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Photograph of Episcopal Church of the Ascension
Photograph by Patrick Pelletier, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Episcopal Church of the Ascension

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. 18 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1894.

From the record

“The Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Sierra Madre, California is an historic church that was built in 1888. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.”

Wikipedia article Episcopal Church of the Ascension (Sierra Madre, California), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 616 National Register listings published here for Los Angeles County · listed in 1977 · category: Building.

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. 25 E. Laurel Ave., Sierra Madre, 91024
  • When was it listed? August 1977
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Upper San Gabriel Valley
  • Architect. Ernest Coxhead
  • National Register reference number. 77000303 - 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 Episcopal Church of the Ascension, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet covering Episcopal Church of the Ascension, surveyed 1894

Fires near this property

258 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 258 fires within 5 miles of Episcopal Church of the Ascension between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,401 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 36 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/undetermined107
Equipment and vehicle use40
Arson/incendiarism36
Smoking24
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Recreation and ceremony11
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Debris and open burning5
Natural5
Fireworks4
Other causes1

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
5 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2002Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreAngeles National ForestELLIOT
30 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAngeles National ForestWILDERNESS
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
3 September 1996Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAngeles National ForestLUCKY
28 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
26 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
25 September 2005Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Episcopal Church of the Ascension: 10 past producers, 3 prospects, 3 producers, 3 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum, Gold, Silver, Copper. 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
Century Sand and GravelGold, SilverPast Producer
Winter CreekMolybdenum, Gold, Silver, CopperOccurrenceBornite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite
Winter CreekCopper, Gold, Molybdenum, SilverPast Producer
Winter Creek GroupMolybdenum, Gold, Silver, CopperOccurrenceVein
Winter GroupCopper, Silver, Gold, MolybdenumOccurrenceBornite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Pyrite
Arrow Rock Co Duarte PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Arrow Sand & Gravel, IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Blue Diamond - Peck Rd PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspectSedimentary
Blue Diamond - PiersonSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspectSedimentary
Blue Diamond Corp. - Peck Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Los Angeles County

Maps showing this location

18 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
John Carlton Pegler House0.3 miles1988
Queen Anne Cottage and Coach Barn1.7 miles1980
Stuart Company Plant and Office Building2.0 miles1998
Southern California Sanitarium Historic District2.8 miles2013
Aztec Hotel2.8 miles1978
Oaks, The2.9 miles1978

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 77000303 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.