BlockFrom the record
One of 136 National Register listings published here for Orange County · listed in 1979 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Harrison House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. 15 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1901.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 27832 Ortega Hwy., San Juan Capistrano, 92675
- When was it listed? August 1979
- Category. building
- Census division. Mission Viejo
- National Register reference number. 79000515 - 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
1901 to 1983The ground this property stands on, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Fires near this property
83 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Harrison House between 1994 and 2018, burning about 638 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 26 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Natural | 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 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 98 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Orange County Fire Authority | not named |
| 5 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 3 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Orange County Fire Authority | not named |
| 28 August 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Orange County Fire Authority | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Harrison House: 8 producers, 6 past producers, 1 prospect. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Limestone, General, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Juan Pit | Feldspar | Past Producer | ||
| Capistrano Deposit | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Crestline Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Mission Viejo Sand Pit | Silica | Producer | ||
| Mission Viejo Sand Plant | Silica | Producer | ||
| Gladdin-Mcbean, North Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Mission Viejo Sand Plant | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Capistrano Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
3 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names San Juan Capistrano, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 1 flood, 1 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2002 | Flood | San Juan Capistrano | $150,000 | no account filed |
| November 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | San Juan Capistrano | - | Corrects previous tstm wnd dmg report from 1 W San Juan Capistrano. Report photos show umbrellas blown from second floor of home to ground, including a bent flag pole hinge from wind. |
| April 2020 | Heavy Rain | San Juan Capistrano | - | Near 1 inch of rain in 20 minutes in San Juan Capistrano. |
Maps showing this location
15 surveysUnited 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.
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000 - 6 printings
- 1902 USGS Corona quadrangle1:125000 - 7 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Santiago Peak quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS San Juan Capistrano quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
- 1949 USGS San Juan Capistrano quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS San Juan Capistrano quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
- 1974 USGS San Juan Capistrano quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:100000
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miguel Parra Adobe | under 500 feet | 1978 | |
 | Frank A. Forster House | 0.8 miles | 1986 |
 | Carl Stroschein House | 1.0 miles | 2009 |
 | Casa de Esperanza | 1.1 miles | 1990 |
 | Mission San Juan Capistrano | 1.1 miles | 1971 |
 | Esslinger Building | 1.1 miles | 1988 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 79000515 in Record Group 79. |
| Orange County | All 136 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.