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On May 15,1889, the San Diego Trust and Savings Bank was given its charter to [...]
For over 138 years, the historic Tivoli (spelled backwards is “I lov it!”) has provided [...]
Scott – Ingersoll Building 1905-1907 827-835 Fourth Avenue Architect: Quayle Brothers Architectural Style: Commercial Like [...]
Although it had a rather inauspicious beginning, suffered through multiple owners, and narrowly escaped the [...]
Yamada Building 1869 and 1913 516 Fifth Avenue Architect: Unknown Architectural Style: Victorian Commercial Like [...]
As one strolls throughout the Gaslamp, the plethora of restored Victorian era buildings is a [...]
The imposing, 4-story building was designed by the Quayle Brothers and their new partner, Charles [...]
Julian Produce Company Warehouse (1912) 679 J Street Contractors: A & H Brownlee Architectural Style: [...]
The theater, a truly remarkable building, was begun in 1911 and completed in 1912. At [...]
(Lewis Brick Block) (1885) 538 Fifth Avenue Architectural Style: Victorian Commercial Architect: Unknown This attractive [...]
The Santa Fe Depot has served residents and visitors to San Diego for more than [...]
By 1881, 800 Chinese were living in San Diego, most of them men who had [...]
It is important to include some of the historic sites that serve as a [...]
San Diego Lumber Company Building 1926 170 Sixth Avenue Architect: Unknown Architectural Style: Commercial/Spanish Revival [...]
Pierce-Morse Building(1887) Sixth Avenue & F Street Architects: Comstock and Trotsche Architectural Style: Italianate / [...]
The Woolworth Building (1922) 945 Fifth Avenue Architectural Style: Roman Neo-Classic Architect: Cass Gilbert of [...]
The Dalton Building (1911) 939 5th Avenue Architectural Style :Commercial/Art Noveau Architect : F.W. Stevenson [...]
The Simmons Hotel (1906) The New York Hotel (1906) 520 – 544 6th Avenue Architectural [...]
Sterling Hardware Building 1887 & 1924 534 6th Avenue Architectural Style: Victorian Commercial/ Commercial Architect: [...]
Blochman Bank Building (1905) 635 Fifth Avenue [...]
National City and Otay Railroad Depot 1896 5th, 6th & L Streets Architect: William Sterling [...]
The Brown Building (1886) SE Corner of 5th and Market St Architect: Unknown Architectural Style: [...]
The Chinese, the earliest permanent Asian culture to occupy New Town San Diego, brought with [...]
When strolling in the Gaslamp, many are awestruck by the architecture and beauty of some [...]
The Lowenstein Building 1887 544 5th Avenue Architectural Style: Early Commercial Architect: Unknown Although Alonzo [...]
His large inventory, no doubt, needed a more spacious venue, so what is now known [...]
The owner of the structure was Louis Fritz, a German immigrant who was, additionally, one [...]
Although the Dunham Building, a very utilitarian edifice , has a somewhat uninspiring facade, it [...]
One of the very few lots in the Gaslamp not originally owned by Alonzo Horton [...]
In the late 1880s, the glittering St. James Hotel was the city’s first skyscraper; it [...]
“No rest for the weary” might well describe the Hubbell building, as since even before [...]
Like many of the buildings along Fifth Avenue, the Pierce-Field building was built during the [...]
Like most sites in the Gaslamp , the Schmitt/Sensenbrenner Building lot had its origin in [...]
The Steele Building (1908) Southwest Corner of 6th and Market St. Architect: Edmond Blachmann Architectural [...]
The stately Victorian building still standing on the corner of 5th and E has housed [...]
The Sun Café 421 Market Street 1873-1883 The early history of Lot A/Block 082/95, where [...]
Douglas Hotel, Clermont/Coast Hotel, Ideal Hotel & the Crossroads, 1887-1985 As lead tour guide and [...]
The Grand Pacific Hotel 1887 SW Corner of 5th and J Street Architects : Clemments [...]
When Alonzo Horton arrived in San Diego in 1867, he did what any newcomer would [...]
Royal Pie Bakery 554 Fourth Avenue 1911 Architecture: Contemporary Architect: Unknown In late 1869, Alonzo [...]
720 Fourth Avenue, northwest corner of G Street Architect : John Lloyd Wright Prairie Style [...]
Keating Building, 1890 Architects: Reid Brothers Architectual Style: Romanesque Revival Everybody loves a good love [...]
On April 3, 1871, Alonzo Horton sold the southeast corner lot at Fifth Avenue and [...]
Prior to 1904 , the property between 643 and 651 Fifth Avenue was nothing more [...]
Casa De Tomás, 1930 [...]
Although they were built only a year apart, the Nanking Cafe and the Manilla Cafe [...]
The McGurck Block Building, popularly known as the Ferris and Ferris Drugstore Building, was built [...]
In 1869, Begole constructed a one-story brick building for his stove, hardware, plumbing and tin [...]
For a look at what turn of the century elegant shopping involved, one can still [...]
The Onyx Hotel Building 1910 852 Fifth Avenue Architect: Unknown Architectural Style: Modern Commercial [...]
The Combination Store 1880 621-625 5th Avenue Architect - Unknown Architectural Style - Victorian Commercial Storefront [...]
Many wonder just exactly what a Labor Temple is. It is defined as an organization [...]
What do all of these buildings have in common? They are all still hotels, but [...]
Choate-Gerichten-Peterson Block a.k.a. Ingersoll Tutton Mercantile Building 1894 818-836 5th Avenue Architect – Joseph Falkenham [...]
Ingle Building/Golden Lion 1906 NE Corner of Fourth and F St. Architect – Joseph Falkenham [...]
Although the architect is unknown, the architecture is unique in the Gaslamp, as it is [...]
The Timken Building 1894 Southwest Corner of 5th and Market Streets Architect: Joseph Falkenham Architectural [...]
The Daneri Block/Lincoln Hotel 1913 536 Fifth Avenue Architectural Style: Victorian with Elements of Art [...]
Balboa Theatre 1924 648 4th Avenue, Southwest Corner of Fourth and E Architectural Style: Spanish [...]
The Watts-Robinson Building 1913 Northeast Corner of 5th and E Street Architects: Leonard T. Bristow [...]
The U.S. Grant Hotel | 326 Broadway Architect: Harrison Albright Style: Classic Revival When Alonzo [...]
Bancroft Building/ Aztec Theatre 1886 665 Fifth Avenue Architectural Style: Modern Architect: Clinton Day Some [...]
Brunswig Drug Company 363 5th Avenue Architectural Style – Spanish Revival Architect: William Quayle – [...]
Commercial Bank Addition / Bijou Theater (1875658 Fifth Avenue Architectural Style – Florentine Revival William [...]
The Frey Block (1911) 435 Fourth Ave.; SW Corner of 4th and Market Architect: S.G. [...]
The Broker’s Building1889 404 Market Street Architects: G.T. Burkett and R.E. Osgood (1873)Barnett McDougal (1889) [...]
Old City Hall 1874 and 1888 5th and G Street, SW Corner Architectural Style: [...]
1892 702 Fifth Avenue Architect: John Stannard Architectural Style: Mixed The site of the current [...]
Like most properties sold by Alonzo Horton in the late 1860s, the lot on the [...]
San Diego Hardware Building 1910 840-50 5th Avenue Architectural Style – Modern T.W. Coates, Builder [...]
1888 835-837 5th Avenue Architectural Style : Baroque Revival Architects: Clemment and Stannard In [...]
The Davis-Horton House 1850 410 Island Avenue Architecture: Two-Story Wooden New England Saltbox Mortice and [...]
All the World’s a Stage….. and More The Pacifica Hotel 551 Fourth Avenue Circa 1910 [...]
Very Fancy And Not Odd At All I.O.O.F. Building [...]
1904 964 5th Avenue Architectural Style: Romanesque Architect: William Quayle [...]
San Diego’s First “Zoo” 1878 Three Story Brick Structure 502 Fifth Avenue Architects: Stannard & [...]
Back-esto in Time The Backesto Building 1873 &1887 Architects: Burgett and Osgood Architectural Style: Classical [...]
The Marin Hotel 1888 552 Fifth Avenue Architectural Style: Victorian Architect: Unknown John Nelson Young [...]
Nesmith-Greely Building 1888 825 Fifth Avenue Romanesque Revival Architects: Comstock and Notsche On March 27, [...]
The Carriage House Building 401 G Street Architect Unknown On December 23,1869, John D. Backesto [...]
Samuel I. Fox Building, 1929 Architect: William Templeton Johnson Architectural Style: Mission Revival & Mediterranean Location: [...]
The Hotel Lester (1906 and 1914) Architects: William Quayle and Quayle Brothers Style: Romanesque To [...]
1882 – 188 631 Fifth Avenue Architects : Armitage and Wilson Victorian Italianate Revival When [...]
Marston Building, 1881 548 C Street Architects: Stewart Brothers Style – Italianate Victorian Whitney Department [...]
The beautiful Horton Grand Hotel, a Gaslamp landmark, was originally two Victorian hotels: the Grand [...]
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