La Jolla in San Diego in San Diego County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

St. James-By-The-Sea Episcopal Church Fountain

Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, July 7, 2025

1. St. James-By-The-Sea Episcopal Church Fountain Marker

Inscription.
This Fountain is Given to the Glory of God
in Thanksgiving for the Ministry of
the Rt. Rev. Robert Munro Wolterstorff, D.D.
First Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of San Diego
and
Fifth Rector of St. James-By-The-Sea Episcopal Church
La Jolla, California
by Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Knight
July 26, 1981

The Rev. Benjamin Verdier Lavey, Rector
Capt. Lawrence B. Cook, USN. Ret., Senior Warden
Cmdr. Dirck E. Blawusch, USN. Ret., Junior Warden
Capt. Jack T. Coursin, USN. Ret., Business Administration

Erected 1981.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures.

Location. 32° 50.675′ N, 117° 16.635′ W. Marker is in San Diego, California, in San Diego County. It is in La Jolla. It can be reached from Prospect Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 743 Prospect St, La Jolla CA 92037, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in California’s Peninsular Ranges.

It is also on the American Pacific Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: La Jolla Woman’s Club Building (within shouting distance of this marker); Ellen Browning Scripps (within shouting distance of this marker); San Diego Bottom Scratchers Dive Club (approx. half a mile away); San Diego-La Jolla Underwater Park (approx. half a mile away); Mt. Soledad National Veterans Memorial

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(approx. 1.9 miles away); John “Manila John” Basilone (approx. 1.9 miles away); Conserving California's Coastal Treasures (approx. 2.7 miles away); Surfer's Memorial (approx. 2.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in San Diego.

Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, July 7, 2025

2. St. James-By-The-Sea Episcopal Church Fountain Marker

St. James-By-The-Sea Episcopal Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, July 7, 2025

3. St. James-By-The-Sea Episcopal Church

St. James-By-The-Sea Episcopal Church Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, July 7, 2025

4. St. James-By-The-Sea Episcopal Church Marker

Marker in front of church reads:
Saint James By The Sea
Dedicated October 5, 1930
Consecrated May 3, 1942

Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, July 7, 2025

5. St. James-By-The-Sea Episcopal Church

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