Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1919.
From the record
“The King City High School Auditorium, also known as the Robert Stanton Theater, is an Art Moderne style auditorium at the King City High School in King City, California. Built in 1939 with Works Progress Administration funding, the auditorium is one of several buildings in the area in a similar style, known as WPA Moderne.”
Wikipedia article King City High School Auditorium, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 64 National Register listings published here for Monterey County · listed in 1991 · category: Building.
National Register reference number.91000917- 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
1919 to 1948
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
29 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
19191948
Fires near this property
184 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 184 fires within 5 miles of King City Joint Union High School Auditorium
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 806 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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
71
Equipment and vehicle use
68
Debris and open burning
15
Misuse of fire by a minor
8
Arson/incendiarism
6
Smoking
6
Power generation/transmission/distribution
5
Recreation and ceremony
4
Railroad operations and maintenance
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
9 September 2007
Equipment and vehicle use
under an acre
San Benito-Monterey Unit
HWY 101 N/ JOLON RD 2
7 September 1998
Misuse of fire by a minor
under an acre
San Benito-Monterey Unit
GILL
6 September 2016
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
CENTRAL
6 September 2013
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
San Benito-Monterey Unit
JOLON
6 September 2009
Equipment and vehicle use
under an acre
San Benito-Monterey Unit
HWY 101 N/ CENTRAL AV
30 September 2017
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
CENTRAL
30 September 1999
Equipment and vehicle use
under an acre
San Benito-Monterey Unit
SAN BERNABE VINYARD
27 September 2016
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
12 acres
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
5 workings within 5 miles of King City Joint Union High School Auditorium: 3 producers, 2 past producers.
3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mercury. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
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.
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.
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