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Photograph of The Bellevue-Staten
Photograph by Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

The Bellevue-Staten

Built in 1929 (Art Deco architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. 17 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1895.

From the record

“The Bellevue-Staten is a 14-story residential condominium complex in downtown Oakland, California, located at the corner of Bellevue and Staten Avenues, as the name suggests. Originally built in 1929, the building has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places since December 27, 1991.”

Wikipedia article The Bellevue-Staten, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 160 National Register listings published here for Alameda County · listed in 1991 · category: Building · built in 1929, Art Deco architecture.

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.
  • Address. 492 Staten Ave., Oakland, 94610
  • When was it listed? December 1991
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Oakland
  • When was it built? 1929
  • Architectural style. Art Deco architecture
  • National Register reference number. 91001896 - 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

1895 to 1993

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 98 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering The Bellevue-Staten, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet covering The Bellevue-Staten, surveyed 1895

Fires near this property

272 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 272 fires within 5 miles of The Bellevue-Staten between 1992 and 2020, burning about 359 acres in total. None started naturally. 30 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/undetermined191
Arson/incendiarism30
Smoking18
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Equipment and vehicle use10
Debris and open burning4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
9 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSanta Clara UnitSMALL
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Every fire recorded in Alameda County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of The Bellevue-Staten: 10 past producers, 6 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur, Sulfur-Pyrite, Copper, Silver, Copper. 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
AlumSulfur, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Kaiser Industries CorpClayProducer
LeonaSulfur, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Leona HeightsCopper, Gold, ZincPast Producer1891
Unnamed LocationCalciumProspect
AlmaSulfur-Pyrite, Copper, SilverOccurrence1892
AlmaCopper, SulfurPast ProducerBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
AlumSulfur-Pyrite, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Henry J. Kaiser Co.StonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Alameda County

Storms near this property

16 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oakland, the town this property stands in, in 16 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 7 hail, 4 flood, 3 flash flood, 2 heavy rain. 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
January 2017HailOakland$5,000,000Damage dollar amounts is a low estimate. Impacts are not fully known, but any individual car crash would likely exceed this amount.
December 1996Heavy RainOakland$1,000,000no account filed
December 1996Heavy RainOakland$1,000,000no account filed
December 2025Flash FloodOakland-Vehicle stuck in three feet of water on westbound Interstate 580 west of 35th Avenue.
January 2020FloodOakland-Roadway flooding at I-580 W and Coolidge Ave off ramp. Number 1 lane flooded from Coolidge to Grand.
January 2020FloodOakland-Roadway flooding at WB-580 and Coolidge, slow lane flooded.
January 2020FloodOakland-Roadway flooding at I-580 W and Coolidge Ave off ramp.
November 2019HailOakland-Public reporting pea-sized hail in Alameda. Reported via twitter.
March 2018HailOakland-Several reports of pea-sized hail in Oakland via social media.
April 2018HailOakland-Small accumulating hail observed in Oakland.
April 2018HailOakland-Small hail observed in east Oakland.
April 2018HailOakland-Media report showing accumulating small hail in Oakland.
February 1999HailOakland-Smal hail fell in and around the Oakland Zoo.
January 1998Flash FloodOakland-flooded basement at Whittier Elementary School
December 2002FloodOakland-no account filed
December 1996Flash FloodOakland-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Alameda 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
Lake Merritt Wild Duck Refuge0.3 miles1966
Cameron-Stanford House0.7 miles1972
Women's Athletic Club of Alameda County0.8 miles2009
White Mansion0.8 miles1980
Harrison and Fifteenth Sts. Historic District0.8 miles1996
Paramount Theatre0.8 miles1973

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 91001896 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Alameda CountyAll 160 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.