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Photograph of Barton Villa
Photograph by Bruceherwig, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Barton Villa

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1899.

From the record

“Barton Villa, at 11245 Nevada St. in Redlands, California, is a historic Second Empire house that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was built as a vernacular house during 1866-67, was renovated to Greek Revival c. 1871-72, and renovated again into Second Empire style in 1893.”

Wikipedia article Barton Villa, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 98 National Register listings published here for San Bernardino County · listed in 1996 · 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 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 11245 Nevada St., Redlands, 92373
  • When was it listed? October 1996
  • Category. building
  • Census division. San Bernardino
  • Architectural style. Second Empire architecture in the United States and Canada
  • National Register reference number. 96001176 - 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

1899 to 1996

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 97 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Barton Villa, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet covering Barton Villa, surveyed 1899

Fires near this property

797 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 797 fires within 5 miles of Barton Villa between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,680 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 87 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/undetermined414
Equipment and vehicle use135
Arson/incendiarism87
Misuse of fire by a minor71
Smoking38
Debris and open burning31
Recreation and ceremony10
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Natural4
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSan Bernardino Unit9TH
9 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenance293 acresSan Bernardino UnitCANYON
8 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitGOLFBALL
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino Unitnot named
7 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresRiverside UnitCHAMOMILE INC
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitPALM AV / 9TH ST 3
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino Unitnot named
4 September 1994Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSan Bernardino UnitLOBATO

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Barton Villa: 10 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mercury, Silica. 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
City CreekMercuryOccurrence
Santa Ana River PitSilicaPast Producer
Alabama Street PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Old Webster PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Plunge Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
RedlandsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Redlands PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Redlands PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Redlands Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Redlands Pit No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Bernardino County

Storms near this property

2 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Redlands, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 1998 and 2004: 1 heavy rain, 1 flash flood. The reports record 4 injuries. 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
November 1998Heavy RainRedlands4 hurtno account filed
October 2004Flash FloodRedlands$700,000Water overflowed the banks of the Mill Creek Zanja flood channel, causing an estimated $700,000 in damage to the flood channel and surrounding areas near Sylvan Park and the University of Redlands.

Every storm recorded in San Bernardino County

Maps showing this location

16 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
Beverly Ranch1.7 miles2004
City Transfer and Storage Company Warehouse1.8 miles2023
US Post Office-Redlands Main1.8 miles1985
A. K. Smiley Public Library1.9 miles1976
Smiley Park Historic District2.0 miles1994
Redlands Santa Fe Depot District2.0 miles1991

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 96001176 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
San Bernardino CountyAll 98 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.