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One of 90 National Register listings published here for Riverside County · listed in 1993 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Mission Court Bungalows
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1901.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 10 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 3355--3373 Second St. and 3354--3362 First St., Riverside, 92501
- When was it listed? July 1993
- Category. district
- Census division. Riverside
- National Register reference number. 93000549 - 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
1901 to 1983The ground this property stands on, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Fires near this property
1,296 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,296 fires within 5 miles of Mission Court Bungalows between 1992 and 2020, burning about 15,828 acres in total. None started naturally. 169 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 | 688 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 222 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 169 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 102 |
| Smoking | 63 |
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
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 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 9 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | SKYLOFT DR JRPV |
| 9 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL |
| 8 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL |
| 8 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL FIRE |
| 8 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL 15020 |
| 7 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL |
| 7 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL VEG. FIRE |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 40 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of Mission Court Bungalows: 30 past producers, 8 producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colton Cement Plant | Limestone, General, Calcium, Cement Rock | Producer | ||
| Crestmore Quarry | Cement Rock, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Mountain Group Deposit | Antimony, Arsenic | Past Producer | ||
| New City Quarry | Limestone, General, Dolomite | Past Producer | ||
| Rubidoux Hill Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Jensen's Quarry | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Jensens Quarry | Marble, Dimension | Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Spicer Silica Property | Feldspar, Silica | Prospect | ||
| Stone & Alexander Quarry | Feldspar, Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Hancock Clay Deposit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
15 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Riverside, the town this property stands in, in 15 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 4 wildfire, 3 heavy rain, 2 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2002 | Wildfire | Riverside | 1 hurt, $50,000 | no account filed |
| February 2000 | Heavy Rain | Riverside | 1 hurt, $10,000 | no account filed |
| February 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverside | $15,000 | no account filed |
| February 2004 | Flash Flood | Riverside | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Lightning | Riverside | $1,000 | A spotter reported lightning struck and ignited fires in two palm trees near the community college. The fires were put out. Lightning also struck the technology building on campus, knocking out power. |
| February 2025 | Flood | Riverside | - | Received a report of a flooded roadway. |
| February 2024 | Heavy Rain | Riverside | - | Heavy rain fell across Riverside County from late in the evening on February 19 through the morning on February 21. The following are the heaviest rain reports from the Inland Empire:||Inland Empire:|Norco (650'): 1.14|Prado Dam (460'): 1.06. |
| April 2006 | Funnel Cloud | Riverside | - | A funnel cloud was spotted near hwy 60 and the 215 freeway. |
| August 2000 | Flash Flood | Riverside | - | Very heavy rain, up to 6 tenths of an inch in just 45 minutes, fell across parts of the county. Many streets flooded and washes running, especially route 62 through Twentynine Palms. Small hail also reported along route 62 near Copper Mountain College. |
| January 2001 | Heavy Rain | Riverside | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Wildfire | Riverside | - | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Flood | Riverside | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverside | - | no account filed |
| December 1998 | Wildfire | Riverside | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Wildfire | Riverside | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
16 surveysUnited 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.
- 1901 USGS Elsinore quadrangle1:125000 - 8 printings
- 1901 USGS Riverside quadrangle1:62500 - 6 printings
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000 - 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Riverside quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Riverside and Vicinity quadrangle1:31680 - 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Riverside quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Riverside East quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Riverside East quadrangle1:24000 - 6 printings
- 1983 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:100000
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther 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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Harada House | 0.2 miles | 1977 |
 | First Church of Christ, Scientist | 0.4 miles | 1992 |
 | Riverside Municipal Auditorium and Soldier's Memorial Building | 0.4 miles | 1978 |
 | Sutherland Fruit Company | 0.4 miles | 1986 |
 | Old YWCA Building | 0.4 miles | 1982 |
 | Mission Inn | 0.4 miles | 1971 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 93000549 in Record Group 79. |
| Riverside County | All 90 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.