BlockFrom the record
One of 616 National Register listings published here for Los Angeles County · listed in 1988 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Redondo Beach Original Townsite Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1896.
The listing
- Address. N. Gertruda Ave., Carnelian St., N. Guadalupe Ave. and Diamond St., Redondo Beach, 90277
- When was it listed? June 1988
- Category. district
- Census division. South Bay Cities
- National Register reference number. 88000970 - 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 1996The ground this property stands on, surveyed 100 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
100 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Redondo Beach Original Townsite Historic District between 2005 and 2020, burning about 110 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 | 59 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2011 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
| 6 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 20 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
| 25 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 10 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
| 7 July 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Redondo Beach Original Townsite Historic District: 12 past producers, 3 occurrences, 3 producers, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Silica, Titanium, Metal, 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burdick Minerals Corp. | Titanium, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Redondo Beach Chalcedony | Semiprecious Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Diatomaceous Earth Deposit | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Dicalite | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Richard Ball | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Torrance Sand & Gravel Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Clifton | Titanium, Metal | Producer | ||
| Clifton-Redondo Placer | Titanium, Metal | Producer | Ilmenite | |
| Torrance B Plant Ti | Titanium, Metal | Plant | ||
| Caswell & Co. | Silica | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
2 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Redondo Beach, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 1997 and 2000: 1 storm surge/tide, 1 rip current. The reports record 1 death and 27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2000 | Rip Current | Redondo Beach | 1 killed | no account filed |
| January 1997 | Storm Surge/Tide | Redondo Beach | 27 hurt | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
16 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1896 USGS Redondo quadrangle1:62500 - 9 printings
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000 - 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1924 USGS Torrance quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1934 USGS Torrance quadrangle1:20000
- 1934 USGS Torrance quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1943 USGS San Pedro quadrangle1:125000
- 1944 USGS Redondo quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Long Beach quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Redondo Beach quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Long Beach quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Long Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Long Beach quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Redondo Beach quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Long Beach quadrangle1:100000 - 3 printings
- 1996 USGS Redondo Beach quadrangle1:24000
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Sweetser Residence | 0.2 miles | 1985 |
 | Diamond Apartments | 0.2 miles | 1992 |
 | Redondo Beach Public Library | 0.7 miles | 1981 |
 | Woman's Club of Redondo Beach | 0.7 miles | 1984 |
| Malaga Cove Plaza | 3.2 miles | 2021 | |
 | Fern Avenue School | 3.2 miles | 1992 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 88000970 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.