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One of 160 National Register listings published here for Alameda County · listed in 1971 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
California Nursery Co. Guest House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1906.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. California Nursery Co., Niles Blvd. at Nursery Ave., Fremont, 94536
- When was it listed? May 1971
- Category. building
- Census division. Fremont
- National Register reference number. 71000130 - 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.
Fires near this property
407 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 407 fires within 5 miles of California Nursery Co. Guest House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,316 acres in total. None started naturally. 43 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 | 281 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 43 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 38 |
| Smoking | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 9 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | 84 |
| 9 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | WINERY |
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Santa Clara Unit | PIONEER |
| 29 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 29 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 50 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 50 workings within 5 miles of California Nursery Co. Guest House: 23 producers, 22 past producers, 5 occurrences. 23 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interpace | Fire Clay (Refractory), Kaolin, Silica | Producer | ||
| Durham Pit | Stone | Producer | ||
| Leslie Salt Co | Salt | Producer | ||
| Newark Evaporation Ponds | Salt | Producer | ||
| Oliver Salt | Salt | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Unnamed Location | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Bellini Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Dumbarton Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Mission Pass Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this property
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fremont, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2018: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fremont | $10,000 | Large tree crashed into a KFC in Newark causing damage to the property. Wind damage likely from previous night. Fremont RAWS reported gust of 44 mph previous night. |
| November 2018 | Flood | Fremont | - | Roadway flooding reported at I880 S and Thornton ave off ramp. |
Maps showing this location
12 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.
- 1906 USGS Pleasanton quadrangle1:62500 - 5 printings
- 1941 USGS Pleasanton quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Pleasanton quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Livermore quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Niles quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Livermore quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Niles quadrangle1:24000 - 6 printings
- 1962 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
- 1966 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Stockton quadrangle1:100000 - 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Washington Union High School | 1.8 miles | 1981 |
 | George Washington Patterson Ranch-Ardenwood | 3.7 miles | 1985 |
 | Niles Canyon Transcontinental Railroad Historic District | 4.3 miles | 2010 |
 | Mission San Jose | 5.0 miles | 1971 |
 | Thomas Foxwell Bachelder Barn | 5.6 miles | 1994 |
 | Elliston | 5.7 miles | 1985 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 71000130 in Record Group 79. |
| Alameda County | All 160 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.