BlockFrom the record
One of 616 National Register listings published here for Los Angeles County · listed in 1985 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Ronda
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. 19 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1894.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 5 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 1400--1414 Havenhurst Dr., West Hollywood, 90046
- When was it listed? February 1985
- Category. building
- Census division. Los Angeles
- Architect. Arthur and Nina Zwebell
- National Register reference number. 85000356 - 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
1894 to 1979The ground this property stands on, surveyed 85 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
77 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Ronda between 1995 and 2020, burning about 1,063 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 | 44 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 29 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area | EAST FIRE |
| 24 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
| 21 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 18 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area | FRANKLIN |
| 30 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 3 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area | FRYMAN |
| 26 August 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Ronda: 3 prospects, 2 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Clay, Calcium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Lawn Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| J. Jensen | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Adit | Gold, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Calcite Occurrence | Calcium | Prospect | ||
| Cahuenga | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Brush Canyon Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Mill City Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown |
Storms near this property
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Hollywood, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 debris flow. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2023 | Debris Flow | West Hollywood | - | A significant mud and debris flow damaged a patio at a residence in Beverly Hills. |
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.
- 1894 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:62500
- 1896 USGS Santa Monica quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Santa Monica quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:62500 - 4 printings
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000 - 6 printings
- 1902 USGS Santa Monica quadrangle1:62500 - 4 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1920 USGS Santa Monica quadrangle1:62500
- 1921 USGS Santa Monica quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
- 1924 USGS Hollywood quadrangle1:24000
- 1926 USGS Hollywood quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Hollywood quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Hollywood quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
- 1966 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:100000
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Andalusia | under 500 feet | 2003 |
| North Harper Avenue Historic District | 0.1 miles | 1996 | |
 | Patio del Moro | 0.1 miles | 1986 |
 | Storer House | 0.3 miles | 1971 |
 | Sunset Towers | 0.3 miles | 1980 |
 | Colonial House | 0.4 miles | 1982 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 85000356 in Record Group 79. |
| Los Angeles County | All 616 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.