Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. 18 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1894.
“Monroe House, is a Stick/Eastlake Queen Anne Style house that was built in 1885. It is located in the San Gabriel Valley, in Monrovia, California.”
Wikipedia article The Oaks (Monrovia, California), 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 Wikipedia article
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.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 319 fires within 5 miles of Oaks, The between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,965 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 46 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 | 149 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 46 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 39 |
| Smoking | 25 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 acres | Angeles National Forest | GUN |
| 7 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Angeles National Forest | DUARTE |
| 5 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 30 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | WILDERNESS |
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
| 3 September 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | LUCKY |
| 29 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 57 workings within 5 miles of Oaks, The: 39 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Felix | Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | ||
| Fish Canyon Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Largo Sand and Gravel | Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | Sedimentary | |
| Sierra Vista | Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Sunburst Pit | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Winter Creek | Molybdenum, Gold, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite | |
| Winter Creek | Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Winter Creek Group | Molybdenum, Gold, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Winter Group | Copper, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum | Occurrence | Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Pyrite | |
| Century Sand and Gravel | Gold, Silver | Past Producer |
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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2000 | Flood | Monrovia | - | no account filed |
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.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Aztec Hotel | 0.4 miles | 1978 |
 | Upton Sinclair House | 0.4 miles | 1971 |
| Luther and Adah Blair House | 0.7 miles | 2024 | |
| Brossart, John F. and Julia House | 0.7 miles | 2024 | |
| John Carlton Pegler House | 2.6 miles | 1988 | |
 | Episcopal Church of the Ascension | 2.9 miles | 1977 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 78000692 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Los Angeles County | All 616 listed properties in this county. |
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