Built in 1902 (Georgian Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. 19 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1896.
From the record
“Bradford House, also known as The Bradford House, is a historic home in Placentia, California. It was the home of Albert Sumner Bradford, who founded Placentia by arranging for establishment of a water tank along the railway.”
Wikipedia article A. S. Bradford House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 136 National Register listings published here for Orange County · listed in 1978 · category: Building · built in 1902, Georgian Revival architecture, by James Stafford.
Architectural style. Georgian Revival architecture
Architect. James Stafford
National Register reference number.78000730- 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
1896 to 1983
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
18961983
Fires near this property
118 since 2004
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 118 fires within 5 miles of A. S. Bradford House
between 2004 and 2020, burning about 139 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 29 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
51
Arson/incendiarism
29
Equipment and vehicle use
17
Misuse of fire by a minor
9
Smoking
7
Debris and open burning
2
Natural
2
Recreation and ceremony
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
7 September 2005
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
4 September 2010
Arson/incendiarism
10 acres
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
27 September 2010
Equipment and vehicle use
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
27 September 2005
Misuse of fire by a minor
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
25 September 2006
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
25 September 2004
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
35 acres
Orange County Fire Authority
CARBON FIRE
20 September 2005
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
11 workings within 5 miles of A. S. Bradford House: 9 past producers, 2 producers.
2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
Placentia, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 2002 and 2014: 3 flood, 1 flash 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.
A spotter reported flooding on Bastanchury Road with streets under up to a foot of standing water. Flooding was also reported by a spotter at the Miraloma and Lakeview Avenue low water crossing with 6 inches of water on the roadway. A nearby mesonet station in Yorba Linda recorded a 3-hour rain total of 1.06 inches.
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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