*November 30th is Small Business Saturday and *December 1st is Museum Store Sunday Support your local community non-profit museum this season! Every purchase you make goes towards helping the Gaslamp Quarter Historical Foundation protect and preserve the architecture, history, and culture of the Gaslamp Quarter. Visit us this weekend and you will find new and […]
Watch the Pet Parade from our Pocket Park!
Brunswig Drug Company 363 5th Avenue Architectural Style – Spanish Revival Architect: William Quayle – 1900 Quayle Brothers – 1925 Most of us can’t walk more than two or three blocks without stumbling across one of the many chain drugstores that populate our cities. Indeed, in the Gaslamp alone there are three CVS such establishments. […]
“Ghosting,” where one breaks off all communication and contact without justification, is a commonplace phenomenon now in 2019 and we wonder: is it possible to ghost a built environment? Have we ghosted Horton Plaza?Join us on Wednesday, November 13th at 7 PM for our next “History Talks!” Lecture with guest curators of our upcoming exhibit: Ghosted: The […]
Commercial Bank Addition / Bijou Theater (1875658 Fifth Avenue Architectural Style – Florentine Revival William Lacey, Architect Although this structure, adjoining Old City Hall on the northern lot, appears to be a continuation of the Old City Hall building, it is actually a separate building with an entirely separate history. It was built by John […]
Visit the oldest house in the historic Gaslamp Quarter- The Davis-Horton House!
Horton Plaza Mall was once a vibrant shopping plaza and one of the catalysts that helped transform San Diego’s historic downtown into a bustling city center. Known for its unique and colorful architecture, this postmodern icon now sits almost abandoned with only a few stores remaining. Join us on Wednesday, October 16th at 7 PM […]
Become part of the GQHF Board! Gaslamp Quarter Historical Foundation (GQHF) is seeking new people to join its Board of Directors. The mission of GQHF is to preserve and promote the architecture, culture and history of San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter (a National Historic District). We provide San Diego residents and visitors with museum exhibits, programs, […]
The Frey Block (1911) 435 Fourth Ave.; SW Corner of 4th and Market Architect: S.G. Kennedy Architectural Style: Modern Most everybody knows where the downtown Starbucks is, but not many know what it was. This well-known corner lot was sold by Alonzo Horton to A. Bowie and A. Amirous for $200.00 in 1869. It […]
Fall is in the air and that traditionally means that many students and teachers have already begun a new and fruitful academic year. Over 150 years ago the students of San Diego were doing the very same thing when San Diego’s first schoolhouse opened in 1865. Join us on Wednesday, September 11th at 7 PM […]