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Photograph of Theodore Judah School
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Theodore Judah School

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. 15 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1891.

From the record

“Theodore Judah School is a historic elementary school located in Sacramento, California. The 1937 edifice is the last standing PWA school in the city.”

Wikipedia article Theodore Judah School, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 106 National Register listings published here for Sacramento County · listed in 1997 · 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.
  • Listed as. Judah, Theodore, School - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 3919 McKinley Blvd., Sacremento, 95816
  • When was it listed? July 1997
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Sacramento
  • National Register reference number. 97000810 - 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.

Fires near this property

245 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 245 fires within 5 miles of Theodore Judah School between 1999 and 2020, burning about 214 acres in total. None started naturally. 24 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/undetermined186
Arson/incendiarism24
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Equipment and vehicle use9
Smoking6
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Debris and open burning3

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 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
9 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresAmador-El Dorado Unitnot named
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2008Arson/incendiarism20 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 2009Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Every fire recorded in Sacramento County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Theodore Judah School: 20 past producers, 9 producers, 3 occurrences, 2 prospects. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Del Paso Rock Products Co.Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Harrison FaitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Harrison FaitClayPast Producer
Brighton Sand and Gravel Co.Sand and Gravel, Construction, GoldPast ProducerSedimentary
Brighton Sand and Gravel Co.Sand and Gravel, Construction, GoldPast Producer
Del Paso Rock Products Co.Gold, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Perkins PitSand and Gravel, Construction, GoldOccurrence
Sacramento Gold PlacerGoldOccurrence
Teichert AggregatesSand and Gravel, Construction, GoldPast ProducerSedimentary
American River DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Sacramento County

Maps showing this location

15 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
McKinley Park0.1 miles2018
John T. Greene House0.2 miles1982
Sutter's Fort0.6 miles1966
Old Tavern0.6 miles1983
Winters House0.6 miles1999
Eastern Star Hall0.7 miles1993

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 97000810 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Sacramento CountyAll 106 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.