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Photograph of Robinson Hotel
Photograph by Allan Ferguson, CC BY 2.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Robinson Hotel

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. 14 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1903.

From the record

“The Julian Gold Rush Hotel formerly known as Robinson Hotel, is located in the former mining town of Julian, California, United States. It was one of the first businesses in San Diego County owned and operated by African Americans.”

Wikipedia article Julian Gold Rush Hotel, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 148 National Register listings published here for San Diego 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 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 2032 Main St., Julian, 92036
  • When was it listed? June 1978
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Palomar-Julian
  • National Register reference number. 78000747 - 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

1903 to 1997

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Robinson Hotel, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet covering Robinson Hotel, surveyed 1903

Fires near this property

255 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 255 fires within 5 miles of Robinson Hotel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 70,620 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined91
Equipment and vehicle use58
Debris and open burning30
Natural29
Recreation and ceremony18
Arson/incendiarism17
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking1

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
9 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitENGINEER
8 September 1996Natural1.0 acresSan Diego UnitFELIPE # 1
8 September 1996Natural4.0 acresSan Diego UnitFELIPE # 2
7 September 2000Naturalunder an acreSan Diego UnitLANE
7 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitHIESE
6 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use685 acresSan Diego UnitVOLCAN
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictOFILA
4 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictHEMBORG

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 124 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 124 workings within 5 miles of Robinson Hotel: 38 producers, 32 occurrences, 31 past producers, 22 prospects. 38 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Nickel, Tellurium, 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
Foster QuarryStoneProducer
Foster QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Friday Copper Co ClaimCobalt, Copper, NickelProspect
Friday DepositNickel, Iron, Cobalt, CopperProspect
Friday MineCopper, Nickel, Cobalt, Palladium, Platinum, IridiumOccurrence1885
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kentwood Scheelite ClaimTungstenOccurrence
OwensGold, Copper, SilverPast ProducerVein
Owens MineGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Owens Old OwensmineGold, Copper, SilverProducer

Every working recorded in San Diego County

Storms near this property

27 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Julian, the town this property stands in, in 27 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 8 flash flood, 5 heavy rain, 4 wildfire, 3 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 death and 39 injuries. 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
September 2001LightningJulian1 killed, 1 hurtno account filed
August 2002WildfireJulian38 hurt, $10,000,000no account filed
July 2002WildfireJulian$2,000,000no account filed
August 2002WildfireJulian$750,000no account filed
December 2004Flash FloodJulian$100,000Numerous roads impacted by mudslides and flash flooding.
December 2004Thunderstorm WindJulian$50,000A wind gust of 69 mph was measured at Julian. Strong winds knocked over many trees.
July 2004Flash FloodJulian$50,000no account filed
August 2003Flash FloodJulian$30,000no account filed
July 1999Tornado (F0)Julian$25,000A building under construction and a 15 foot water tower were destroyed. Shingles were torn off and a chimney damaged on four other buildings. Several shallow rooted trees were pushed over. A nearby anemometer recorded wind speeds of 40 and 43 mph between 1730 and 1800 PST.
July 2005LightningJulian$10,000Lightning sparked about 15 fires across the county and burned 150 acres.
August 1999Flash FloodJulian$10,000A road was partially washed out off of Highway 79.
August 2005Flash FloodJulian$5,000A thunderstorm caused a mudslide at Sunrise Highway and SR79.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindJulian$2,000The Warners mesonet station reported wind gusts of 52 and 59 mph between 1240 and 1310 PST due to a thunderstorm. Nearby, the Mataguay mesonet station recorded wind gusts of 56 and 58 mph between 1240 and 1300 PST. A san diego county official reported trees down on Valley View and Deer Creek Trail Roads.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindJulian$1,000The Mataguay mesonet station recorded a peak wind gust of 56 mph between 1230 and 1250 PST. Nearby, a large tree limb was broken off and laying by Highway 79.
January 2023Debris FlowJulian-The Department of Highways reported large boulders in the road on SR-78 and Wynola Road near Julian. That area had received 2 to 3 inches of rain in the preceeding 24 hours.
March 2023Debris FlowJulian-The Department of Highways announced the closure of Highway 78 between Wynola Road and the Banner Store due to a mudslide in the eastbound lanes.
August 2022Heavy RainJulian-Mesonet station VCNC1 2.8mi north of Julian at Volcan Mountain measured 1.01 inches of rain in 1 hour.
August 2021Heavy RainJulian-Volcan Mountain measures 1.26 inches of rain.
July 2005Flash FloodJulian-Flash Flooding was reported on Banner Rd.
July 2005Heavy RainJulian-A 36 minute rainfall total of 0.72 inches was measured just north of Lake Cuyamaca.
August 2004Heavy RainJulian-A line of thunderstorms dropped 0.66" in 11 minutes in San Felipe Valley.
August 2004Heavy RainJulian-A line of thunderstorms just northeast of Julian dropped 0.63" of rain in only eight minutes on Volcan Mountain.
July 2006HailJulian-no account filed
August 2004Flash FloodJulian-no account filed
September 2003HailJulian-no account filed
June 2001WildfireJulian-no account filed
September 2001Flash FloodJulian-no account filed

Every storm recorded in San Diego County

Maps showing this location

14 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 78000747 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
San Diego CountyAll 148 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.