Note: These contexts can be used to nominate and register thematically-related properties or to evaluate the National Register eligibility of related properties. Properties can be nominated to the National Register if they fit within the definitions of an already established historic context, allowing much simpler and shorter nomination forms. National Register Bulletins 16A and 16B provide information on how to use these contexts.

For more information about how to nominate properties to the National Register using a Multiple Property Document context, watch this video and contact Registration Unit staff.

Multiple Covers (Historic Contexts) developed for other states and themes are also available online through the NPS Focus database.


African Americans in Los Angeles MPS 


Architectural and Historic Resources of Auburn, California MPS


Architecture of Albert Frey, The


Architecture of E. Stewart Williams MPS


Arts and Crafts in Pasadena MPS


 Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in California MPS


Berkeley, University of California MRA


Big Basin Redwoods MPS


Bungalow Courts of Pasadena TR


California Carnegie Libraries MPS


Case Study Houses MPS


Civilian Conservation Corps in California State Parks MPS


Cultural Resources of Recent Past, City of Pasadena MPS 


Desert Training Center/California-Arizona Maneuver Area (DTC/C-AMA) MPS - Not Scanned Yet


Early Automobile-Related Properties in Pasadena MPS


Earth Figures of California--Arizona Colorado River Basin TR


Historic Highway Bridges of California MPD


Historic Park Landscapes in National and State Parks MPS


Historic Residential Suburbs MPS (Note: External link to National Park Service website)


Historic Resources of Martinez, California MPS


Hollister MPS


La Grange MRA Lassen Volcanic National Park MPS


Late 19th-Early 20th Century Architecture in Pasadena MPS


Latinos in 20th Century California MPS


Light Stations of California MPS


Lilian Rice Designed Buildings in Rancho Santa Fe MPS


Los Angeles Branch Library System TR


 Native Americans and the California Mission System MPDF


Newlands Reclamation TR


Point Arena MPS


Recreation Residence Tracts in the National Forests of California from 1906-1959 - Not Scanned Yet


Residential Architecture of John Lautner in Southern California


Residential Architecture of Pasadena: Influence of the Arts and Crafts Movement MPS


Torrance High School Campus TR


Twentieth Century Folk Art Environment in California TR


U.S. Highway 66 in California MPS


US Post Offices in California 1900-1941 TR