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One of 90 National Register listings published here for Riverside County · listed in 1975 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Crescent Bathhouse
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. 15 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1901.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 201 W. Graham Ave., Lake Elsinore, 92530
- When was it listed? July 1975
- Category. building
- Census division. Elsinore Valley
- National Register reference number. 75000453 - 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
1901 to 1997The ground this property stands on, surveyed 96 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
1,615 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,615 fires within 5 miles of Crescent Bathhouse between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,115 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 124 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 | 755 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 318 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 159 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 124 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 79 |
| Smoking | 77 |
| Debris and open burning | 54 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 23 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 3 |
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 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | MISSION TRL WILD |
| 9 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cleveland National Forest | VILLAGE |
| 9 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL |
| 9 September 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Riverside Unit | STATE-1415 |
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | EUCALYPTUS AV LELS |
| 8 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | E LAKESHORE DR LELS |
| 8 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | STATE 1832 |
| 8 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Riverside Unit | STATE-1745 |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 63 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 63 workings within 5 miles of Crescent Bathhouse: 25 past producers, 18 prospects, 9 occurrences, 8 producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Gold, Tin, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alberhill Coal & Clay Co. | Clay, Coal | Past Producer | ||
| American Flag and Monarch Mines | Tin, Cobalt, Nickel | Unknown | ||
| Best Ranch Deposit | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Best Ranch Deposit | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Biddle Pits | Kaolin | Past Producer | ||
| Douglas Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Lucky Strike Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Nettleton Deposit | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Palisades Group | Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Palisades Group | Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold | Occurrence |
Storms near this property
18 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lake Elsinore, the town this property stands in, in 18 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 6 flash flood, 5 wildfire, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2001 | Wildfire | Lake Elsinore | 1 killed | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Wildfire | Lake Elsinore | 5 hurt, $750,000 | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Elsinore | $35,000 | Strong winds from a severe thunderstorm in the Lake Elsinore area uprooted or damaged multiple trees, downed power lines, and caused roof damage to a health care center. According to the fire department, much of the damage was confined to areas near East Lakeshore Dr and west of Diamond Drive. |
| February 2005 | Flash Flood | Lake Elsinore | $10,000 | Flash Flooding was reported along Grand and Highway 74 in Lake Elsinore. |
| February 2005 | Flash Flood | Lake Elsinore | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Elsinore | $5,000 | The Temescal RAWS near Lake Elsinore measured a wind gust of 88 mph between 1432 and 1532 PST, associated with a nearby warned thunderstorm. ||Winds were estimated at 60-65 mph from a microburst around 20 yards wide that caused damage in a residential neighborhood in northeast Temecula. It descended in a backyard and blew down the fences on the north and south ends of the yard. The fences were blown outward from the yard, indicative of a downward and outward thrust of winds.||Several large branches were broken and a few small trees downed in Trilogy at the Glen Ivy Resort and Spa. Estimated winds from the damage was 60 mph as determined by an NWS employee. |
| October 2004 | Flash Flood | Lake Elsinore | $5,000 | Heavy rains and runoff caused a large sink hole to form in the slow lane of south bound Interstate 15. |
| January 2005 | Flash Flood | Lake Elsinore | $5,000 | no account filed |
| January 2005 | Flash Flood | Lake Elsinore | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Elsinore | $1,000 | no account filed |
| October 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | Lake Elsinore | - | An EF-0 landspout occurred from Menifee to Southern Canyon Lake along Highway 78. The landspout tracked across mostly open space before dissipating near I-15. Minor damage reported. Half inch hail was also reported. |
| February 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Lake Elsinore | - | Many people witnessed a tornado near Nichols Rd in northeastern Lake Elsinore. A photograph of the event clearly shows this to be a landspout. The landspout lasted 5 minutes and developed under a line of cumulus clouds in the Elsinore Convergence Zone. The landspout did not hit any structures and there were no reports of injuries. |
| October 2004 | Flash Flood | Lake Elsinore | - | Heavy rain caused water and mud to run across Temescal Canyon Road at Horsethief Canyon Road. |
| November 2002 | Flood | Lake Elsinore | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Wildfire | Lake Elsinore | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Wildfire | Lake Elsinore | - | no account filed |
| October 1999 | Wildfire | Lake Elsinore | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Elsinore | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
15 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.
- 1901 USGS Elsinore quadrangle1:125000 - 8 printings
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000 - 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Lake Elsinore quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Elsinore quadrangle1:24000 - 6 printings
- 1953 USGS Lake Elsinore quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Elsinore quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Lake Elsinore quadrangle1:24000
Listed places nearby
1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Armory Hall | 0.3 miles | 1992 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 75000453 in Record Group 79. |
| Riverside County | All 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.
- 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.