BlockFrom the record
One of 42 National Register listings published here for Santa Cruz County · listed in 1987 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Six Sisters-Lawn Way Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1912.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 10 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Roughly bounded by San Jose Ave., Capitola Ave., and Esplanade, Capitola, 95010
- When was it listed? May 1987
- Category. district
- Census division. Santa Cruz
- National Register reference number. 87000623 - 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
1912 to 1974The ground this property stands on, surveyed 62 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
388 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 388 fires within 5 miles of Six Sisters-Lawn Way Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 134 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 41 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 | 195 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 62 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 41 |
| Smoking | 30 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 21 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Natural | 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 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 8 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | not named |
| 6 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | CATHEDRAL |
| 6 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | ZIGLER |
| 5 September 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | PORTER |
| 30 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Six Sisters-Lawn Way Historic District: 10 past producers, 4 producers, 4 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aptos Placer | Iron, Titanium, Metal | Producer | Ilmenite, Magnetite | |
| Bachellor Ranch Quarry | Granite | Occurrence | ||
| Triumph Steel Co | Iron, Chromium, Titanium | Occurrence | ||
| Pacific Cement and Aggregate Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Twin Lakes Beach | Gold | Producer | ||
| Twin Lakes Beach | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Calplatti Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Lone Star Industries Inc. | Limestone, General, Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Miller Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this property
4 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Capitola, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 1 storm surge/tide, 1 debris flow, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 2 deaths and 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1999 | Storm Surge/Tide | Capitola | 2 killed, 2 hurt, $1,000,000 | no account filed |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Capitola | $10 | A large pine tree was blown down near Soquel. |
| March 2020 | Hail | Capitola | - | Spotter reported pea-sized hail near Pleasure Point. |
| February 2017 | Debris Flow | Capitola | - | Mudslide blocking south bound lane Soquel San Jose Rd. |
Maps showing this location
11 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.
- 1912 USGS Capitola quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1914 USGS Capitola quadrangle1:62500 - 6 printings
- 1940 USGS Capitola quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Soquel quadrangle1:24000 - 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Riverview Historic District | 0.5 miles | 1988 | |
 | Venetian Court Apartments | 0.5 miles | 1987 |
 | Rispin Mansion | 0.5 miles | 1991 |
 | Hihn Building | 0.6 miles | 1973 |
| Live Oak Ranch | 2.1 miles | 1975 | |
 | Branciforte Adobe | 2.9 miles | 1979 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 87000623 in Record Group 79. |
| Santa Cruz County | All 42 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.