Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. 19 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1896.
From the record
“The Spring Field Banquet Center in Fullerton, California is a historic building built in Mission/Spanish Revival style. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.”
Wikipedia article Spring Field Banquet Center, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 136 National Register listings published here for Orange County · listed in 1995 · category: Building.
National Register reference number.95000355- 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.
18961983
Fires near this property
150 since 2005
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 150 fires within 5 miles of Masonic Temple
between 2005 and 2020, burning about 70 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 38 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
72
Arson/incendiarism
38
Equipment and vehicle use
14
Misuse of fire by a minor
11
Smoking
10
Debris and open burning
4
Natural
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
7 September 2005
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
5 September 2018
Arson/incendiarism
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
30 September 2016
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
27 September 2010
Equipment and vehicle use
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
27 September 2005
Misuse of fire by a minor
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
25 September 2006
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
22 September 2017
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
1.0 acres
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
20 September 2005
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
9 workings within 5 miles of Masonic Temple: 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.
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.
Public 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.
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.
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.
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.
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