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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
John Carlton Pegler House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. 18 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1894.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Pegler, John Carlton, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 419 E. Highland Ave., Sierra Madre, 91024
- When was it listed? October 1988
- Category. district
- Census division. Upper San Gabriel Valley
- National Register reference number. 88002019 - 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 1995The ground this property stands on, surveyed 101 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
264 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 264 fires within 5 miles of John Carlton Pegler House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,399 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 35 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 | 113 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 39 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 35 |
| Smoking | 23 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 4 September 2002 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | ELLIOT |
| 30 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | WILDERNESS |
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
| 3 September 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | LUCKY |
| 28 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 26 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
| 25 September 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 29 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of John Carlton Pegler House: 17 past producers, 4 prospects, 4 producers, 4 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Tungsten. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Century Sand and Gravel | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Sierra Vista | Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Sunburst Pit | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Winter Creek | Molybdenum, Gold, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite | |
| Winter Creek | Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Winter Creek Group | Molybdenum, Gold, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Winter Group | Copper, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum | Occurrence | Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Pyrite | |
| Arrow Rock Co Duarte Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Arrow Sand & Gravel, Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Blue Diamond - Peck Rd Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | Sedimentary |
Maps showing this location
18 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 Pasadena quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1900 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:62500 - 4 printings
- 1900 USGS Pasadena quadrangle1:62500 - 10 printings
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000 - 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1928 USGS Sierra Madre quadrangle1:24000
- 1933 USGS Sierra Madre quadrangle1:24000
- 1941 USGS Sierra Madre quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Mt. Wilson quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Mt. Wilson quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Mount Wilson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Episcopal Church of the Ascension | 0.3 miles | 1977 |
 | Queen Anne Cottage and Coach Barn | 1.7 miles | 1980 |
 | Stuart Company Plant and Office Building | 2.3 miles | 1998 |
 | Aztec Hotel | 2.5 miles | 1978 |
 | Oaks, The | 2.6 miles | 1978 |
 | Upton Sinclair House | 2.6 miles | 1971 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 88002019 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.