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Photograph of Rozas House
Photograph by Eugene Zelenko, CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Rozas House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1915.

From the record

“The Rozas House is a historic house located at 31 Polk St. in San Juan Bautista, California, United States. The house, which was built in 1856, is long and narrow and consists of a series of rooms opening to the outside and an interior courtyard, an unusual style for wood-frame houses.”

Wikipedia article Rozas House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 14 National Register listings published here for San Benito County · listed in 1982 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · 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. 31 Polk St., San Juan Bautista, 95045
  • When was it listed? April 1982
  • Category. building
  • Census division. San Juan Bautista
  • National Register reference number. 82002243 - 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

1915 to 1997

The 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.

Topographic sheet covering Rozas House, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet covering Rozas House, surveyed 1915

Fires near this property

272 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 272 fires within 5 miles of Rozas House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,296 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 14 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
Equipment and vehicle use122
Missing data/not specified/undetermined94
Debris and open burning19
Arson/incendiarism14
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitBETABEL
9 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitCABEU003696
9 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitPG&E #24
9 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitHULSE 2
8 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitAROMAS
8 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitCABEU003678
8 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use27 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitCOBB
8 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitMERRILL

Every fire recorded in San Benito County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Rozas House: 10 past producers, 6 producers, 3 prospects, 1 occurrence. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, 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
Holthouse RanchUraniumOccurrence
Ideal Cement CompanyLimestone, General, ClayProducer
Spreckles Sugar Co.Limestone, General, Limestone, DimensionPast Producer
AugustiniStoneProducer
Unnamed QuarryStonePast Producer
Los Vergales Ranch QuarryLimestone, GeneralProspectSedimentary
Los Vergeles Ranch QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Underwood DepositsLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Bixby Lane PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspectSedimentary

Every working recorded in San Benito County

Storms near this property

2 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names San Juan Bautista, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 2021 and 2026: 2 flood. 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
January 2021FloodSan Juan Bautista$2,000,000Damage to Salinas Grade Rd from San Juan Bautista to Monterey County. Exact time of damage occurrence unknown, estimates sent b public works.
January 2026FloodSan Juan Bautista-Flooding was reported on San Juan Highway at Prescott Road.

Every storm recorded in San Benito County

Maps showing this location

13 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
San Juan Bautista Third Street Historic District0.1 miles2009
Jose Castro House0.2 miles1970
Mission San Juan Bautista0.2 miles1969
Anza House0.2 miles1970
Marentis House0.2 miles1984
Zanetta House0.2 miles1969

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 82002243 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
San Benito CountyAll 14 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.