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Melrose-Backs Neighborhood Houses

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. 19 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1896.

From the record

One of 136 National Register listings published here for Orange County · listed in 1986 · category: Building.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 11 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 226 and 228 E. Adele and 303, 307, 317, 321 N. Philadelphia, Anaheim, 92805
  • When was it listed? April 1986
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Anaheim-Santa Ana-Garden Grove
  • National Register reference number. 86000783 - 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

1896 to 1983

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Melrose-Backs Neighborhood Houses, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet covering Melrose-Backs Neighborhood Houses, surveyed 1896

Fires near this property

155 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of Melrose-Backs Neighborhood Houses between 1998 and 2020, burning about 6,060 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 31 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/undetermined71
Arson/incendiarism31
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Equipment and vehicle use15
Debris and open burning10
Smoking6
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
27 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
27 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
26 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
26 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
25 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Melrose-Backs Neighborhood Houses: 14 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
Garber Brickk & Tile Co.ClayPast Producer
Bixby PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Orange QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cunningham and SonSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Garden Grove Sand & Gravel Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
L. O. SwartzbaughSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
La Habra Sand & Gravel Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Orange County Brick & Tile Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Orange PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Owl PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Orange County

Storms near this property

6 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Anaheim, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 2001 and 2021: 2 flood, 1 wildfire, 1 hail, 1 flash 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
February 2002WildfireAnaheim$1,200,000no account filed
December 2021Heavy RainAnaheim-Widespread rainfall reports of 2 to 5 inches, locally higher across Orange County through the duration of the event.
December 2018Flash FloodAnaheim-Spotter reported flash flooding on Orangethorpe Avenue at Raymond Street in Anaheim.
December 2014FloodAnaheim-Streets just south of Garden Grove were closed due to flooding, as reported by the Orange County Skywarn coordinator. The nearby Anaheim Barber City mesonet station reported a 3-hour rainfall total of 1.22 inches.
February 2001FloodAnaheim-Water was flowing over Prado Dam and street flooding was reported on Interstate 605 at Cerritos Road.
February 2005HailAnaheim-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Orange County

Maps showing this location

19 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
Ferdinand Backs House0.1 miles1980
Old Backs House0.1 miles1980
Samuel Kraemer Building (American Savings Bank/First National Bank)0.2 miles1983
Kroger-Melrose District0.3 miles1985
Pickwick Hotel0.3 miles1979
Carnegie Library0.4 miles1979

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 86000783 in Record Group 79.
Orange CountyAll 136 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.