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Photograph of Milpitas Grammar School
Photograph by Bobak Ha'Eri, CC BY 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Milpitas Grammar School

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1889.

From the record

“Milpitas Grammar School, now part of the Milpitas Library, is an educational building in Milpitas, California. The building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 22, 1993.”

Wikipedia article Milpitas Grammar School, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 117 National Register listings published here for Santa Clara County · listed in 1993 · 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. 160 N. Main St., Milpitas, 95035
  • When was it listed? July 1993
  • Category. building
  • Census division. San Jose
  • Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
  • National Register reference number. 93000667 - 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

1889 to 1978

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Milpitas Grammar School, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet covering Milpitas Grammar School, surveyed 1889

Fires near this property

126 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Milpitas Grammar School between 1992 and 2020, burning about 709 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/undetermined85
Equipment and vehicle use19
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
6 September 2010Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
3 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSanta Clara UnitSIERRA
28 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
28 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named

Every fire recorded in Santa Clara County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Milpitas Grammar School: 7 past producers, 5 producers, 4 unknowns, 1 prospect. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension, Clay. 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
Garden City Pottery Co.ClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Garden City Pottery Co.ClayPast Producer
Roggasch Bros.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Serpa QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Calaveras Road PitStone, DimensionUnknown
Scott Creek PitStone, DimensionUnknown
Stevens Creek QuarryStone, DimensionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Santa Clara County

Storms near this property

5 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Milpitas, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 4 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
April 2024FloodMilpitas$10Around 1 foot of water was reported on westbound California Highway 237 just east of Zanker.
March 2018FloodMilpitas-Roadway flooding at I 680N and Scott Creek Road off ramp.
February 2017FloodMilpitas-Roadway flooding Interstate 680 Northbound Scott Creek Rd off ramp.
February 2017FloodMilpitas-Roadway flooding reported at NB 680 at Jacklin on ramp.
January 2010Thunderstorm WindMilpitas-A microburst interrupted a passenger airliner's approach into San Francisco International Airport. After the 140 passenger jet encountered the microburst it diverted to and landed safely at the San Jose International Airport.

Every storm recorded in Santa Clara 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
Jose Maria Alviso Adobe2.1 miles1997
James Lick Mill3.0 miles1982
Alviso Historic District3.4 miles1973
Agnews Insane Asylum3.7 miles1997
Messina Orchard5.0 miles2018
Santa Clara Depot5.8 miles1985

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 93000667 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Santa Clara CountyAll 117 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.