BlockFrom the record
One of 14 National Register listings published here for San Benito County · listed in 1993 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Joel and Rena Hawkins House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. 14 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1919.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Hawkins, Joel and Rena, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 801 South St., Hollister, 95023
- When was it listed? July 1993
- Category. building
- Also known as. Hollister MPS
- Census division. Hollister
- National Register reference number. 93000669 - 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 1995The ground this property stands on, surveyed 76 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
400 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 400 fires within 5 miles of Joel and Rena Hawkins House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,933 acres in total. None started naturally. 18 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 153 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 123 |
| Debris and open burning | 47 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 33 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Smoking | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | TREE |
| 9 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | San Benito-Monterey Unit | TREVIS |
| 8 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | LONETREE |
| 8 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | MARANATHA |
| 7 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | VANGERPEN |
| 6 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | SAN JUAN |
| 6 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | PG&E #15 |
| 5 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | San Benito-Monterey Unit | TEQUISQUITA |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Joel and Rena Hawkins House: 7 past producers, 7 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. J. M. O'Donnell Deposit | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Harmony Hills Deposit | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Berbich Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bixby Lane Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bolsa Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Dooley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Hollister Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
7 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hollister, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 2017 and 2025: 5 flood, 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2021 | Flood | Hollister | $2,500,000 | Damage to Cienega Rd from Mudstone Ranch to Bird Creek. Damage occurred sometime between the 26th and the end of the event. Estimates of repair cost sent by public works. |
| January 2021 | Flood | Hollister | $2,000,000 | Southside Rd damaged from Hollister to Tres Pinos Creek. Exact time of damage occurrence unknown, estimate sent by public works. |
| January 2021 | Flood | Hollister | $250,000 | Roadway flooding at Fairview Rd and Mansfield Rd. Damage estimate sent in by public works. |
| January 2021 | Flood | Hollister | $250,000 | Union Road near Riverside Drive flooding on shoulder. Exact time of damage unknown, estimate sent by public works. |
| October 2025 | Funnel Cloud | Hollister | $10 | Social media photos showed a funnel cloud outside of Hollister. Location approximate. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Hollister | - | Trained spotter reported pea sized hail falling for about 3 minutes. |
| February 2017 | Flood | Hollister | - | SB Union Rd/Union Heights flooded. |
Maps showing this location
14 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.
- 1919 USGS Hollister quadrangle1:48000
- 1921 USGS Hollister quadrangle1:62500 - 4 printings
- 1923 USGS Hollister quadrangle1:62500
- 1940 USGS Hollister quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Hollister quadrangle1:24000 - 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Hollister quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Hollister quadrangle1:24000
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monterey Street Historic District | 0.3 miles | 1993 | |
 | Hollister Carnegie Library | 0.4 miles | 1992 |
 | Downtown Hollister Historic District | 0.5 miles | 1992 |
 | Roy D. McCallum House | 0.7 miles | 1997 |
 | Benjamin Wilcox House | 6.9 miles | 1982 |
 | Zanetta House | 6.9 miles | 1969 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 93000669 in Record Group 79. |
| San Benito County | All 14 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.