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Garfield House

Built in 1904 (American Craftsman). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. 15 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1894.

From the record

“The Garfield House is a historic two-story house in South Pasadena, California. It was built in 1904 for First Lady Lucretia Garfield, the widow of James A.”

Wikipedia article Garfield House (South Pasadena, California), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 616 National Register listings published here for Los Angeles County · listed in 1973 · category: Building · built in 1904, American Craftsman, by Greene and Greene.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 1001 Buena Vista St., South Pasadena, 91030
  • When was it listed? April 1973
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Pasadena
  • When was it built? 1904
  • Architectural style. American Craftsman
  • Architect. Greene and Greene
  • National Register reference number. 73000405 - 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 1979

The 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.

Topographic sheet covering Garfield House, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet covering Garfield House, surveyed 1894

Fires near this property

178 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 178 fires within 5 miles of Garfield House between 2002 and 2020, burning about 263 acres in total. None started naturally. 17 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/undetermined101
Smoking20
Equipment and vehicle use18
Arson/incendiarism17
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Debris and open burning6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
5 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2016Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2002Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreAngeles National ForestELLIOT
25 September 2009Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
21 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
20 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
19 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Garfield House: 12 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Reynolds Crushed Gravel Co. PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Anderson and SandquistClayPast Producer
Higgins Brick and Tile CoClayProspectSedimentary
Los Angeles Pottery Co.ClayPast Producer
Simmons Brick Co.-Pasadena PlantClayPast 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
Home Teaming and Transfer Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Los Angeles County

Storms near this property

1 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Pasadena, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 2004: 1 lightning. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2004LightningSouth Pasadena-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Los Angeles County

Maps showing this location

15 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
Howard Longley Houseunder 500 feet1974
Merwin House0.2 miles2013
Oaklawn Bridge and Waiting Station0.2 miles1973
South Pasadena Historic District0.2 miles1982
Pasadena Avenue Historic District0.5 miles2021
Storrier-Stearns Japanese Garden0.5 miles2005

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 73000405 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
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.