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Henry Weaver House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1903.

From the record

“Henry Weaver House, a California Bungalow, is in Santa Monica, California. It was built in 1910 by the Milwaukee Building Company for Henry Weaver, a Midwestern hotel developer.”

Wikipedia article Henry Weaver House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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

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 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Weaver, Henry, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 142 Adelaide Dr., Santa Monica, 90402
  • When was it listed? December 1989
  • Category. district
  • Census division. Santa Monica
  • Architect. Meyer & Holler
  • National Register reference number. 89002114 - 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

1903 to 1979

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Henry Weaver House, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet covering Henry Weaver House, surveyed 1903

Fires near this property

42 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Henry Weaver House between 1999 and 2020, burning about 307 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined22
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking4
Debris and open burning2
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
8 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use6.7 acresSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaTOPANGA
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire DepartmentTOPANGA 2
30 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaCALVARY
16 September 2019Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
15 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaRUSTIC
22 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaBRONCO
13 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.9 acresSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaPALERMO
8 July 2009Misuse of fire by a minor80 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this property

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Henry Weaver House: 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Limestone, General, Flagstone. 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
Santa Ynez Canyon QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Santa Ynez DepositsLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Acme Brick Co. PitClayPast Producer
Gladding-Mcbean-Santa Monica PitClayPast Producer
Santa Monica Brick Co.ClayPast Producer
Simons Brick Co.-Santa Monica PitClayPast Producer
Western Brick Co.ClayPast Producer

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 Santa Monica, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 1 funnel cloud, 1 flood, 1 flash flood. 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
February 2026FloodSanta Monica-Heavy rain produced significant flooding on Interstate 10 at the intersection with 4th Street.
February 2026Flash FloodSanta Monica-Heavy rainfall produced flash flooding from the McClure Tunnel to eastbound Interstate 10. Several vehicles were stuck in the flood waters.
March 1998Funnel CloudSanta Monica-A spotter in the Santa Monica area reported two funnel clouds.

Every storm recorded in Los Angeles County

Maps showing this location

13 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
Isaac Milbank Houseunder 500 feet2023
Bradbury House0.2 miles2010
Eames House0.3 miles2006
Case Study House No. 180.4 miles2013
Case Study House No. 90.4 miles2013
Sovereign Hotel0.8 miles1997

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 89002114 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
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.