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Photograph of Redlands Central Railway Company Car Barn
Photograph by James Allison, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Redlands Central Railway Company Car Barn

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1899.

From the record

“The Redlands Central Railway Company car barn is a historic car barn located at 746 East Citrus Avenue in Redlands, California, United States. The building was used to house electric railway cars, first for the Redlands Central Railway and later for the Pacific Electric Railway.”

Wikipedia article Redlands Trolley Barn, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 98 National Register listings published here for San Bernardino County · listed in 1991 · category: Building.

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 as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 746 E. Citrus Ave., Redlands, 92374
  • When was it listed? January 1991
  • Category. building
  • Census division. San Bernardino
  • National Register reference number. 90002119 - 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

1899 to 1996

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 97 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Redlands Central Railway Company Car Barn, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet covering Redlands Central Railway Company Car Barn, surveyed 1899

Fires near this property

779 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 779 fires within 5 miles of Redlands Central Railway Company Car Barn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,000 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 92 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/undetermined357
Equipment and vehicle use166
Arson/incendiarism92
Misuse of fire by a minor69
Smoking39
Debris and open burning29
Recreation and ceremony10
Natural9
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2012Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictCONE
9 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenance293 acresSan Bernardino UnitCANYON
8 September 2012Natural57 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictGREENSPOT
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Bernardino UnitBASELINE IC 2
8 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitGOLFBALL
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino Unitnot named
6 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitEMERALD AV / NEWPORT AV 2
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitPALM AV / 9TH ST 3

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Redlands Central Railway Company Car Barn: 10 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Alabama Street PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Old Webster PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pacific Rock and Gravel CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Plunge Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
RedlandsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Redlands PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Redlands PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Redlands Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Redlands Pit No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Tri-City Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in San Bernardino County

Storms near this property

2 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Redlands, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 1998 and 2004: 1 heavy rain, 1 flash flood. The reports record 4 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
November 1998Heavy RainRedlands4 hurtno account filed
October 2004Flash FloodRedlands$700,000Water overflowed the banks of the Mill Creek Zanja flood channel, causing an estimated $700,000 in damage to the flood channel and surrounding areas near Sylvan Park and the University of Redlands.

Every storm recorded in San Bernardino 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
Redlands Santa Fe Depot District0.5 miles1991
A. K. Smiley Public Library0.5 miles1976
Smiley Park Historic District0.6 miles1994
US Post Office-Redlands Main0.6 miles1985
City Transfer and Storage Company Warehouse0.7 miles2023
Beverly Ranch1.2 miles2004

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 90002119 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
San Bernardino CountyAll 98 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.