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Photograph of Veterans Home of California Chapel
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Veterans Home of California Chapel

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.

From the record

One of 88 National Register listings published here for Napa County · listed in 1979 · category: Building.

Sources: 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. CA 29, Yountville, 94599
  • When was it listed? February 1979
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Napa
  • National Register reference number. 79000510 - 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

1902 to 1983

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Veterans Home of California Chapel, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet covering Veterans Home of California Chapel, surveyed 1902

Fires near this property

323 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 323 fires within 5 miles of Veterans Home of California Chapel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,727 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined154
Equipment and vehicle use79
Debris and open burning26
Smoking24
Power generation/transmission/distribution18
Arson/incendiarism9
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony3
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
9 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitVETS HOME YOUNTVILLE
9 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNorthern California DistrictSILVERADO
8 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitPINE
8 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHENSLEY
8 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHOFFMAN
8 September 1992Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSHERMAN
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSOLANO AV / DARMS LN 5
6 September 2015Smoking1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitVETS HOME YOUNTVILLE

Every fire recorded in Napa County

Mines and quarries near this property

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Veterans Home of California Chapel: 4 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Copper, Geothermal, Stone. 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
Jacksons SpringsGeothermalUnknown
McLaughlin MineSilver, Gold, Mercury, Antimony, Arsenic, Titanium, Metal, Tungsten, Boron-BoratesProducer1978, 1985
Mcgill Rock and SandSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Search GroupCopperProspect
Unnamed LocationStoneOccurrence
Bella OakMercuryPast Producer1868
MountainMercuryOccurrence
OakvilleMercuryProducer
UnknownMercuryOccurrence

Every working recorded in Napa County

Storms near this property

11 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yountville, the town this property stands in, in 11 storm reports between 2002 and 2021: 4 flood, 2 heavy rain, 2 hail, 2 debris flow. 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
December 2010Heavy RainYountville$35,000Strong wind combined with heavy rain to force a substantial oak tree to fall at the Hotel Yountville in Yountville Sunday afternoon. The Oak tree was to have been a major focus of the landscaping plan. The tree fell onto a new rock wall and damaged a pump house.
December 2012FloodYountville$1,000Hopper Creek rose to the top of the bridge on Finnell Road, overflowed down Mulberry Street, and flooded the south end of Heather Street.
December 2012FloodYountville$1,000Washington Street was flooded on both sides of its intersection with California Drive for several hours early in the afternoon of December 23. The Napa Valley Wine train shortened its route due to water on the tracks.
January 2021Debris FlowYountville-Rock slide blocking roadway near 2000 Capell Valley Road.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindYountville-Atlas Peak station reported.
January 2019FloodYountville-Flooding at NB Silverado Trail at Yountville Cross Rd.
February 2019Debris FlowYountville-Several trees down and 3 or 4 rock slides along Knoxville Rd.
January 2017FloodYountville-Two feet of water in the road near Heather and Oak Circle. Road has been temporarily closed.
June 2004HailYountville-no account filed
October 2004HailYountville-no account filed
December 2002Heavy RainYountville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Napa County

Maps showing this location

10 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
Groezinger Wine Cellars0.7 miles1982
Yountville Grammar School0.8 miles2016
John Lee Webber House0.9 miles1982
French Laundry0.9 miles1978
Charles Rovegno House0.9 miles1991
Eshcol Winery2.8 miles1987

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 79000510 in Record Group 79.
Napa CountyAll 88 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.