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Photograph of James Lick Mansion
Photograph by EugeneZelenko, CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

James Lick Mill

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1889.

From the record

“The James Lick Mansion, in Santa Clara, California, United States, is the estate of James Lick, who was the richest man in California at the time of his death in 1876. The estate is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.”

Wikipedia article James Lick Mansion, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 117 National Register listings published here for Santa Clara 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 3 buildingss, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Lick, James, Mill - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 305 Montague Expwy., Santa Clara, 95054
  • When was it listed? March 1982
  • Category. building
  • Census division. San Jose
  • Architectural style. Renaissance Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 82002272 - 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

1889 to 1978

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering James Lick Mill, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet covering James Lick Mill, surveyed 1889

Fires near this property

89 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of James Lick Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 101 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined63
Smoking10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning1

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 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
3 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSanta Clara UnitSIERRA
28 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
28 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
28 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresDon Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife RefugeDON EDWARDS 09

Every fire recorded in Santa Clara County

Mines and quarries near this property

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of James Lick Mill: 4 unknowns, 3 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Dimension, Granite. 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
Hubble Quarry and MillGraniteUnknown
Roggasch Bros.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Calaveras Road PitStone, DimensionUnknown
Garden City Pottery Co.ClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Garden City Pottery Co.ClayPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hubble Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Scott Creek PitStone, DimensionUnknown

Every working recorded in Santa Clara County

Storms near this property

1 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Santa Clara, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 2020: 1 hail. 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
March 2020HailSanta Clara-Small hail reported in Santa Clara.

Every storm recorded in Santa Clara 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
Agnews Insane Asylum0.7 miles1997
Alviso Historic District2.2 miles1973
Milpitas Grammar School3.0 miles1993
Santa Clara Depot3.3 miles1985
Charles Copeland Morse House3.3 miles1977
Santa Clara Verein3.4 miles1984

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 82002272 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Santa Clara CountyAll 117 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.