List of San Diego Historical Landmarks in La Jolla facts for kids

This is a List of San Diego Historical Landmarks in La Jolla, California. In 1967, the City of San Diego established a Historical Resources Board with the authority to designate and protect the city's landmark buildings and structures. In total, the city has designated more than 850 structures or other properties as historical landmarks. This list includes details on the 106 San Diego Historical Landmarks located in the La Jolla and Torrey Pines areas. Four of the properties have also received recognition at the federal level by inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places and one—the George H. Scripps Memorial Marine Biological Laboratory—by designation as a National Historic Landmark.

The 1915 Gill-designed Ellen Browning Scripps residence, now the La Jolla branch of the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego

The sites designated as landmarks include numerous structures designed by early Modern architect Irving Gill. Also included is the Torrey Pines Area and several sites connected to La Jolla's long association with scientific research, including the George H. Scripps Memorial Marine Biological Laboratory and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies.

Listing of the San Diego Historic Landmarks in La Jolla

SDHL #	Landmark name	Image	Address	Designation Date	Description
10	Torrey Pines Area		Torrey Pines State Reserve 32°55′15″N 117°15′11″W / 32.92083°N 117.25306°W / 32.92083; -117.25306 (Torrey Pines State Reserve)	11/21/1969	Coastal park remains one of the wildest stretches of land (8 km²) on the Southern California coast; consists of a plateau with cliffs that overlook Torrey Pines State Beach, and a lagoon used by migrating seabirds
79	La Jolla Women's Club		715 Silverado St. 32°50′38″N 117°16′37″W / 32.84389°N 117.27694°W / 32.84389; -117.27694 (La Jolla Women's Club)	3/2/1973	Clubhouse building designed by Irving Gill and built in 1914
84	Green Dragon Colony Site		1258-1274 Prospect St. 32°50′58″N 117°16′16″W / 32.84944°N 117.27111°W / 32.84944; -117.27111 (Green Dragon Colony Site)	7/6/1973	Group of 12 coastal cottages built by German immigrant Anna Held Heinrich; became an artists colony; the remaining four cottages were demolished in 1991
86	La Jolla Recreational Center		615 Prospect St. 32°50′35″N 117°16′39″W / 32.84306°N 117.27750°W / 32.84306; -117.27750 (La Jolla Recreational Center)	9/7/1973	Built in 1915 by Ellen Browning-Scripps and dedicated that same year to the City of San Diego for the children of La Jolla; designed by Irving Gill
101	Red Roost and Red Rest		1187 and 1179 Coast Blvd. 32°50′59″N 117°16′21″W / 32.84972°N 117.27250°W / 32.84972; -117.27250 (Red Rest and Red Roost Cottages)	1/3/1975	Built in 1894, oldest surviving examples of late-Victorian beach cottage architecture; also known as the Neptune and Cove Tea Room; vacant since the 1980s and subject of controversy over "demolition by neglect"
102	Tyrolean Terrace Colony		1290-1298 Prospect St. 32°50′56″N 117°16′14″W / 32.84889°N 117.27056°W / 32.84889; -117.27056 (Tyrolean Terrace Colony (demolished))	2/7/1975	Built in 1911; demolished in 1975 to make room for Coast Walk Shopping Center
108	Pottery Canyon Park		2725 Torrey Pines Rd. 32°51′08″N 117°14′42″W / 32.85222°N 117.24500°W / 32.85222; -117.24500 (Pottery Canyon Park)	2/6/1976	Five small structures; three built on park land in 1928, other two on private land
117	El Pueblo Ribera		230-248 Gravilla St.; 231-309 Playa del Sur 32°49′43″N 117°16′44″W / 32.82861°N 117.27889°W / 32.82861; -117.27889 (El Pueblo Ribera)	2/4/1977	Pueblo Revival structures built in 1923, designed by architect Rudolph Schindler
119	George H. Scripps Memorial Marine Biological Laboratory		8602 La Jolla Shores Dr. 32°51′54″N 117°15′12″W / 32.86500°N 117.25333°W / 32.86500; -117.25333 (Scripps, George H., Memorial Marine Biological Laboratory)	5/6/1977	Oldest oceanographic research building in continuous use in the United States built in 1909, as part of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the nation's first oceanographic institute founded in 1903
128	Heritage Place La Jolla		7212 La Jolla Blvd. 32°50′07″N 117°16′40″W / 32.83528°N 117.27778°W / 32.83528; -117.27778 (Heritage Place La Jolla)	7/7/1978	Structure built in 1917 by Horace E. Rhoads; moved in 1928 from 1044-1046 Wall St.
133	Galusha B. Grow Cottage		484 Arenas St.	2/16/1979	Cottage built in 1895, moved to Heritage Place from 7831 Ivanhoe Ave. in Dec. 1979
164	La Jolla Fire Station Engine Company 13		7877 Herschel Ave. 32°50′48″N 117°16′22″W / 32.84667°N 117.27278°W / 32.84667; -117.27278 (La Jolla Fire Station Engine Company 13)	6/30/1982	Built in 1913; associated with Harold Abrams
166	Wisteria Cottage		780 Prospect St. 32°50′42″N 117°16′38″W / 32.84500°N 117.27722°W / 32.84500; -117.27722 (Wisteria Cottage)	8/25/1982	Cottage built in 1904; remodeled in 1907 by Irving Gill
179	George Kautz House		7753 Draper Ave. 32°50′37″N 117°16′37″W / 32.84361°N 117.27694°W / 32.84361; -117.27694 (George Kautz House)	9/28/1983	House built in 1913; associated with Irving Gill; addition allowed at rear in 1984
181	The Little Hotel by the Sea		8045 Jenner St. 32°50′50″N 117°16′34″W / 32.84722°N 117.27611°W / 32.84722; -117.27611 (George Kautz House)	11/30/1983	Built 1924-1925; additions in 1928 and 1939; associated with architect Thomas Shepherd
204	La Valencia Hotel		1132 Prospect St. 32°50′55″N 117°16′25″W / 32.84861°N 117.27361°W / 32.84861; -117.27361 (La Valencia Hotel)	1/14/1987	Built in 1909; originally called Cabrillo Hotel and renamed La Valencia West; remodeled in 1959; addition permitted in 1987
212	Casa de Manana-Casa Madre		849 Coast Blvd. 32°50′47″N 117°16′40″W / 32.84639°N 117.27778°W / 32.84639; -117.27778 (Casa de Manana-Casa Madre)	12/2/1987	Built in 1924; associated with architect Edgar Ulrich
213	Casa de Manana		722, 809, 825 Coast Blvd. 32°50′47″N 117°16′40″W / 32.84639°N 117.27778°W / 32.84639; -117.27778 (Casa de Manana)	12/2/1987	Built in 1924; associated with architect Edgar Ulrich; approval granted to demolish structures at 809 and 825 Coast Blvd.
226	Morgan-Larkins-Marrone Residence		7149 & 7150 Monte Vista Ave. 32°50′05″N 117°16′45″W / 32.83472°N 117.27917°W / 32.83472; -117.27917 (Morgan-Larkins-Marrone Residence)	5/25/1988	English Tudor Revial house built in 1931 and 1935; designed by Edgar Ulrich
228	La Jolla Public Library		1006 Wall St. 32°50′48″N 117°16′27″W / 32.84667°N 117.27417°W / 32.84667; -117.27417 (La Jolla Public Library)	7/27/1988	Built in 1921; associated with William Templeton Johnson
229	The Athenaeum		1008 Wall Street	7/27/1988	Built in 1956; associated with William Lumpkins
230	Parker Office Building		7917 Girard Ave. 32°50′49″N 117°16′27″W / 32.84694°N 117.27417°W / 32.84694; -117.27417 (Parker Office Building)	7/27/1988	Built 1928-1930; associated with Thomas Shepherd; interior remodeled
234	Scripps Memorial Hospital and Clinic		464, 476 Prospect St. 32°50′32″N 117°16′46″W / 32.84222°N 117.27944°W / 32.84222; -117.27944 (Scripps Memorial Hospital and Clinic)	4/26/1989	Built 1924-1928; designed by Louis Gill; designated structures include Scripps Building, 1918 - first structure used as a clinic; Copley Building added 1949-1951
286	Dr. Rodes House-Brockton Villa		1235 Coast Boulevard	8/22/1990	Built 1894; companion structure to Red Roof & Red Roost
288	Coast Walk Trail and Devil's Slide Footbridge		Coast Walk Trail	8/22/1990	Located between Cave St. and Torrey Pines Rd.; trail renovated in 1931
294	Colonial Inn Project Sites		915, 921, 925, 927 Coast Boulevard	1/30/1991
295	Mount Soledad Park and Memorial Cross		Soledad Road 32°50′23″N 117°14′40″W / 32.83972°N 117.24444°W / 32.83972; -117.24444 (Mount Soledad Park and Memorial Cross)	8/22/1990	Became a public park in August 1916
304	Salk Institute for Biological Studies		10010 N. Torrey Pines Rd. 32°53′14″N 117°14′46″W / 32.88722°N 117.24611°W / 32.88722; -117.24611 (Salk Institute for Biological Studies)	2/27/1991	Research institute founded in 1960 by Jonas Salk; Modernist campus designed by Louis Kahn
314	Martha Kinsey Residence		1624 Ludington Lane	3/25/1992	House built in 1937; associated with Lilian Rice
315	Torrey Pines Gliderport		South of Torrey Pines Golf Course and Torrey Pines St. Pk.; west of Torrey Pines Scenic Dr.	8/26/1992	Glider airport established in 1928 and used by aviation pioneers including Charles A. Lindbergh and Woodly Brown; U.S. Army cadets trained here during WWII
317	Easton-Mertz House		1525 Torrey Pines Road	4/28/93	House built from 1910–1911, designed by Emmor Brooke Weaver; designation rescinded in 1995 to allow house to be moved to Poway
324	Bentham Hall at The Bishop's School		7607 La Jolla Blvd	7/27/1994	Structure at The Bishop's School built in 1910, designed by Irving Gill with assistance from Louis Gill
327	Darlington House		7441 Olivetas Avenue	7/26/1995	Mediterranean style house built in 1925, associated with architects Herbert Palmer, Richard Requa and Thomas Shepherd
347	Prospect View/Redwood Hollow		244-254 Prospect Street	9/24/1997	Example of La Jolla bungalow cottage court vacation retreat
353	The Bishop's School		7607 La Jolla Blvd	2/15/1998	Designated elements include Scripps Hall (Irving Gill, 1910–11), Gilman Hall (Irving Gill and Louis Gill, 1916), St. Mary's Chapel (Carleton Winslow, 1916), The Tower (Carleton Winslow, 1930), Wheeler J. Bailey Library (Carleton Winslow, 1935), garden sall on Prospect St. and La Jolla Blvd.
357	The Bishop's School Historic District		7607 La Jolla Blvd	5/27/1998	Designated structures include Bentham Hall (Irving Gill, 1910), Scripps Hall (Irving Gill, 1910–11), Gilman Hall (Irving Gill and Louis Gill, 1916), St. Mary's Chapel (Carleton Winslow, 1916), The Tower (Carleton Winslow, 1930), Wheeler J. Bailey Library (Carleton Winslow, 1935), Garden Wall on Prospect St., and Trees planted before 1935
357	Surf Shack at Windansea Beach		6800 Neptune Place	5/27/1998	Palm shelter built in 1947 by surfers returning from WWII; oldest continuously used shelter of its kind on West Coast
364	Geranium Cottage		830 Kline Street	8/26/1998	Craftsman style cottage built in 1904 for Dr. and Mrs. Edward Howard; originally located at 503 Prospect St. and moved in 1914
368	Oxley House		9302 La Jolla Farms Road	9/23/1998	California Modern style house built in 1958, designed by Richard Neutra; one of only two Neutra houses in San Diego
375	Dr. Martha Dunn Corey Residence		494 Arenas St.	3/24/1999	Victorian house built in 1909 for Dr. Martha Dunn Corey, moved from 7520 Draper Ave in 2003
380	Cave Store & Professor Shultz' Tunnel Leading to the Sunny Jim Cove		1325 Cave Street	4/28/1999	Vernacular commercial structure built 1902-1912 by Prof. Gustav Schultz; remodeled to current appearance in 1920s by Josephine Seaman
386	Carey Crest-El Paradon Seacliffe House		1369 Coast Walk	7/22/1999	Structure built 1900-1901
390	Spindrift Archaeological Site		1900 Spindrift Drive	9/23/1999	Archeological site known as the Spindthrift Site; site of settlement by San Dieguito Native Americans; contains finds dating from 965-1645 A.D.
396	Gordon-Hooper Archeological Site		2504 Ellentown Road	10/28/1999	Archeological site first identified in the 1930s and located on Scripps Estate site
413	Kenyon Residence		750 Bonair Place	4/27/2000	Architectural application of adobe brick construction in modern style; appeal to City Council overturned designation in June 2000
416	Violetta Horton Speculation House #1		7445 Hillside Drive	4/27/2000	Ranch style house built in 1935, designed by architect Clifford May
417	Violetta Horton Speculation House #2		7447 Hillside Drive	4/27/2000	Ranch style house built in 1935, designed by architect Clifford May
431	Grace Scripps Johanson		1540 Virginia Way	7/27/2000	Colonial Revival style house built in 1937, designed by architect William Field Staunton, Jr.
432	Judkins/J.L. Wright House		1700 Torrey Pines Road	8/24/2000	Modern style house built in 1946, designed by John Lloyd Wright
433	Devanney Residence		1341 Park Row	9/28/2000	American Craftsman style house built c. 1905
447	La Jolla Reading Room		7590 Draper Avenue	10/26/2000	Folk Victorian structure built in 1898; originally located at NE corner of Girard Ave. and Wall St.
449	Dolly's House		7857 Eads Avenue	10/26/2000	Spanish Revival house built in 1930
463	LaCrosse House		1261-1263 Cave Street	4/26/2001	Victorian Stick and American Craftsman style house built in 1900
473	Scripps Estates Archeological Site		2484 Ellentown Rd.	7/26/2001	Archeological site with prehistoric significance for burials and artifacts
480	Smith-Sirigo House		6309 Hartley Drive	8/3/2001	Spanish eclectic style house built in 1937
498	Erling Rhode Residence		7245 Eads Ave.	10/25/2001	Craftsman cottage built in 1912
502	Adams Residence-La Canada		754 La Canada	10/25/2001	Spanish Colonial Revival house built in 1929
503	Fuelscher House		7300-7304 Eads Avenue	10/25/2001	Monterey eclectic style house built in 1929
508	Fleet-Rice-Hoyt House		7667 Pepita Way	12/20/2001	Monterey style house built 1936-1937, designed by architect Lilian Jenette Rice
514	Mabel Scruggs/Thomas L. Shepherd House		7055 Vista Del Mar	4/25/2002	Ranch style house built in 1940, designed by architect Thomas Shepherd
520	Casa de la Paz-The Dunes		325-333 Dunemere Drive	5/23/2002	Spanish eclectic style house built in 1922
521	A.W. Woods House		1917 Soledad Avenue	5/23/2002	Craftsman bungalow built in 1913
528	Dr. Harold C. & Frieda Daum Urey/Russell Forester House		7890 Torrey Lane	7/25/2002	California Ranch style house built in 1954, designed by architect Russell Forester
542	Elizabeth Starr House		7115 Olivetas Ave.	9/26/2002	Tudor Revival house built in 1928
545	Col. John Wretts & Helen Cecilia Hannay House		1414 Virginia Way	9/26/2002	Folk Victorian style house with Craftsman and Colonial Revival influences; built in 1907
552	Harry Okey House		5732 Bellevue Avenue	10/24/2002	Spanish eclectic house built in 1929
560	Henry and May Turner/Herbert Mann-Thomas Shepherd House		391 Via del Norte	11/22/2002	Spanish eclectic house built in 1928, designed by architects Herbert J. Mann and Thomas Shepherd
570	William T. MacDonald/Richard Requa House		7374 Romero Dr.	2/27/2003	Spanish eclectic house built in 1933, designed by architect Richard Requa
587	Mittie Churcher House		1265 Park Row	5/22/2003	English cottage variant of Tudor Revival home built in 1922
596	Carlos Tavares/Herbert Mann House		6425 Muirlands Dr.	6/26/2003	Spanish eclectic house built c. 1931
615	Richard Olney/Sim Bruce Richards House		1644 Crespo Dr.	9/25/2003	Modern house built in 1954
622	James and Caroline Whittlesey/Robert Farquhar House		7728 Lookout Dr.	9/25/2003	French eclectic house built in 1937
624	Esther Morrison House		715 La Canada	9/25/2003	Spanish eclectic Monterey style house built in 1928
630	Katharine Smith/Thomas Shepherd House		6019 Avenida Cresta	10/23/2003	French eclectic house with Mediterranean influences built in 1929
638	Spindthrift Archeological Site #2		1876 Torrey Pines Rd.	11/21/2003	Archeological site
639	Myrtle Parker Swain House		247 Westbourne St.	11/21/2003	Spanish eclectic style house built in 1929
678	Williams Scripps Kellogg House		7865 El Paseo Grande	8/26/2004	Ranch house built in 1938
679	Violetta Horton/Cliff May Spec House #3		7477 Hillside Dr.	8/26/2004	Ranch house built in 1935, designed by architect Cliff May
688	R. W. Gillespie House		6425 Electric Ave.	9/23/2004	Spanish eclectic style house built in 1929
689	Lester Palmer/Herbert Mann & Thomas Shepherd House		6751 Muirlands Dr.	9/23/2004	Spanish eclectic style house built in 1927, designed by architects Herbert Mann and Thomas Shepherd
692	Florence Palmer House		360 Fern Glen	10/28/2004	English cottage built in 1929 (National Register eligible)
693	George and Ruth Glendon/Edgar Ullrich House		1006 Muirlands Dr.	10/28/2004	Spanish eclectic style house built in 1928, designed by architect Edgar Ullrich
702	Mansfield and Katherine Mills House		7105 Country Club Dr.	3/24/2005	Modern style house built in 1958, designed by architect Dale Naegle
708	F.M. Sheppard Duplex and House Rentals		1046, 1049-1051 Coast Blvd.	4/28/2005	Craftsman, shingle-style structures built in 1911
710	Lowry McClanahan/Thomas Shepherd House		7716 Lookout Dr.	5/26/2005	Colonial Revival house built in 1937, designed by architect Thomas Shepherd
731	Violetta Lee Horton Spec House #4		7575 Hillside Dr.	9/22/2005	One-story modern hacienda house built in 1935, designed by architect Clifford May
740	Edgar Ullrich House		1745 Kearsarge Rd.	1/26/2006	Tudor style house built in 1925, designed by architect Edgar Ullrich
757	Louise and Thomas Rothwell/Thomas Shepherd House		7811 Hillside Dr.	6/22/2006	Spanish eclectic house built in 1927, designed by Thomas Shepherd
759	Uriah and Clara Barkey House		8265 Paseo del Ocaso	6/22/2006	Spanish eclectic house built in 1929, one of the Seven Sisters
763	Ada Black/Herbert Mann and Thomas Shepherd House		7781 Hillside Dr.	7/27/2006	Spanish eclectic house built in 1927, designed by Herbert Mann and Thomas Shepherd
767	F. Lisle Morgan Spec House #1		7144 Monte Vista Ave.	7/27/2006	Spanish eclectic house built in 1930
768	Frank and Gloria Compton/John Lloyd Wright House		7840 E. Roseland Dr.	8/24/2006	Modern style house built in 1948, designed by John Lloyd Wright
782	Wheeler Bailey/Irving Gill House		7964 Princess St.	9/28/2006	Craftsman and International style house built in 1907, designed by Irving Gill
805	Howard and Maude Brown House		7126 Monte Vista Ave.	3/22/2007	Spanish eclectic house built in 1929
812	Marie Louise Biggar/Herbert J. Mann House		409 Dunemere Dr.	4/26/2007	Pueblo Revival style house built in 1923, remodeled in 1931; designed by architect Herbert J. Mann
813	Spindthrift Archeological Site #3		1905 Spindthrift Dr.	5/24/2007
818	Hazel Weir/Dennstedt Company House/Spindthrift Archeological Site #4		1857 Viking Way	6/28/2007	Spanish eclectic Monterey style house built in 1935
827	Harold and Charlotte Muir House		1205 Muirlands Dr.	7/26/2007	Spanish eclectic house built in 1928, designed by Edgar Ulrich
829	Philip Barber/Herbert Mann and Thomas Shepherd Spec House #1		359 Sea Lane	8/23/2007	Tudor style house built in 1928, designed by architects Thomas Shepherd and Herbert Mann
830	Charles D. and Laura K. Larkins House		347 Dunemere Dr.	8/23/2007	Colonial house with Spanish influences built in 1931
833	Karsten and Susan Joehnk/Thomas Shepherd House		6101 Avenida Cresta	8/23/2007	Spanish eclectic house built in 1928 designed by Edgar Ulrich; remodeled in 1979 with design by Thomas Shepherd
842	Leon Beatty Spec House #1		307 La Canada	11/8/2007	Ranch house with French Revival influences built in 1949
849	Cassius & Kate Peck/Thomas Shepherd House		620 Via Del Norte	11/29/2007	Ranch minimal traditional house built in 1948; designec by Thomas Shepherd
854	Clyde and Arabelle Hufbauer House		1821 Torrey Pines Rd.	1/24/2008	Post and beam modern house built in 1952
858	Casa Del Horizonte		7417-7427 Olivetas Ave.	3/27/2008	Contemporary style bungalow built in 1947
866	H.R. and Olga McClintock/Herbert Palmer and Milton Sessions House		7755 Sierra Mar Dr.	5/22/2008	Spanish eclectic style house built in 1927; designed by Herbert Palmer