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Lanterman House

Built in 1915 (bungalow). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. 19 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1894.

From the record

“Lanterman House is a bungalow-style historic house museum in La CaƱada Flintridge, California on the National Register of Historic Places. Roy Lanterman in 1915 and was built by A.”

Wikipedia article Lanterman House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 616 National Register listings published here for Los Angeles County · listed in 1994 · category: Building · built in 1915, bungalow, by Arthur L. Haley.

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. 4420 Encinas Dr., La Canada Flintridge, 91011
  • When was it listed? December 1994
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Pasadena
  • When was it built? 1915
  • Architectural style. bungalow, American Craftsman
  • Architect. Arthur L. Haley
  • National Register reference number. 94001504 - 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

1894 to 1995

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 101 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Lanterman House, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet covering Lanterman House, surveyed 1894

Fires near this property

220 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 220 fires within 5 miles of Lanterman House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 168,073 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 29 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/undetermined77
Equipment and vehicle use57
Arson/incendiarism29
Recreation and ceremony18
Smoking9
Debris and open burning9
Fireworks7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural3

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 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAngeles National ForestCHANEY
7 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAngeles National ForestSTRATUS
5 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAngeles National ForestSUNSHINE
5 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAngeles National ForestTUNA
30 September 1995Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresAngeles National ForestCHANEY
3 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreAngeles National ForestTWIN
3 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAngeles National ForestOCEAN
3 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAngeles National ForestBAYTREE

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Lanterman House: 7 past producers, 3 producers, 2 prospects, 2 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Graphite, Gold, Granite. 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
ManzanitaMolybdenum, CopperOccurrence
Quartz Hill DepositSilicaPast Producer
Ross DepositGraniteOccurrence
DawnGoldPast Producer
Mallery #2GoldProspect
Verdugo Canyon DepositGraphiteProspect
Verdugo Mountain DepositGraphitePast Producer
Browns Canyon PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Devil S GateSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Devils Canyon DamSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Los Angeles 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
Descanso Gardens0.5 miles2021
Thomas, Franklin Rosborough "Frank", House1.4 miles2015
Space Flight Operations Facility1.9 miles1985
Twenty-Five Foot Space Simulator1.9 miles1985
Rockhaven Sanitarium Historic District1.9 miles2016
San Rafael Rancho2.2 miles1976

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 94001504 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Los Angeles CountyAll 616 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.