Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1904.
From the record
“Feraud General Merchandise Store, also known as 1903 Building, was built in 1903 in Ventura, California. Jules Feraud opened the Feraud Bakery and Grocery Store and the bakery stayed in the family until 1944.”
Wikipedia article Feraud General Merchandise Store, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 39 National Register listings published here for Ventura County · listed in 1986 · category: Building.
National Register reference number.86000109- 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.
Fires near this property
50 since 2005
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Feraud General Merchandise Store
between 2005 and 2020, burning about 5,539 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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
33
Smoking
5
Misuse of fire by a minor
5
Arson/incendiarism
3
Debris and open burning
2
Equipment and vehicle use
1
Power generation/transmission/distribution
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
9 September 2006
Misuse of fire by a minor
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
6 September 2006
Smoking
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
5 September 2007
Equipment and vehicle use
2.0 acres
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
24 September 2006
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
21 September 2006
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
1.0 acres
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
20 September 2006
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
17 September 2006
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
16 September 2006
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
9 workings within 5 miles of Feraud General Merchandise Store: 9 past producers.
None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Ventura, the town this property stands in, in 16 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 7 flood, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 waterspout.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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