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Photograph of Virginia Robinson Gardens
Photograph by Los Angeles, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Virginia Robinson Estate

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. 20 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1894.

From the record

“The Virginia Robinson Gardens are the period landscape, historic mansion, and botanical gardens located at the Virginia Robinson Estate in Beverly Hills, California, United States.”

Wikipedia article Virginia Robinson Gardens, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 616 National Register listings published here for Los Angeles County · listed in 1978 · 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 3 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Robinson, Virginia, Estate - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 1008 Elden Way, Beverly Hills, 90210
  • When was it listed? November 1978
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Los Angeles
  • Architectural style. Beaux-Arts
  • Architect. Nathaniel Dryden
  • National Register reference number. 78000679 - 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.

Topographic sheet covering Virginia Robinson Estate, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet covering Virginia Robinson Estate, surveyed 1894

Fires near this property

44 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Virginia Robinson Estate between 1995 and 2020, burning about 1,410 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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/undetermined20
Smoking9
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony1

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
29 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaEAST FIRE
18 September 1995Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaFRANKLIN
3 August 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaFRYMAN
26 August 2009Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
23 August 2011Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
21 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation Area405FWY
20 August 2010Smoking1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 July 2009Misuse of fire by a minor80 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Virginia Robinson Estate: 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Gladding-Mcbean-Santa Monica PitClayPast Producer
J. JensenClayUnknown

Every working recorded in Los Angeles County

Maps showing this location

20 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
Beverly Hills Women's Club0.7 miles2006
Doheny Estate/Greystone1.0 miles1976
Chateau Colline1.3 miles2003
US Post Office-Beverly Hills Main1.3 miles1985
Lloyd Wright Home and Studio1.3 miles1987
Anderton Court Shops1.5 miles2004

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 78000679 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.