The Eaton Fire was a destructive, Santa Ana wind-driven firestorm in Los Angeles County, Southern California. It began on the evening of 7 January 2025 in Eaton Canyon in the San Gabriel Mountains and raged through nearby foothill communities, particularly Altadena. The fire killed at least 19 people and destroyed more than 9,000 buildings. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Place |
|---|---|---|
| 1887/00/00 | A Queen Anne Style dwelling designed by Frederick L Roehrig is built at 654 E Mariposa Street in Altadena, California, as a winter residence for Andrew McNally. The NRHP home was destroyed by the Eaton Fire 8 January 2025. | |
| 1904/00/00 | Designed by Charles W Buchanan, a Craftsman style house is built by C N Stanley at 209 E Mariposa Street in Altadena, California, for William Armiger Scripps. Know as Scripps Hall, the NRHP building burned down in the 2025 Eaton Fire. | |
| 1907/00/00 | A reinforced-concrete, fireproof home is built at 396 E Mariposa Street in Altadena, CA, for Arthur Woodward and his wife Edith. The Mission-Spanish Revival home was burned to an empty shell in the Eaton fire and later razed. | |
| 1920/00/00 | Zane Grey buys the Woodward home at 396 E Mariposa Street in Altadena, CA, and adds a third-floor writing room. The Mission-Spanish Revival residence was destroyed by the Eaton fire and later razed. | |
| 1924/00/00 | The Walter D Valentine Cottage B at 1419 E Palm Street in Altadena is expanded and remodeled under the direction of Henry Greene, 1922 to 1924. Originally built in 1912, the NRHP Craftsman style house was destroyed in the Eaton Fire. | |
| 2025/01/07 | A wildfire starts on the evening of January 7th in Eaton Canyon in the San Gabriel Mountains, northeast of Altadena, California. Powerful Santa Ana winds will drive the fire into a conflagration. | Altadena, CA, California |
| 2025/01/31 | After burning for 24 days, the Eaton Fire is fully contained. The conflagration killed at least 19 people and destroyed more than 9,000 buildings. | |
| 2026/06/00 | The Fair Political Practices Commission issues a $31,500 fine to Governor Newsom for 36 additional late behested payment disclosures mostly tied to 2024 and 2025 wildfire relief donations. | California State Capitol, Sacramento |
In 1906, Arthur H Woodward, President of International Register Company (now Intermatic Corporation) of Chicago, Illinois and his wife commissioned prominent architects Myron Hunt and Elmer Grey to build their Altadena, California home. The Woodward's had very specific requests about the construction of their home. They requested that the home be made entirely of reinforced concrete and must be made to be entirely fireproof. This was due to Mrs Woodward being a survivor of the Iroquois Theater fire of 1903 in Chicago. Furthermore, the doors to the first floor all open outward allowing for easy egress.
Woodward family accounts recall that Mrs Woodward was saved from being trampled to death due to someone seeing her arm waving underneath the victims of the fire. It was her request that the house be made as fireproof as possible, and since they were moving to California, it was also constructed to withstand an earthquake. It is estimated that the Woodward house and surrounding property cost in excess of $100,000 to construct in 1907.
The first major modification was in 1920 when the house was purchased by Zane Grey. Shortly after Zane Grey acquired the property, he added a 700 square foot writing studio as a third floor, directly over the foyer. The third floor was designed to provide complete privacy to Grey while writing. The third floor was designed in two sections that are separated by a support beam. The ceiling of the third floor is barrel-vaulted and comes together at the support beam. The room has built in bookcases that line the perimeter of much of the studio. Most of Grey's novels, articles and periodicals from 1920 until his death in 1939 were written in the east wing. His desk and famous Morris chair were positioned in front of the fireplace, although some early photographs show him facing the large picture window. - NRHP, 9 September 2002
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