Built in 1879 (Renaissance Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. 17 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1895.
From the record
“The Croll Building, in Alameda, California, was the site of Croll's Gardens and Hotel, famous as training quarters for some of the greatest fighters in boxing history from 1883 to 1914. Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons, Jim Jefferies, Jack Johnson, and many other champions all stayed and trained here.”
Wikipedia article Croll Building, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 160 National Register listings published here for Alameda County · listed in 1982 · category: Building · built in 1879, Renaissance Revival architecture.
National Register reference number.82000960- 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
1895 to 1993
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
98 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
18951993
Fires near this property
233 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 233 fires within 5 miles of Croll Building
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 74 acres in total. None started naturally. 28 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
161
Arson/incendiarism
28
Smoking
18
Misuse of fire by a minor
16
Equipment and vehicle use
6
Debris and open burning
4
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
9 September 2019
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
Santa Clara Unit
not named
9 September 2008
Equipment and vehicle use
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
8 September 2005
Debris and open burning
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
8 September 2004
Equipment and vehicle use
1.0 acres
Santa Clara Unit
SMALL
7 September 2020
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
Santa Clara Unit
not named
6 September 2020
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
Santa Clara Unit
not named
6 September 2018
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
6 September 2018
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
6 workings within 5 miles of Croll Building: 5 producers, 1 past producer.
5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Alameda, the town this property stands in, in 18 storm reports between 2009 and 2026: 16 flood, 2 heavy rain.
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.
Roadway flooding was reported in multiple locations in downtown Oakland, including the Jackson St onramp to northbound Interstate 880, the transition between northbound Interstate 880 to Interstate 980, and the transition between westbound Interstate 580 to eastbound California Highway 24.
Oakland site had its wettest day on record (since 1970) with 4.75, beating out the previous record set back on 1/4/1982 by just 0.01||This day was 36% of Decembers rainfall at this site.
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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