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Photograph of Oceanside City Hall and Fire Station
Photograph by Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Oceanside City Hall and Fire Station

Built in 1929. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. 17 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1893.

From the record

“The Oceanside City Hall and Fire Station, also known as Oceanside Civic Center, at 704 and 714 Third St. in Oceanside, California, was built in 1929. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.”

Wikipedia article Oceanside City Hall and Fire Station, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 148 National Register listings published here for San Diego County · listed in 1989 · category: Building · built in 1929, by Irving Gill.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building, 1 object as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 704 and 714 Third St., Oceanside, 92054
  • When was it listed? June 1989
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Oceanside-Escondido
  • When was it built? 1929
  • Architect. Irving Gill
  • National Register reference number. 89000257 - 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

1893 to 1997

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Oceanside City Hall and Fire Station, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet covering Oceanside City Hall and Fire Station, surveyed 1893

Fires near this property

63 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Oceanside City Hall and Fire Station between 1997 and 2020, burning about 34 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/undetermined41
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitGUNSHOT INJURIES
27 September 2009Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
26 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego Unitnot named
26 September 2016Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
24 September 2005Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
20 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
18 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Diego UnitGUNSHOT INJURIES

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Oceanside City Hall and Fire Station: 11 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica, Stone. 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
Carlsbad Rock and Sand Co.Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Marrow QuarryStoneProducer
Crystal Silica CompanySilicaProducer
Crystal Silica CompanySilicaPast Producer
Carlsbad PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Marron Bros. Inc.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Marron QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
South Coast Asphalt QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Carlsbad Rock and Sand Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
H W Rohl DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in San Diego County

Storms near this property

28 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oceanside, the town this property stands in, in 28 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 5 funnel cloud, 5 flood, 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 heavy rain. The reports record 2 deaths and 8 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2003Heavy RainOceanside1 killed, 3 hurt, $250,000no account filed
August 2001Rip CurrentOceanside1 killedno account filed
September 2000LightningOceanside3 hurtno account filed
July 2001Rip CurrentOceanside2 hurtno account filed
January 2005Heavy RainOceanside$25,000,000no account filed
January 2005Flash FloodOceanside$1,500,000no account filed
December 2002Storm Surge/TideOceanside$500,000no account filed
February 2004Flash FloodOceanside$50,000no account filed
March 2000Thunderstorm WindOceanside$50,000no account filed
October 2004Tornado (F0)Oceanside$20,000no account filed
March 2013Thunderstorm WindOceanside$10,000In Oceanside, lots of small branches and pots were knocked over and a 12 foot shed was tossed approximately 100 feet, based on where it was located originally and the scrape marks where it landed on the street. At least two vehicles were damaged, one with a side mirror damaged by the shed and another had a large tree limb approximately 4 to 6 inches in diameter that broke the window. At least six screens were knocked off on the windows of the homes. And very unique damage done by pinecones from large trees just to the west which left large scrape marks on the side of stucco. Based on the damage, winds are estimated to be 45 to 50 mph in the localized three or four block area.|Downed trees were blocking the roadway on Via de Santa Fe and large palm tree branches were in the number 4 lane of southbound Interstate 5 at Harbor Drive according to California Highway Patrol.
January 2005Flash FloodOceanside$10,000Rock and mudslides were reported along highway 76.
October 2000FloodOceanside$10,000no account filed
March 2016Thunderstorm WindOceanside$100The mesonet station on the Oceanside Pier registered a gust of 41 mph twice between 1400-1600 PST on the 11th.
January 2025Heavy RainSouth Oceanside-Heavy rainfall band of up to 0.4 inches in 1 hour at 2 am January 27.
January 2024FloodOceanside-CalTrans report of roadway flooding at I-5 S and SR76.
January 2023FloodOceanside-CalTrans report of flooding in the right lane on I-5 South near Oceanside.
January 2023FloodOceanside-Public report of flooding on SR76 at I-5. Water was reported to be up to 2.5 feet deep.
January 2016Thunderstorm WindOceanside-The Oceanside Jetty reported a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
March 2014FloodOceanside-CHP reported one lane of Interstate 5 had a couple feet of water on the road near the Oceanside Harbor bridge.
September 2007Funnel CloudSouth Oceanside-no account filed
September 2007Funnel CloudSouth Oceanside-no account filed
September 2005Funnel CloudOceanside-no account filed
May 2002WildfireOceanside-no account filed
January 2001Heavy RainOceanside-no account filed
February 2001Funnel CloudOceanside-no account filed
April 1999WaterspoutOceanside-no account filed
December 1999Funnel CloudOceanside-no account filed

Every storm recorded in San Diego County

Maps showing this location

17 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
Americanization School0.4 miles1994
Charles Libby House0.8 miles1978
Rosicrucian Fellowship Temple1.4 miles1995
Carlsbad Santa Fe Depot3.1 miles1993
San Luis Rey Mission Church4.1 miles1970
Rancho Guajome Adobe7.4 miles1970

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 89000257 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
San Diego CountyAll 148 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.