Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. 23 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1897.
From the record
“Padua Hills Theatre (1931-1974) was the longest running theater featuring Mexican-theme musicals in the United States. It operated as a non-profit business promoting intercultural understanding between European Americans and those of Mexican-descent.”
Wikipedia article Padua Hills Theatre, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 616 National Register listings published here for Los Angeles County · listed in 1998 · category: Building.
National Register reference number.97001660- 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
1897 to 1982
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
18971982
Fires near this property
353 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 353 fires within 5 miles of Padua Hills Theatre
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,957 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 97 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
Arson/incendiarism
97
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
92
Equipment and vehicle use
54
Recreation and ceremony
34
Smoking
19
Misuse of fire by a minor
16
Fireworks
13
Power generation/transmission/distribution
11
Natural
9
Debris and open burning
7
Other causes
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
9 September 2007
Recreation and ceremony
under an acre
Angeles National Forest
SUNSET
8 September 2003
Arson/incendiarism
under an acre
Angeles National Forest
TOP
5 September 2020
Debris and open burning
1.0 acres
Los Angeles County Fire Department
not named
5 September 2005
Arson/incendiarism
under an acre
Angeles National Forest
STATION
5 September 2004
Smoking
under an acre
Angeles National Forest
PALMER
4 September 2009
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
2.0 acres
Angeles National Forest
RESERVOIR
30 September 2010
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
15 workings within 5 miles of Padua Hills Theatre: 9 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 unknown, 1 producer.
1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Tungsten, Barium-Barite, Clay. 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
Claremont, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 2003 and 2022: 2 flash flood, 1 wildfire, 1 thunderstorm wind.
No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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.
Strong monsoonal thunderstorms over the Los Angeles county mountains produced flash flooding between Mountain High ski resort and the community of Wrightwood.
A severe thunderstorm moved through the community of Claremont in Los Angeles County. Law enforcement reported numerous trees and power lines down due to thunderstorm winds gusting to 68 MPH.
The Padua Fire, aided by gusty Santa Ana winds, burned thousands of acres in Los Angeles County. As of the end of the month, the fire had yet to be fully contained. The fire had burned over 8,000 acres by the end of October.
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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