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

San Diego County California (Historic Districts) has 25 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 6 places of National significance and 8 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Balboa Park, Cabrillo National Monument, El Prado Complex, Los Penasquitos Historic and Archeological District and Naval Air Station, San Diego, Historic District.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Yuman, Shoshonan, X;Yunan Complex, San Diequito Complex;Campbe, Ll Tradition;Lajolla Comple, La Jollan And Late Prehistoric, Mexican, Euro-American and Native American dating back to 6999 BC.

Many famous people are associated with these San Diego County historic places including George Alonza Johnson, Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, Malcom J. Rogers, Leo Carrillo, Juan Bautista de Anza and Takwish.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the San Diego County places including Francisco Maria Ruiz, National Park Service, Naval Public Works Center, Bertram G. Goodhue, Navy Bureau of Yards and Docks, George Alonzo Johnson, Carelton M. Winslow, US Lighthouse Board, Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue and Leo Carrillo. Prominent architectural styles found in San Diego Country are Mission/Spanish Revival, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals and Art Deco.

Balboa Park (added 1977 - - #77000331)

CA Quadrangle 41 , San Diego

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Other, Mission/Spanish Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Landscape Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Fair, Park

Current Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Fair, Park

Cabrillo National Monument (added 1966 - - #66000224)

10 mi. from San Diego off U.S. 10, near S tip of Point Loma , San Diego

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

US Lighthouse Board, National Park Service

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Historic Person:

Cabrillo,Juan Rodriguez

Significant Year:

1854, 1891, 1542

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Conservation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1500-1599

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Landscape, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Underwater, Water-Related

Current Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Conservation Area, Monument/Marker, Museum, Water-Related

Coyote Canyon Wild Horse Herd Historic District (added 2007 - - #07000848)

Anza-Borrego State Park , Borrego Springs

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Historic Significance:

Person, Information Potential, Event

Historic Person:

de Anza, Juan Bautista, et.al.

Area of Significance:

Conservation, Exploration/Settlement, Politics/Government, Native American, Historic - Aboriginal, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Historic - Aboriginal

Cultural Affiliation:

Hispanic, Euro-American, Cahuilla

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private, State

Historic Function:

Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Conservation Area

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Conservation Area

El Prado Complex (added 1976 - - #76000515)

Balboa Park , San Diego

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Goodhue,Bertram G., Winslow,Carelton M.

Architectural Style:

Other, Mission/Spanish Revival

Area of Significance:

Art, Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Museum

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum

Fages-De Anza Trail-Southern Emigrant Road (added 1973 - - #73002252)

Also known as Anza-Borrego Desert State Park

Anza-Borrego State Park , Borrego Springs

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Historic Significance:

Event, Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Military, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Historic - Aboriginal, Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Yuman, Shoshonan

Period of Significance:

1900-1750 AD, 1700-1749, 1499-1000 AD

Owner:

State, Private

Historic Function:

Landscape, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Road-Related, Underwater

Current Function:

Landscape, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Park, Road-Related, Underwater

Gaslamp Quarter Historic District (added 1980 - - #80000841)

Also known as Stingaree

Bounded by RR tracks, Broadway, 4th, and 6th Sts. , San Diego

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian, Art Deco

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture, Commerce, Community Planning And Development, Industry

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Clubhouse, Hotel, Restaurant, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Hotel, Parking Lot, Restaurant, Specialty Store, Theater

Gregory Mountain (Chokia) (added 2006 - - #06000106)

Address Restricted , Pauma

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Historic Significance:

Event, Person

Historic Person:

Takwish

Area of Significance:

Religion, Native American

Cultural Affiliation:

Luiseno

Owner:

Federal, Local, Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Ceremonial Site

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Ceremonial Site

Harris, C. W., Site Archeological District (added 1994 - - #93001520)

Also known as CA-SDI-149;CA-SDI-316;CA-SDI-318;CA-SDI-319A;CA-SDI-319B;CA-

Address Restricted , Rancho Santa Fe

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Historic Significance:

Person, Information Potential, Event

Historic Person:

Rogers, Malcom J.

Significant Year:

1938

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

X;Yunan Complex, San Diequito Complex;Campbe, Ll Tradition;Lajolla Comple

Period of Significance:

5000-6999 BC, 3000-4999 BC, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1900-1750 AD, 1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-2999 BC, 1000 AD-999 BC

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Camp

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Unoccupied Land

Heilman Villas (added 1992 - - #92000319)

Also known as Babcock Court

1060, 1070, 1080, 1090 Seventh St. and 706--720 (even nos.) Orange Ave. , Coronado

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Hellman,Robert

Architectural Style:

Other, Mission/Spanish Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel, Multiple Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Kuchamaa (added 1992 - - #92001268)

Also known as Tecate Peak

SE of San Diego at the US--Mexico border , Tecate

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Religion

Cultural Affiliation:

Juaneno, Kumeyaay

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Federal, State

Historic Function:

Religion

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Ceremonial Site

Los Penasquitos Historic and Archeological District (added 2006 - - #06000613)

Also known as SDI-8125;SDI-8125H, Los Penasquitos Ranch;Johnson--Taylor Adobe

12020 Black Mountain Rd. , San Diego

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Historic Significance:

Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Johnson, George Alonzo, Ruiz, Francisco Maria

Architectural Style:

Other

Historic Person:

Johnson, George Alonza

Significant Year:

1862, 1823

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Agriculture, Prehistoric, Historic - Aboriginal, Historic - Non-Aboriginal

Cultural Affiliation:

La Jollan And Late Prehistoric, Mexican, Euro-American

Period of Significance:

3000-4999 BC, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1000-2999 BC, 1000 AD-999 BC

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Road-Related, Single Dwelling, Village Site

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum, Outdoor Recreation

Marine Corps Recruit Depot Historic District (added 1991 - - #90001477)

S of jct. of Barnett Ave. and Pacific Hwy. , San Diego

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Goodhue,Bertram G., Dawson Construction Co.

Architectural Style:

Mission/Spanish Revival

Area of Significance:

Military, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Defense

Historic Sub-function:

Military Facility

Current Function:

Defense

Current Sub-function:

Military Facility

Naval Air Station, San Diego, Historic District (added 1991 - - #91000590)

Also known as Naval Air Station,North Island

Naval Air Station, North Island, N. shore , San Diego

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Goodhue,Bertram Grosvenor, Navy Bureau of Yards and Docks

Architectural Style:

Mission/Spanish Revival

Area of Significance:

Military, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Defense

Historic Sub-function:

Air Facility

Current Function:

Defense

Current Sub-function:

Air Facility

Naval Training Station (added 2001 - - #00000426)

Also known as Naval Training Center--San Diego

Barnett St. and Rosecrans Blvd. , San Diego

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Naval Public Works Center

Architectural Style:

Mission/Spanish Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Military

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Defense

Historic Sub-function:

Military Facility

Current Function:

Defense

Current Sub-function:

Military Facility

Old Town San Diego Historic District (added 1971 - - #71000182)

Also known as Pueblo de San Diego

Jct. of US 5 and US 80 , San Diego

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Military, Social History

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Domestic, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Plaza, Village Site

Current Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum, Park

Rancho De Los Kiotes (added 1992 - - #92000261)

Also known as Rancho De Los Quiotes;Leo Carillo Ranch;Flying L.C.

6200 Flying L.C. Lane , Carlsbad

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Historic Significance:

Person

Historic Person:

Carrillo,Leo

Area of Significance:

Hispanic

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Work In Progress

Rockwell Field (added 1991 - - #75002185)

North Island , San Diego

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Kahn,Albert, Et al.

Architectural Style:

Mission/Spanish Revival

Area of Significance:

Military, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Defense

Historic Sub-function:

Air Facility

Current Function:

Defense

Current Sub-function:

Air Facility

Rosicrucian Fellowship Temple (added 1995 - - #95000390)

2222 Mission Ave. , Oceanside

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Cramer, Lester

Architectural Style:

Other, Mission/Spanish Revival

Area of Significance:

Religion, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Commerce, Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure

San Diego Civic Center (added 1988 - - #88000554)

Also known as San Diego County Administration Center

1600 Pacific Hwy. , San Diego

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Hamill,Samuel W., Et al.

Architectural Style:

Other, Mission/Spanish Revival, Moderne

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Art, Engineering, Community Planning And Development, Landscape Architecture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government, Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Garden, Government Office, Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Government Office

San Diego State College (added 1997 - - #97000924)

Also known as San Diego State Teachers College; San Diego State University

5300 Campanile Dr. , San Diego

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

multiple

Architectural Style:

Mission/Spanish Revival

Historic Person:

multiple

Area of Significance:

Education, Social History, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

College

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

College

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

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