Also known as. Residential Architecture of John Lautner in Southern California, 1940-1994
- Census division. Los Angeles
- Architectural style. modern architecture
- Architect. John Lautner
- National Register reference number. 16000175 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Then and now
1894 to 1979The 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.
Fires near this property
45 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Douglas and Octavia Walstrom House between 1995 and 2020, burning about 1,619 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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/undetermined | 22 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 acres | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 40 acres | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
| 29 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area | EAST FIRE |
| 18 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area | FRANKLIN |
| 15 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area | RUSTIC |
| 3 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area | FRYMAN |
| 26 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area | ENCINO |
| 23 August 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Douglas and Octavia Walstrom House: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mulholland Dg Co. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Mission Brick Co. Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Valley Brick & Supply Co. | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
8 since 2000Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2023 | Tornado (EF1) | East Los Angeles | 1 hurt | A 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 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Los Angeles | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| February 2026 | Flood | Los Angeles | - | Heavy rain produced significant roadway flooding on Interstate 110 near West 39th Street. |
| February 2026 | Flash Flood | Los Angeles | - | Heavy rainfall generated flash flooding near the intersection of Interstates 10 and 110. |
| February 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Los Angeles | - | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees in the South Los Angeles area. |
| March 2002 | High Wind | Los Angeles | - | no account filed |
| February 2000 | Flood | Los Angeles | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Flood | Los Angeles | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
20 surveysUnited 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.
- 1894 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:62500
- 1896 USGS Santa Monica quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Santa Monica quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:62500 - 4 printings
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000 - 6 printings
- 1902 USGS Santa Monica quadrangle1:62500 - 4 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1920 USGS Santa Monica quadrangle1:62500
- 1921 USGS Santa Monica quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
- 1924 USGS Van Nuys quadrangle1:24000
- 1926 USGS Van Nuys quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Beverly Hills quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Beverly Hills quadrangle1:24000 - 6 printings
- 1966 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Beverly Hills quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther 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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Case Study House No. 16 | 0.5 miles | 2013 | |
| George R. Kress House | 0.7 miles | 1998 | |
 | Beverly Hills Women's Club | 2.0 miles | 2006 |
 | Virginia Robinson Estate | 2.4 miles | 1978 |
 | Doheny Estate/Greystone | 3.0 miles | 1976 |
 | Strathmore Apartments | 3.0 miles | 2013 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 16000175 in Record Group 79. |
| Los Angeles County | All 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.