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Photograph of Aztec Hotel
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Aztec Hotel

Built in 1924 (Mayan Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. 18 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1894.

From the record

“The Aztec Hotel is a historical landmark building in Monrovia, in the San Gabriel Valley, California. The hotel is an example of Mayan Revival architecture still in existence.”

Wikipedia article Aztec Hotel, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 616 National Register listings published here for Los Angeles County · listed in 1978 · category: Building · built in 1924, Mayan Revival architecture, by Robert Stacy-Judd.

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 as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 311 W. Foothill Blvd., Monrovia, 91016
  • When was it listed? May 1978
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Upper San Gabriel Valley
  • When was it built? 1924
  • Architectural style. Mayan Revival architecture
  • Architect. Robert Stacy-Judd
  • National Register reference number. 78000691 - 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 Aztec Hotel, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet covering Aztec Hotel, surveyed 1894

Fires near this property

333 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 333 fires within 5 miles of Aztec Hotel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,963 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 48 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/undetermined159
Arson/incendiarism48
Equipment and vehicle use40
Smoking27
Misuse of fire by a minor23
Recreation and ceremony12
Debris and open burning11
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Fireworks4
Natural1
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
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined17 acresAngeles National ForestGUN
7 September 1994Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAngeles National ForestDUARTE
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
5 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAngeles National ForestWILDERNESS
3 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 59 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 59 workings within 5 miles of Aztec Hotel: 41 past producers, 8 prospects, 6 producers, 4 occurrences. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Gold, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
FelixFluorine-FluoriteProspect
Fish Canyon QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Largo Sand and GravelGold, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspectSedimentary
Sierra VistaTungstenOccurrence
Sunburst PitStone, DimensionPast 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
Century Sand and GravelGold, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Los Angeles County

Storms near this property

1 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monrovia, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 2000: 1 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
February 2000FloodMonrovia-no account filed

Every storm 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
Oaks, The0.4 miles1978
Luther and Adah Blair House0.4 miles2024
Brossart, John F. and Julia House0.5 miles2024
Upton Sinclair House0.8 miles1971
John Carlton Pegler House2.5 miles1988
Queen Anne Cottage and Coach Barn2.8 miles1980

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 78000691 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.