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Photograph of Louis Plummer Auditorium
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Louis Plummer Auditorium

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. 19 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1896.

From the record

“Fullerton Union High School is a public high school located in the Orange County, California city of Fullerton, operated by the Fullerton Joint Union High School District.”

Wikipedia article Fullerton Union High School, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 136 National Register listings published here for Orange 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 Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 objectss as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Plummer, Louis, Auditorium - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 201 East Chapman Ave., Fullerton, 92832
  • When was it listed? September 1993
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Anaheim-Santa Ana-Garden Grove
  • Architect. Carleton Winslow
  • National Register reference number. 93001019 - 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

1896 to 1983

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Louis Plummer Auditorium, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet covering Louis Plummer Auditorium, surveyed 1896

Fires near this property

143 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Louis Plummer Auditorium between 2005 and 2020, burning about 69 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 36 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/undetermined70
Arson/incendiarism36
Equipment and vehicle use14
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Smoking7
Debris and open burning4
Natural1

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
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
27 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
27 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
25 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
22 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
20 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
18 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this property

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Louis Plummer Auditorium: 8 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Bixby PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Orange QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
La Habra Sand & Gravel Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lindauer & SopnsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Orange County Brick & Tile Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Orange PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
R. J. Noble Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sparks & Mcclelland PlantsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Orange County

Storms near this property

7 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fullerton, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 2000 and 2014: 2 heavy rain, 2 funnel cloud, 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 injury. 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
February 2003Heavy RainFullerton1 hurt, $150,000no account filed
January 2005Heavy RainFullerton$15,000,000no account filed
October 2000FloodFullerton$30,000no account filed
December 2004Thunderstorm WindFullerton$20,000Numerous trees blown down.
May 2014Dust DevilFullerton$6,000Public reported a dust devil near Fullerton that came abruptly out of the west carrying large amounts of dust and leaves, and damaged portions of roof shingles on a few homes with estimated wind gusts of 60 mph.
January 2005Funnel CloudFullerton-no account filed
December 2004Funnel CloudFullerton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Orange County

Maps showing this location

19 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
Fullerton College Historic District0.1 miles2023
Pomona Court and Apartments0.1 miles2017
Dewella Apartments0.2 miles2009
Fullerton Post Office0.2 miles2012
Masonic Temple0.2 miles1995
Fullerton First Methodist Episcopal Church0.3 miles2001

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 93001019 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Orange CountyAll 136 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.