Built in 1887 (Queen Anne style architecture in the United States). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. 18 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1894.
From the record
“The San Dimas Hotel, also known as Walker House, the Carruthers Home, and the San Dimas Mansion, is a historic structure in San Dimas, California, built by the San Jose Ranch Company in 1887. Originally built as a hotel, the 15,000-square-foot (1,400 m2) structure had 33 rooms and 14 fireplaces.”
Wikipedia article San Dimas Hotel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 616 National Register listings published here for Los Angeles County · listed in 1972 · category: Building · built in 1887, Queen Anne style architecture in the United States.
Architectural style. Queen Anne style architecture in the United States, Shingle style architecture
National Register reference number.72000233- 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.
Then and now
1894 to 1982
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
18941982
Fires near this property
549 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 549 fires within 5 miles of San Dimas Hotel
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,227 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 84 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
278
Arson/incendiarism
84
Equipment and vehicle use
45
Misuse of fire by a minor
45
Smoking
41
Power generation/transmission/distribution
19
Debris and open burning
15
Fireworks
11
Recreation and ceremony
8
Natural
2
Other causes
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
9 September 2008
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
7 September 2013
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
Angeles National Forest
ROCKY
6 September 1995
Misuse of fire by a minor
1.0 acres
Angeles National Forest
POWER
5 September 2020
Debris and open burning
1.0 acres
Los Angeles County Fire Department
not named
5 September 2008
Equipment and vehicle use
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
5 September 2005
Arson/incendiarism
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
8 workings within 5 miles of San Dimas Hotel: 5 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect.
2 still produce. What was taken out: Diatomite, Clay, Stone, Stone, Dimension. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
San Dimas, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 1998 and 2014: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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.
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.
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.
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.
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