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Historical Markers and War Memorials in San Diego
San Diego, California and Vicinity
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GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| On North Harbor Drive north of West Ash Street. |
| | The “Star of India,” a three masted bark, is the oldest iron-hulled merchant ship afloat. Built on the Isle of Man, Great Britain, she was launched in 1863 and christened “Euterpe”, the trans-Pacific trade from 1871-1898 . . . — — Map (db m50848) HM |
| On Market Street at Fouth Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Market Street. |
| | The original building on this site housed Klauber's and Levi's wholesale business. It suffered from a collapsed foundation in 1887 and was destroyed by fire in 1888. Rebuilt in 1889, this building continued to be home to Abraham Klauber's and Simon . . . — — Map (db m155044) HM |
| Near Twiggs Street near Calhoun Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Originally built as the St. Joseph’s Rectory at the corner of Fourth Avenue and Beech Street downtown, this building was moved through the streets of San Diego to this site in 1940. Here, it was used by the Catholic Church as a seminary, convent, . . . — — Map (db m71059) HM |
| On Conde Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Originally built as the home of San Diego’s John Brown in 1850, the house was converted to a church by Don Jose Aguirre in 1858. Father Antonio D. Ubach , formally a missionary among the Indians, was parish priest here from 1866 to 1907. It is said . . . — — Map (db m11652) HM |
| Near Twiggs Street near Calhoun Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | The Casa de Aguirre, like many of Old Town’s original buildings, was constructed of adobe. Adobe bricks, flooring, roof tiles, and other materials were made locally by combining clay, sand, water and straw and pouring this mixture into wooden forms. . . . — — Map (db m71060) HM |
| Near Convention Way at Marina Park Way, on the right when traveling west. |
| |
San Diego’s Cultural Oasis
Located just minutes away from downtown San Diego, Balboa Park provides an enriching experience for more than 14 million visitors from near and far each year. Referred to as “the Smithsonian of the . . . — — Map (db m73907) HM |
| On 4th Avenue at Broadway Court / E Street on 4th Avenue. |
| | The Balboa Theatre
Has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
1924 — — Map (db m51457) HM |
| On Rosecrans Street at Guijarros Road on Rosecrans Street. |
| | Late in 1857, the three Johnson brothers and the twin Packard brothers came to this site to survey possibilities for a station to "try out" or extract whale oil. Their operations began the next year. In 1869 the U.S. Government acquired the property . . . — — Map (db m81235) HM |
| | A pioneer newspaper of California
Founded October 10, 1868 — — Map (db m11661) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m11664) HM |
| | Near this site the initial point of the boundary between the United States of America and the Republic of Mexico was established October 10, 1849.
Today, the flag of the United States of America is again raised to symbolize friendship between the . . . — — Map (db m51587) HM |
| On North Harbor Drive, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Until the 1980's, carriers launched aircraft with a wire cable, or bridle, which pulled the aircraft down the catapult track. At the end of the track the aircraft detached from the bridle as it flew off the bow. After the aircraft separated, the . . . — — Map (db m130535) HM |
| Near 4th Avenue at Island Avenue. |
| | Bum
San Diego’s Official Town Dog
Died November 10, 1898 – Aged 12 Years
Loved by everyone – owned by no one. His name suited him because he arrived as a town stowaway, befriended everyone and “bummed” quality food . . . — — Map (db m52910) HM |
| On Rosecrans Street at Guijarros Road on Rosecrans Street. |
| | Commemorating the visit of the officers and men
Buque Escuela Juan Sebastian de Elcano
in homage to their comrades-at-arms who at this place raised and defended the flag of Spain - 1797 to 1821
Dedicado en pax y amistad
San Diego, . . . — — Map (db m81237) HM |
| On Rosecrans Street at Guijarros Road on Rosecrans Street. |
| | Seeking the mythical Strait of Anián (the Northwest Passage) for Spain, on September 28, 1542, Iberian navigator Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo brought his three ships to Ballast Point, the first European landing on the coast of Alta California. . . . — — Map (db m81236) HM |
| | The first three sailing vessels to enter San Diego Bay came from the direction you are facing. They were the San Salvador, the Victoria and the San Miguel - Spanish vessels commanded by Juan Rodriquez Cabrillo. The San . . . — — Map (db m15439) HM |
| On El Prado, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Built for the 1915 Panama-California Exposition, the Plaza de California and its surrounding buildings created a grand entrance to the Exposition, announced by the ornate west archway. The California Building and Tower stand at the north, while the . . . — — Map (db m127568) HM |
| On 5th Ave at Island Avenue, on the left when traveling north on 5th Ave. |
| | In 1886, Till Burnes leased this structure as his Acme Saloon. Here he kept his menagerie which included a wildcat, noisy monkeys, an anteater, and his pet bear who escaped on a least two occasions. The bear was also known to lick the face or even . . . — — Map (db m109358) HM |
| Near Juan Street near Wallace Street. |
| | Presidio Comandante Francisco Maria Ruiz built this house next to his 1808 pear garden late in 1821 for his close relative and fellow soldier, Joaquin Carrillo, and his large family. From this adobe dwelling, in April 1829, daughter Josefa . . . — — Map (db m82465) HM |
| On Twiggs Street west of Congress Street. |
| | Built by Juan Francisco Lopez, one of San Diego's early Spanish settlers, the Casa Larga, or Long House, was among the first substantial houses built in the Pueblo of San Diego about 1835. In 1846 it was the home of Juan Matias Moreno, secretary to . . . — — Map (db m11128) HM |
| | Miguel Pedrorena Jr. built this adobe structure in 1869. It was the final adobe built in Old Town. In January 1871 Pedrorena gave the building to his sister Isabel de Altamirano, joining together two pioneer California families. Isabel and her . . . — — Map (db m11777) HM |
| On 4th Avenue, on the left when traveling north. |
| | While it appears to be part of the Quin Building, this structure is actually a separate addition built by Thomas Quin. Between 1930 and 1944, it was leased to several proprietors, and operated as an automobile service garage known as the Empire . . . — — Map (db m52685) HM |
| | Looff came to America in 1870 at the age of 18. After settling in Brookly, N.Y., and being trained previously as a woodcarver in Schlesmig Holstein (then a Danish Province). His first five years in America were spent as a furniture maker by day and . . . — — Map (db m141331) HM |
| On 3rd Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The original tenants of the two-story, Oriental-theme structure were the Gee Goon Tong, famous for their help in plotting the 1912 revolution which formed the Republic of China. The Benevolent Society was founded in 1920 as an outgrowth of the Tong, . . . — — Map (db m52949) HM |
| On Talbot Street at Anchorage Lane, on the right when traveling south on Talbot Street. |
| | From around 1860 to the early 1890's, the Chinese had a fishing village at this site along the La Playa Trail. The village had ten shanties, drying racks and salting tanks. At the shore was a shipbuilding facility where Chinese junks were . . . — — Map (db m82320) HM |
| On 4th Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The south half of this building was the Hop Lee Chong Laundry, a Chinese laundry in continuous use from the building's construction in 1923 until 1964. The north half was the home of several Oriental businesses such as the "American Company", . . . — — Map (db m52651) HM |
| On 3rd Avenue at J Street, on the right when traveling south on 3rd Avenue. |
| | This California Mission Revival-style building was designed by Louis Gill, nephew and protege of Irving Gill. The facade of the one-story chapel features a sloping red-tile roof over a central bell tower. The Chinese Mission, located in the building . . . — — Map (db m52947) HM |
| | [Front]:
Awards
Navy Cross for the 25 October 1944 action off Samar. Admiral Sprague was aboard the escort carrier, USS Fanshaw Bay during this engagement.
Legion of Merit Medal for his command of the USS Wasp.
Gold Star in lieu of . . . — — Map (db m8521) HM |
| | Built in 1941, The Command Center was the focal point of the base. These were offices for the highest-ranking officers, including the Admiral in Command of the Center; the Station Commander, a Captain in charge of the buildings; the Recruit Training . . . — — Map (db m50741) HM |
| On 4th Avenue, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Throughout the Gaslamp, this is the only building with an original second story balcony. The upstairs has operated as rented rooms under the names of the Cotheret, Ardmore, and Gaslamp Hotel. The Canary Cottage, run by San Diego's most notorious . . . — — Map (db m52688) HM |
| Near El Prado, on the right when traveling west. |
| | A Man of Vision - A Dynamic Leader - A Developer and Builder
A Great and Lovable Character
The Creative Genius
Of The Panama-California Exposition Of 1915
An Inspiration to the Citizens of Today. — — Map (db m127131) HM |
| On Presidio Drive at Taylor Street, on the right when traveling west on Presidio Drive. |
| | Until 1853 the erratic San Diego River dumped tons of debris into the harbor or poured into False Bay, now Mission Bay. At times it threatened to destroy Old Town San Diego. Lieutenant George Horatio Derby, U.S. Topographical Corps, built a dike . . . — — Map (db m11136) HM |
| On San Diego Avenue at Twiggs Street, on the right when traveling south on San Diego Avenue. |
| | Don Jose Antonio Aguirre built his adobe mansion on this site on or just prior to 1868. Because the Casa de Aguirre was one of the first houses in Old Town, the Aguirre – Antonio, his wife Rosaria and their many children – are considered . . . — — Map (db m11648) HM |
| Near Convention Way at Marina Park Way, on the right when traveling west. |
| | "Go forth, with spirit, the civic vision, and the courage to build the city of your dreams." —Alonzo E. Horton
A Vibrant New Town
The most striking evidence of the city’s downtown renaissance is its skyline. From the sculptural . . . — — Map (db m73906) HM |
| | This plaque is placed on the 250th anniversary of the birth of California’s Apostle Padre Junipero Serra O.F.M., to mark the Southern terminus of El Camino Real as Padre Serra knew it and helped to blaze it.
1713 – November 24 – 1963 . . . — — Map (db m11958) HM |
| | El Campo Santo once included The Adobe Chapel on Conde Street, in which is buried Jose Antonio Aguirre and where funeral services were held for Maria Victoria Dominguez Estrillo, Cave Johnson Couts, and many distinguished early San Diegans, between . . . — — Map (db m11672) HM |
| On Farragut Road east of Rosecrans Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | A landing near this point was used on May 1, 1769, by men from the San Antonio and San Carlos to bring fresh water from the San Diego River close by to the anchorage in the bay. For almost a century the landing and channel were used by . . . — — Map (db m51079) HM |
| Near Torrey Pines Park Road 0.9 miles south of North Torrey Pines Road (County Road S21), on the left when traveling south. |
| | “the heart of a nurse, the courage of an astronaut and a capacity to give both generously and wisely” – Thomas O. Scripps
The philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps (1836—1932) holds a special and endearing place . . . — — Map (db m142943) HM |
| Near San Diego Avenue at Mason Street. |
| |
Estudillo House
has been designated a
Registered National
Historic Landmark
under the provisions of the
Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935
This site possesses exceptional value
in commemorating or illustrating
the . . . — — Map (db m11781) HM |
| On San Diego Avenue at Twiggs Street, on the right when traveling south on San Diego Avenue. |
| | Antonio Dominic Ubach, passionate advocate for California Native Americans, and defender of Indian rights, ran St. Anthony’s Indian School on this site from 1856 to 1891. Father Ubach, created programs to help hundreds of Indian children adapt to an . . . — — Map (db m11647) HM |
| On North Harbor Drive at West Ash Street on North Harbor Drive. |
| | The steam ferryboat "Berkeley" was the first successful west coast-built and operated ferry to be driven by a screw propeller as opposed to side-wheels. Built by the famous Union Iron Works of San Francisco in 1898, the ferry operated until 1958 as . . . — — Map (db m51330) HM |
| On Rosecrans Street at Kephart Road, on the right when traveling south on Rosecrans Street. |
| | This boulder erected November 12, 1932 by Court San Diego de Alcalá, No. 1099 of the Catholic Daughters of America, to commemorate the first Holy Mass celebrated in California, November 12, 1602 upon the arrival on this site of Sebastián Vizcaíno . . . — — Map (db m81238) HM |
| Near Mason Street north of San Diego Avenue, on the left when traveling north. |
| | On this site the United States Flag was first raised in Southern California by Lt. Stephen C. Rowan U.S.N., Commanding Sailors and Marines July 29, 1846. — — Map (db m145635) HM |
| | 1847 First fire-brick structure in San Diego. Constructed by Mormon Battalion.
1849 Headquarters of the U.S. Boundary Commission
1850 Served as courthouse, church, school, and polling place over next two decades. . . . — — Map (db m84183) HM |
| On Rosecrans Street at Guijarros Road on Rosecrans Street. |
| | An outpost of Spain's far flung empire at its greatest extent, this fort was completed before 1800 from plans drawn by Alberto de Córdoba in 1795. Its major action came under Corporal José Velásquez on March 22, 1803, in the "Battle of San Diego . . . — — Map (db m143528) HM |
| On Rosecrans Street at Guijarros Road on Rosecrans Street. |
| | President Millard Fillmore's executive order of 1852 created a U. S. Preserve on Point Loma. From 1870 to 1873 the coast artillery corpsmen evicted whalers from the site in order to begin the military installation. In 1899 it was named for William . . . — — Map (db m81222) HM |
| Near Cabrillo Memorial Drive (State Highway 209), on the right when traveling south. |
| | A burial ground before 1847, this graveyard became an Army post cemetery in the 1860s. It is the final resting place for most who fell at San Pasqual in 1846, and for the USS Bennington victims of 1905. It became Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in . . . — — Map (db m82324) HM |
| | Fortified briefly by Carlos Carrillo in 1838. This site became Fort Dupont (July –November 1846) after American forces took Old Town during the Mexican War. Retaken and held briefly by the Californios, it fell once more to the Americans, who . . . — — Map (db m81720) HM |
| | In this ancient Indian village of Cosoy Discovered and named San Miguel by Cabrillo in 1542 Visited and christened San Diego de Alcala by Viscaino in 1602 Here the first citizen Fray Junipero Serra Planted civilization in California Here he . . . — — Map (db m13055) HM |
| On Market Street at 4th Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Market Street. |
| | The Frey Block Building contains a rich ethnic history. In its first few years, the Frey brothers from France operated a second hand store here. The site later housed several Oriental restaurants. Near one entrance, one can find a tile advertisement . . . — — Map (db m52690) HM |
| On 6th Avenue at F Street, on the right when traveling south on 6th Avenue. |
| | This three-story structure was built to replace the landmark Horton’s Hall, which was partially destroyed by fire. The building was designed for five storerooms on the first floor, and thirty offices on the upper floors. The San Diego Normal School, . . . — — Map (db m51597) HM |
| |
Piece by piece through many years he acquired these acres, the site of the first Spanish settlement in California. He erected this building. He planted the trees and shrubs and nurtured their growth with tireless devotion, and when the barren . . . — — Map (db m84997) HM |
| On Cushing Road north of Roosevelt Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The two larger mounts are 5-inch 51 calibre guns which were found on older battleships. This gun was designed to engage surface craft, especially swift torpedo boats that were too fast to be tracked and destroyed by a battleship’s large main guns. . . . — — Map (db m52029) HM |
| On Cushing Road south of Dewey Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The three weapons are 3-inch 50 calibre duel purpose guns. Developed in the 1930s, the design was light weight for its time and used until automatic anti-aircraft weapons were perfected. This weapon was favored on smaller ships such as support . . . — — Map (db m52030) HM |
| On India Street at West Fir Street, on the right when traveling north on India Street. |
| | Sergeant John Basilone was one of the first enlisted Marines to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor of World War II. He was also posthumously awarded the Navy Cross.
He was born to Italian immigrants, Salvatore and Dora Basilone, in . . . — — Map (db m83897) HM WM |
| Near Cabrillo Memorial Drive. |
| | No lighthouse kept vigil over the harbor four centuries ago when Cabrillo sailed into the bay. There were no channel buoys, fog horns, or local charts to guide mariners safely to anchor. Today, however, the Coast Guard and Port of San Diego provide . . . — — Map (db m84888) HM |
| On Island Avenue at 4th Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Island Avenue. |
| | San Diego’s oldest Victorian hotel, the Grand Hotel was renamed the Hotel Horton in 1907, and is now the Horton Grand. In 1981, the Horton and the Kahle Saddlery, both located at different sites and slated for demolition, were disassembled, moved . . . — — Map (db m51358) HM |
| On Market Street at 6th Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Market Street. |
| | A joint effort of the Masonic and Odd Fellows Lodges, this Classical Revival-style building required nearly a decade to complete due to a lack of money and materials. A parade kicked off the long awaited laying of the cornerstone, into which was . . . — — Map (db m51620) HM |
| | En homenaje a la expedición española
integrada por los buques
San Salvador, Victoria y San Miguel
que arribó a San Diego
el 28 de septiembre de 1542
a mando de
Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo
quien tomó posesión de estas tierras
en . . . — — Map (db m85405) HM |
| Near Cabrillo Memorial Drive. |
| |
1st United States Dragoons
Company C
Sergent. John Cox • Corporl William. C. West • Private George Ashmead • Private Joseph T. Campbell • Private Williamm. Dalton • Private John Dunlop • Private Joseph B. Kennedy • Private William. C. Leckey . . . — — Map (db m82318) HM WM |
| Near Cabrillo Memorial Drive. |
| | whose members made the longest military march in U.S. History of over 2000 miles from Iowa to San Diego in 1846 – 1847 during the war with Mexico.
Albert Warren Dunham
Private – Company B
23 May 1828 – 11 May 1847
. . . — — Map (db m82319) HM WM |
| Near Cushing Road north of Roosevelt Road. |
| | Panel 1 This plaza is dedicated to the memory of Osmond K. Ingram Gunner's Mate First Class United States Navy who sacrificed his life in an effort to save his ship and shipmates during an engagement between the U.S.S. Cassin and . . . — — Map (db m51535) HM |
| | To the Portuguese Navigator
João-Rodrigues Cabrilho
A tribute from the Portuguese Navy
— — Map (db m12887) HM |
| Near Black Mountain Road near Mercy Road. |
| | Established in 1862 by George Alonzo Johnson. The residence and later additions were used as a hotel, bunkhouse, and quarters for a working cattle ranch into the 1960's. Acquired by the County of San Diego in 1974, added to the National Register of . . . — — Map (db m74495) HM |
| |
[Upper Marker]
Dedicated to
Juan Bandini
1800 – 1859
Patriot and Friend of the United States
[Lower Marker]
This structure has been
recorded by the
Historic American
Buildings Survey
of the United . . . — — Map (db m143529) HM |
| | On this hill July 16, 1769, Padre Junipero Serra and the soldiers of Spain set the royal standard raised the cross and dedicated the Mission San Diego de Alcala — — Map (db m51993) HM |
| On Garnet Avenue at Pico Street, on the right when traveling west on Garnet Avenue. |
| | This plaque commemorates the life and influence of a woman who envisioned San Diego beautiful. On this site she operated a nursery and gained world renown as a horticulturist. She was the first woman to receive the International Meyer Medal in . . . — — Map (db m51098) HM |
| On F Street at 5th Street on F Street. |
| | This Romanesque-style structure was financed by George Keating, but he passed away before its completion. His wife Fannie directed the completion, which is evidenced in the more feminine and decorative appearance of the upper floors. In 1893, San . . . — — Map (db m51740) HM |
| | 1829 Large adobe-block townhouse built by José Antonio Estudillo. Included servants' quarter, work and storage rooms, living and dining rooms, and Roman Catholic chapel.
1884 Helen Hunt Jackson's Ramona published, linking the . . . — — Map (db m145304) HM |
| | c. 1830 One-room adobe built by family of Juan Rodriguez, former presidio soldier.
1851 George Tebbetts, a future son-in-law, opened Exchange Hotel.
1869 Canadians Alexi J. Racine and Charles Laramie opened general store . . . — — Map (db m137319) HM |
| On Presidio Drive at Taylor Street, on the left when traveling south on Presidio Drive. |
| | Pathfinder of the Sierras
Here completed the first trail from
The Atlantic to the Pacific, Jan. 1827
— — Map (db m14502) HM |
| | The Oldest Commercial Trail
in the
Western United States — — Map (db m14504) HM |
| On Pacific Highway (State Highway 163) at W Harbor Dr, on the right when traveling north on Pacific Highway. |
| | Burial site of Sailors and Marines in 1782 when San Diego Bay was surveyed & charted by Don Juan Pantoja y Arriaga, pilot, and Don José Tovar, mate, of the Royal frigate "La Princesa" and "La Favorita" under command of Don Augustin de Echeverria. — — Map (db m51076) HM |
| On Cabrillo Memorial Drive. |
| | On September 28, 1542, Juan Rodriguez Cabríllo and his crew sailed into this harbor and became the first Europeans to set foot on what would later become the west coast of the United States. The exact landing area is not known, but many believe that . . . — — Map (db m85068) HM |
| On North Harbor Drive at West Broadway, on the right when traveling north on North Harbor Drive. |
| | Hurriedly built in two months by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) for $25,000 in 1936, this wooden, green painted and later termite-infested ballpark was the original home of the Pacific Coast League (PCL) San Diego Padres. The breeze that . . . — — Map (db m83871) HM |
| On Market Street at 4th Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Market Street. |
| | The first floor of this building has a colorful tenant history. The Goodwill Bar operated from 1906 to 1945. In 1945, Mike McIntosh and Sam Dini purchased the business. They were responsible for the "McDini" corned beef sandwhich of local fame. In . . . — — Map (db m52682) HM |
| On India Street north of West Date Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The Little Italy Landmark Sign was dedicated and lit at the 7th Annual Little Italy Festa on the evening of October 8, 2000. The landmark sign was constructed as a tribute to this immigrant neighborhood which, until the late 1960s, was the hub of . . . — — Map (db m109344) HM |
| On Heritage Park Row, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Lloyd T. Lowrey was a parks designer and landscape architect. he was a designer of the Blue Ridge Parkway, which connects the Shenandoah National Park in Virginia to the great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina, and Director of San . . . — — Map (db m51787) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m84359) HM |
| On India Street north of West Date Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | To a store in San Diego's Little Italy, Vincent DePhilippis (1903 - 1957) and Madeleine Manfredi (1904 -1993) brought their version of the American Dream.
Vincent was born in New York and raised in Naples, Italy. Madeleine was born and raised . . . — — Map (db m109345) HM |
| Near F Street at 5th Avenue. |
| | In 1881, George Marston located his third department store in this two-story Victorian Italian-style building. It remained here until 1896 when it was relocated to a larger building. Until the 1970s, Marston’s was the largest and most successful San . . . — — Map (db m77092) HM |
| | First public schoolhouse in this county. Erected at this site in 1865 and known as “Mason Street School – District No.1” when San Diego County covered an area larger than three New England states. Restored by popular subscription . . . — — Map (db m149193) HM |
| On 5th Avenue at F Street, on the right when traveling south on 5th Avenue. |
| | The Mercantile Building is an extension of the Ingersoll-Tutton building to the north. This is evident in its matching architectural beauty. This structure housed several retail and service-oriented businesses, including A.M. Ingersoll’s ice cream . . . — — Map (db m51952) HM |
| |
Has been designated a
National
Historic Landmark
This site possesses national significance
in commemorating the history of the
United States of America
— — Map (db m145282) HM |
| Near Father Junipero Serra Trail, on the right when traveling west. |
| | After many attempts dated back to 1774 to provide a reliable source of water for crops and livestock for Mission San Diego de Alcala, a dam and flume system was finished between 1813 and 1816 by Indian laborers and Franciscan Missionaries to divert . . . — — Map (db m51074) HM |
| | On Sunday, July 16, 1769 Fathers Junipero Serra, Juan Viscaino and Fernando Parron raised and blessed a cross to establish Alta, California’s 1st Mission. Relocated from Presidio Hill to this site in August 1774 the Mission was the mother of those . . . — — Map (db m15262) HM |
| Near Beyer Boulevard north of Coronado Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | John J. Montgomery made mans
first controlled winged flight
from this hilltop in August 1883.
He opened for all mankind the "great highway of the sky" — — Map (db m51097) HM |
| On 5th Ave north of Island Avenue, on the left when traveling north. |
| | This one-story building with 12-inch-thick walls was used as John Young's morgue from 1881 to 1885. John Young was the County Coroner, and claimed embalming to be his specialty. The basement vault was surrounded by ropes used to lower caskets into . . . — — Map (db m109363) HM |
| | Moreton Bay Fig
(Ficus Macrophylla native to Australia)
In 1904 the House of Representative legislated protection of this tree. Requested by President Theodore Roosevelt after a visit of the area.
This tree is now over 200 years old. — — Map (db m70319) HM |
| | No. 7
Dedicated
in commemoration
the heroic sacrifice and
history-making achievements
of the
Mormon Battalion
"whose march over 2000 miles
from Council Bluffs, Iowa to San Diego
help to win California for the Union
and open a . . . — — Map (db m51992) HM |
| On Pomerado Road near Interstate 15, on the right when traveling west. |
| | On December 7, 1846, day following Battle of San Pasqual fought five miles east of here, General Stephen Kearny’s command while marching on San Diego was attacked by Californians. The Americans counter-attacked, occupied hill until December 11 when . . . — — Map (db m40829) HM |
| | Completed in 1942, The North Chapel Building featured leaded glass windows representing the 41 different training schools on site and one window representing the recruit. As the recruits at the Naval Training Center practiced many different . . . — — Map (db m50742) HM |
| Near Niagara Avenue west of Ocean Front Way. |
| | Originally named San Diego Fishing Pier, the Ocean Beach Municipal Pier was built in 1966. The OB Pier is the longest concrete pier on the west coast, extending 1,971 feet with a T-shape platform at the end of the pier adding 360 feet to the south . . . — — Map (db m147233) HM |
| On Congress Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| |
Established Aug. 1, 1890, Ballast Point Light Station was a fine example of “railroad Gothic” and lasted until 1866, when it was replaced by a light on top of a slender steel tower, and new quarters were built for the Coast Guard . . . — — Map (db m84497) HM |
| On Columbia Street at West Cedar Street, on the left when traveling west on Columbia Street. |
| | From 1915 to 1970, San Diego Fire Department's Original Fire Station 6 proudly served the community of Little Italy. In the workshop on this site some of America's most significant fire service innovations were created by the specialty trade-skilled . . . — — Map (db m109341) HM |
| On Rosecrans Street at Gate Road, on the right when traveling north on Rosecrans Street. |
| | From 1770 to 1870, this was San Diego's port. Over the Brookline hide house, Americans unofficially raised a U.S. flag in 1829. At that time La Playa was a thriving trading and shipping village. Richard Henry Dana's account of the hide . . . — — Map (db m51077) HM |
| | This lighthouse built in 1854, was one of the first eight lighthouses on the Pacific Coast. It continued in use until 1891, when the new Pelican Point Lighthouse began operating. The Point Loma Lighthouse became the site of the Cabrillo National . . . — — Map (db m36602) HM |
| On Wallace Street near Calhoun Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Settled by pensioned soldiers from the presidio and their families, Old Town grew into a cluster of adobe houses and garden plots in the early 1800s. By 1835, "it was composed of about 40 dark brown looking huts." The Stars and Stripes were first . . . — — Map (db m51101) HM |
| | See individual photos for text — — Map (db m85826) HM |
| Near Twiggs Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | The stone pilings seen in this archaeological excavation unit are part of the original foundation of the Casa de Aguirre built circa 1853. The original adobe mansion extended ten feet to the east of where the current building ends. The 21st century . . . — — Map (db m71058) HM |
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