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Abraham Lincoln Elementary School

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1894.

From the record

One of 616 National Register listings published here for Los Angeles County · listed in 1989 · category: District.

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 3 structuress, 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Lincoln, Abraham, Elementary School - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 1200 N. Gordon Ave., Pomona, 91767
  • When was it listed? August 1989
  • Category. district
  • Census division. East San Gabriel Valley
  • National Register reference number. 89000935 - 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 1982

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Abraham Lincoln Elementary School, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet covering Abraham Lincoln Elementary School, surveyed 1894

Fires near this property

538 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 538 fires within 5 miles of Abraham Lincoln Elementary School between 1993 and 2020, burning about 920 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 70 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/undetermined308
Arson/incendiarism70
Equipment and vehicle use43
Smoking40
Misuse of fire by a minor40
Debris and open burning17
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Fireworks5
Natural2
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
9 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2005Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAngeles National ForestROCKY
7 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this property

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Abraham Lincoln Elementary School: 4 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. 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
ElmiraGoldPast Producer
Claremont PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Upland PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pomona Brick CoClayProspectSedimentary
Pomona Brick Co.ClayPast Producer
Unnamed LocationClayUnknown

Every working recorded in Los Angeles County

Storms near this property

3 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pomona, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports in 1998: 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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
September 1998Flash FloodPomona-no account filed
September 1998Thunderstorm WindPomona-no account filed
September 1998Funnel CloudPomona-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Los Angeles County

Maps showing this location

16 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
La Casa Alvarado0.3 miles1978
La Casa Primera de Rancho San Jose0.4 miles1975
Lincoln Park Historic District0.4 miles2004
Barbara Greenwood Kindergarten0.4 miles1978
Pomona YMCA Building0.7 miles1986
Pomona City Stable0.8 miles2004

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 89000935 in Record Group 79.
Los Angeles CountyAll 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.