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Edwin Hubble House
A National Historic Landmark. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. 15 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1894.
From the record
“The Edwin Hubble House is a historic house in San Marino, California. Built in 1925, it was the home of astronomer Edwin Hubble (1889-1953) for most of his professional life.”
Wikipedia article Edwin Hubble House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 616 National Register listings published here for Los Angeles County · listed in 1976 · category: Building · a National Historic Landmark.
National Register reference number.76000494- 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.
18941979
Fires near this property
235 since 1993
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 235 fires within 5 miles of Edwin Hubble House
between 1993 and 2020, burning about 5,914 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 28 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
126
Arson/incendiarism
28
Smoking
27
Equipment and vehicle use
27
Misuse of fire by a minor
14
Debris and open burning
4
Power generation/transmission/distribution
4
Recreation and ceremony
3
Natural
1
Fireworks
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 2019
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
Los Angeles County Fire Department
not named
4 September 2016
Misuse of fire by a minor
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
4 September 2002
Power generation/transmission/distribution
under an acre
Angeles National Forest
ELLIOT
25 September 2009
Arson/incendiarism
2.0 acres
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
21 September 2010
Debris and open burning
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
21 September 2008
Arson/incendiarism
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
20 September 2005
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
20 September 2005
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
5 workings within 5 miles of Edwin Hubble House: 4 past producers, 1 producer.
1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
United States Geological Survey topographic
sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, 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.
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