Built in 1898 (Spanish Colonial Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1899.
From the record
“Smiley Public Library is a public library located at 125 W. Built in 1898, the library was donated to Redlands by philanthropist Albert K.”
Wikipedia article A. K. Smiley Public Library, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 98 National Register listings published here for San Bernardino County · listed in 1976 · category: Building · built in 1898, Spanish Colonial Revival architecture, by T. R. Griffith.
National Register reference number.76000513- 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
1899 to 1996
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
97 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
18991996
Fires near this property
758 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 758 fires within 5 miles of A. K. Smiley Public Library
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,440 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 88 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
350
Equipment and vehicle use
159
Arson/incendiarism
88
Misuse of fire by a minor
66
Smoking
40
Debris and open burning
30
Recreation and ceremony
10
Natural
7
Power generation/transmission/distribution
6
Railroad operations and maintenance
2
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
11 workings within 5 miles of A. K. Smiley Public Library: 10 past producers, 1 producer.
1 still produces. What was taken out: 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.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Redlands, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 1998 and 2004: 1 heavy rain, 1 flash flood.
The reports record 4 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.
Water overflowed the banks of the Mill Creek Zanja flood channel, causing an estimated $700,000 in damage to the flood channel and surrounding areas near Sylvan Park and the University of Redlands.
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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