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Photograph of Catalina Verdugo Adobe
Photograph by Floatjon, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

San Rafael Rancho

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1894.

From the record

“The Catalina Verdugo Adobe, also known as the Catalina Adobe, the Verdugo Adobe, and the Teodoro Adobe, is a historic adobe building and a public park located at 2211 Bonita Drive in Glendale, California.”

Wikipedia article Catalina Verdugo Adobe, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 616 National Register listings published here for Los Angeles County · listed in 1976 · category: Building.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building, 1 site as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Bonita Dr., Glendale, 91208
  • When was it listed? December 1976
  • Category. building
  • Census division. San Fernando Valley
  • National Register reference number. 76000487 - 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 1995

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 101 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering San Rafael Rancho, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet covering San Rafael Rancho, surveyed 1894

Fires near this property

157 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 157 fires within 5 miles of San Rafael Rancho between 1992 and 2020, burning about 169,744 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined74
Equipment and vehicle use34
Arson/incendiarism13
Smoking9
Recreation and ceremony9
Debris and open burning6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural2
Fireworks2

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
7 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAngeles National ForestSTRATUS
6 September 2009Smoking1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAngeles National ForestTUNA
3 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreAngeles National ForestTWIN
3 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAngeles National ForestOCEAN
3 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAngeles National ForestBAYTREE
29 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,012 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
27 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAngeles National ForestLOWELL

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of San Rafael Rancho: 6 past producers, 3 producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Graphite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite. 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
Los Angeles Park Dept. QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ross DepositGraniteOccurrence
Verdugo Canyon DepositGraphiteProspect
Verdugo Mountain DepositGraphitePast Producer
Browns Canyon PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Devil S GateSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Devils Canyon DamSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gordon-Garrison-RussellSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
La Canada PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
MontroseSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Los Angeles County

Storms near this property

3 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glendale, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 1997 and 2008: 1 dust devil, 1 wildfire, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2008Flash FloodGlendale-The USGS reported flash flooding including mud and debris flows near the Griffith Park Burn Area. Mud and debris flows covered Observatory Road.
April 1997Dust DevilGlendale-A dust devil developed in the Glendale area. The dust devil blew down a tree onto a automobile.
December 1998WildfireGlendale-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Los Angeles County

Maps showing this location

16 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
Descanso Gardens1.8 miles2021
James Daniel Derby House1.8 miles1978
Rockhaven Sanitarium Historic District2.2 miles2016
Ard Eevin2.2 miles2006
Lanterman House2.2 miles1994
Thomas, Franklin Rosborough "Frank", House2.3 miles2015

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 76000487 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.