BlockFrom the record
One of 160 National Register listings published here for Alameda County · listed in 1982 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Peterson House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. 19 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1895.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 1124 Talbot Ave., Albany, 94706
- When was it listed? March 1982
- Category. building
- Census division. Berkeley
- National Register reference number. 82002155 - 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 1995The ground this property stands on, surveyed 100 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
193 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 193 fires within 5 miles of Peterson House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 147 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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 | 145 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 2019 | 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 | not named |
| 6 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | ANZA |
| 5 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Santa Clara Unit | HALLOCK |
| 30 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 30 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Peterson House: 13 occurrences, 7 past producers, 5 producers, 3 unknowns. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Mercury, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Hills | Sulfur-Pyrite, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | Galena, Pyrite | |
| Richmond Mill | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Asbestos | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Asbestos | Occurrence | ||
| Berkeley Hills | Lead | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Location | Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Ada Sand and Gravel Pit No 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Moller Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this property
6 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Albany, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 5 flood, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2011 | Lightning | Albany | $3,000 | Pickup truck was struck by lightning. Electrical system was knocked out in the truck. |
| December 2025 | Flood | Albany | - | Around 1 foot of water was reported on the onramp from Buchanan Street to westbound Interstate 80. |
| January 2024 | Flood | Albany | - | Three inches of water blocked the number 1 lane of WB Interstate 80 at Buchanan. Six inches of water blocked the onramp to WB Interstate 80 at Buchanan. |
| January 2019 | Flood | Albany | - | Flooding at I 580W and Central Ave off ramp, off ramp completely flooded. |
| January 2016 | Flood | Albany | - | CHP reported that I-80 East at El Portal Drive was flooded. The HOV lane was flooded and water was flowing across all lanes. |
| January 2010 | Flood | Albany | - | Heavy rain caused knee-deep flooding at the intersections of Second and Harrison Streets in Berkeley. |
Maps showing this location
19 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.
- 1895 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:62500
- 1899 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:62500 - 7 printings
- 1915 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:62500 - 6 printings
- 1947 USGS Richmond quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1947 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Richmond quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1955 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
- 1957 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Richmond quadrangle1:24000 - 5 printings
- 1960 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
- 1985 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Richmond quadrangle1:24000
- 1995 USGS Richmond quadrangle1:24000
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toverii Tuppa | 0.9 miles | 1978 | |
 | Church of the Good Shepherd-Episcopal | 0.9 miles | 1986 |
 | Fox Court | 1.1 miles | 1982 |
 | Berkeley Day Nursery | 1.2 miles | 1977 |
 | Garfield Intermediate School | 1.4 miles | 1982 |
 | Donald and Helen Olsen House | 1.4 miles | 2010 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 82002155 in Record Group 79. |
| Alameda County | All 160 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.