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Standard Oil Building

Built in 1914 (Spanish Colonial Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. 19 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1896.

From the record

“Standard Oil Building is a historic building in Whittier, California. Built in 1914, it was designed by Rea & Garstang in the Spanish Colonial Revival architectural style.”

Wikipedia article Standard Oil Building (Whittier, California), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 616 National Register listings published here for Los Angeles County · listed in 1980 · category: Building · built in 1914, Spanish Colonial Revival architecture.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 7257 Bright Ave., Whittier, 90602
  • When was it listed? June 1980
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Whittier
  • When was it built? 1914
  • Architectural style. Spanish Colonial Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 80000816 - 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 1901

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 5 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Standard Oil Building, surveyed 1901
Topographic sheet covering Standard Oil Building, surveyed 1896

Fires near this property

369 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 369 fires within 5 miles of Standard Oil Building between 2005 and 2020, burning about 284 acres in total. None started naturally. 32 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/undetermined236
Smoking38
Equipment and vehicle use32
Arson/incendiarism32
Misuse of fire by a minor22
Debris and open burning7
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.5 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2010Smoking3.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Standard Oil Building: 7 past producers, 3 prospects, 3 producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Calcium. 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
City of Industry PlantCalciumProducer
El Monte PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
J. A. Houlihan PropertySand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Murphy RanchSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Murphy RanchSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Atlas Sewer Pipe CoClayProspectSedimentary
Atlas Sewer Pipe Co. PitClayPast Producer
Gladding Mcbean & Co. - Pico PitClayPast Producer
Gladding Mcbean - Pico PitClayProspectSedimentary
Pacific Clay Products CoClayPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Los Angeles County

Storms near this property

3 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Whittier, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 2 tornado, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 death. 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
June 2022LightningSouth Whittier1 killedIn the community of Pico Rivera, a woman was struck and killed by a bolt of lightning.
June 1995Tornado (F0)Whittier-A severe thunderstorm spawned a tornado that briefly touched down on the 14800 block of Dalman Street. Witnesses said it tore through a chain link gate, swirled rubbish cans in the air, and snapped off ten-foot long tree branches. A rain gutter was also torn from a house.
December 2004Tornado (F0)Whittier-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Los Angeles County

Maps showing this location

19 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
Southern Pacific Railroad Depot, Whittier0.1 miles2005
Hoover Hotel0.2 miles2002
National Bank of Whittier Building0.2 miles1982
Jonathan Bailey House0.7 miles1977
Orin Jordan House1.0 miles1980
Pio Pico Casa2.9 miles1973

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 80000816 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Los Angeles CountyAll 616 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.