National Register of Historic Places - California (CA), San Diego County

San Diego County California (Page 4) has 29 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 4 places of National significance and 9 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Scripps, George H., Memorial Marine Biological Laboratory, Torrey Pines Gliderport, US Inspection Station--Tecate, Warner's Ranch and Shaffer, Charles A., House.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include La Jollan Complex, Kumeyaay, Hakataya and Native American dating back to 8999 BC.

Several famous people are associated with these San Diego County historic places including Jonathan Trumbull Warner, Dr. Edward L. Hardy, A.H. Sweet and George V. Thomas.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the San Diego County places including Irving Gill, U.S.Treasury Department, Perl Acton, Lilian Jenette Rice, W.A. Stratton, Irving John Gill, George C. Sellon, Nathan Ellery, Santa Fe Railroad and Richard Requa. Prominent architectural styles found in San Diego Country are Mission/Spanish Revival, Gothic and Queen Anne.

Scripps, George H., Memorial Marine Biological Laboratory (added 1977 - - #77000330)

Also known as Old Scripps Building

8602 La Jolla Shores Dr. , La Jolla

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Science

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

Research Facility

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

Research Facility

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Shaffer, Charles A., House (added 1991 - - #91000944)

5610 La Crescenta , Rancho Santa Fe

Sanfranman59, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Rice,Lilian Jenette

Architectural Style:

Mission/Spanish Revival

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Sorrento Valley Site (added 1975 - - #75000466)

Also known as Rimbach Ranch

Address Restricted , San Diego

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

La Jollan Complex, Kumeyaay, Hakataya

Period of Significance:

7000-8999 BC, 5000-6999 BC, 3000-4999 BC, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-2999 BC, 1000 AD-999 BC

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Graves/Burials, Village Site

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Underwater

Spreckels Theatre Building (added 1975 - - #75000467)

123 W. Broadway , San Diego

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Albright,Harrison

Architectural Style:

Chicago

Area of Significance:

Art, Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Theater

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Theater

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St. Matthew's Episcopal Church (added 1973 - - #73000432)

521 E. 8th St. , National City

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Crocker,Mr.

Architectural Style:

Gothic

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Religion

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure

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Station and General Office, California Southern Railroad (added 1996 - - #96000424)

Also known as California Southern Railroad Station;National City Santa Fe

900 W. 23rd St. , National City

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Stratton,W.A., Santa Fe Railroad

Architectural Style:

Italianate

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

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Sunnyslope Lodge (added 1999 - - #99001180)

3733 Robinson Mews , San Diego

Ric carson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Gill, Irving John

Architectural Style:

Mission/Spanish Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Sweet, A. H., Residence and Adjacent Small House (added 1987 - - #87000621)

435 W. Spruce and 3141 Curlew Sts. , San Diego

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Mead & Requa, Sessions,Kate

Architectural Style:

Other

Historic Person:

Sweet,A.H.

Significant Year:

1914

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Unknown

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Table Mountain District (added 1983 - - #83003593)

Address Restricted , Jacumba

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Native American

Period of Significance:

1499-1000 AD

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Camp, Village Site

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Camp

Talmadge Park Estates Historic District (added 2024 - - #100010106)

Roughly bounded by 44th and 49th Streets; Norma, Constance and Natalie Drives; Adams and Monroe Avenues, San Diego

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Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Teacher Training School Building--San Diego State Normal School (added 1999 - - #98001193)

Also known as Teacher Training School Building;San Diego State Teachers Co

4345 Campus Ave. , San Diego

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Historic Significance:

Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Ellery, Nathan, Sellon, George C.

Architectural Style:

Renaissance

Historic Person:

Hardy, Dr. Edward L.

Significant Year:

1910

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

College

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

College

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Temple Beth Israel (added 2000 - - #00001179)

2504-2512 Third Ave. , San Diego

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Wheeler, William H.

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Church School, Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure

REMOVED

Temple Beth Israel (added 1983 - - #78000752)

1502 2nd Ave. , San Diego

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Religion

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Social

Current Sub-function:

Meeting Hall

Terwilliger, Claude and Florence, House (added 1991 - - #91000945)

5880 San Elijo , Rancho Santa Fe

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Rice,Lilian Jenette

Architectural Style:

Mission/Spanish Revival

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Thomas House (added 1992 - - #92001684)

Also known as Turrentine House

208 E. Fifth Ave. , Escondido

Scerruti, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Person

Historic Person:

Thomas,George V.

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling, Trade (Archeology)

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Torrey Pines Gilderport (Boundary Increase) (added 2008 - - #08001160)

2800 Torrey Pines Scenic Dr. , La Jolla

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Invention, Entertainment/Recreation

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Local, State

Historic Function:

Education, Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Air-Related, College, Natural Feature, Outdoor Recreation, Research Facility, Sport Facility

Current Function:

Education, Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Air-Related, College, Natural Feature, Outdoor Recreation, Research Facility, Sport Facility

Torrey Pines Gliderport (added 1993 - - #93000578)

W of Torrey Pines Rd., bordering Torrey Pines Scenic Dr. and S and W of Torrey Pines Golf Course , San Diego

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation, Invention, Transportation

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

State, Local

Historic Function:

Education, Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Air-Related, College, Natural Feature, Outdoor Recreation, Research Facility, Sport Facility

Current Function:

Education, Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Air-Related, College, Natural Feature, Outdoor Recreation, Research Facility, Sport Facility

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Torrey Pines Lodge (added 1998 - - #98000699)

Also known as Torrey Pines State Reserve Visitor Center

12201 Torrey Pines Park Rd. , San Diego

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

et.al., Requa, Richard

Architectural Style:

Pueblo

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Conservation

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Outdoor Recreation, Parking Lot, Restaurant, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Outdoor Recreation, Parking Lot

More Information:

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Torrey Pines Park Road (added 1998 - - #98001248)

Also known as Roosevelt Memorial Drive

Roughly the North/South R. within Torrey Pines State Reserve , San Diego

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Engineering

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Road-Related

Current Function:

Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Road-Related

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U.S. Courthouse (added 1975 - - #75000468)

Also known as U.S. Custom and Courthouse

325 W. F St. , San Diego

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Taylor,James Knox

Architectural Style:

Mission/Spanish Revival, Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Courthouse, Customhouse

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Courthouse, Customhouse

More Information:

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U.S. Inspection Station/U.S. Custom House (added 1983 - - #83001228)

Virginia and Tijuana Sts. , San Ysidro

Chris857, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Wetmore,James A.

Architectural Style:

Mission/Spanish Revival

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Customhouse

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Customhouse

More Information:

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US Inspection Station--Tecate (added 1992 - - #91001748)

Also known as US Border Station

CA 188 , Tecate

Sanfranman59, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

U.S.Treasury Department

Architectural Style:

Other, Mission/Spanish Revival

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Hispanic, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Customhouse

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Customhouse

More Information:

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US Post Office--Downtown Station (added 1985 - - #85000137)

815 E St. , San Diego

Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Johnson,William Templeton

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Post Office

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Post Office

More Information:

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University Heights Water Storage and Pumping Station Historic District (added 2013 - - #13000417)

4236 Idaho St., San Diego

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

International Style, Mission/Spanish Revival

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Engineering

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Verlaque, Theophile, House (added 1991 - - #91000548)

Also known as Verlaque House

645 Main St. , Ramona

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Verlaque,Theophile

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling, Storage

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum

More Information:

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Villa Montezuma (added 1971 - - #71000183)

Also known as Shepard, Jesse, House

1925 K St. , San Diego

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Comstock & Trotsche

Architectural Style:

Exotic Revival, Queen Anne, Gothic

Area of Significance:

Art, Architecture, Literature, Entertainment/Recreation, Philosophy

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Warner's Ranch (added 1966 - - #66000228)

4 mi. S of Warner Springs , Warner Springs

Sanfranman59, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Person

Historic Person:

Warner,Jonathan Trumbull

Significant Year:

1861, 1849

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Hotel

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

More Information:

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Watts Building (added 1979 - - #79000526)

Also known as Robinson Building or, Gaslamp Plaza and Jewelers Exchange

520 E St. , San Diego

Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Bristow & Lyman, Engstum Co.

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Financial Institution, Professional

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Business, Financial Institution, Professional

More Information:

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Wiipuk uun'yaw Trail (added 2017 - - #100000463)

Also known as Cottonwood Trail, CA-SDI-18222, Desert Path

Address Restricted, Mount Laguna

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Area of Significance:

Transportation, Prehistoric, Historic - Aboriginal, Religion, Native American, Social History