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Photograph of William T. Hendrick House
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William T. Hendrick House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. 21 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1897.

From the record

“Hendricks House, at 218 Center Ave in Pacheco, California, is a one-story house upon a raised basement, built in 1857. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.”

Wikipedia article William T. Hendrick House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 49 National Register listings published here for Contra Costa County · listed in 1983 · 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.
  • Listed as. Hendrick, William T., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 218 Center Ave., Pacheco, 94553
  • When was it listed? September 1983
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Central Contra Costa
  • Architectural style. Queen Anne style architecture in the United States
  • National Register reference number. 83001176 - 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

1897 to 1995

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.

Topographic sheet covering William T. Hendrick House, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet covering William T. Hendrick House, surveyed 1897

Fires near this property

523 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 523 fires within 5 miles of William T. Hendrick House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,278 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 80 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/undetermined213
Arson/incendiarism80
Smoking78
Equipment and vehicle use72
Misuse of fire by a minor50
Debris and open burning18
Recreation and ceremony7
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSanta Clara UnitALHAMBRA VALLEY RD BRION
7 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
7 September 2010Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2010Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.3 acresSanta Clara Unitnot named

Every fire recorded in Contra Costa County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of William T. Hendrick House: 7 occurrences, 5 past producers, 4 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium, Limestone, General. 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
Cowell SilverSilverUnknown
Cowell Silver Sand Co., LawsSilicaProducerSand
MartinezStone, DimensionOccurrence
Mt. Diablo Lime Marl Co.Limestone, GeneralOccurrenceSedimentary
Henry Cowell Lime & Cement Co.CalciumPast Producer
MartinStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
MartinStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mt. Diablo Lime Marl Co.CalciumPast Producer
Unnamed LocationCalciumProspect
Unnamed LocationStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Contra Costa County

Storms near this property

2 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pacheco, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2019: 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
December 2019FloodPacheco-CHP reports several freeways including 680 and 24 have flooding in some or all lanes.
February 2017FloodPacheco-Sinkhole forming in 1-3 lanes of SB680 near Pacheco on ramp. Roadway beginning to buckle.

Every storm recorded in Contra Costa County

Maps showing this location

21 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
Don Fernando Pacheco Adobe1.7 miles1980
Don Francisco Galindo House2.0 miles1988
Patrick Rodgers Farm2.9 miles1991
Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial3.4 miles2009
John Muir National Historic Site3.4 miles1966
Martinez Grammar School Annex4.1 miles2018

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 83001176 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Contra Costa CountyAll 49 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.