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San Diego Historical Markers
Here is a collection of historical markers around the San Diego area. San Diego has a rich history captured by historical markers, and some of them are well hidden.

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Adobe Chapel of the Immaculate Conception
lat:32.75166
lng:-117.19435
Meda60 Adobe Chapel of the Immaculate Conception Originally built as the home of San Diego's John Brown in 1850, the house was converted to a church by Don José Aguirre in 1858. Father Antonio D. Ubach, formerly a missionary among the Indians, was parish priest here from 1866 to 1907. It is said that he was the model for "Father Gaspara" and Helen Hunt Jackson's Ramona. In 1937 the WPA rebuilt the Adobe Chapel close to its original site. California Registered Historical Landmark No. 49 Originally registered December 6, 1932. Plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with the City of San Diego, San Diego County Historical Days Ass'n, and Squibob Chapter, E Clampus Vitus, September 24, 1988.
Casa De Lopez
lat:32.75198
lng:-117.19700
Meda64 Casa de Lopez 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 Pio Pico, California's last Mexican governor. Historical Landmark No. 80 Plaque erected by California State Park Commission
Derby Dike
lat:32.75951
lng:-117.19620
11032009263 Derby Dike 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 that diverted the waters into False Bay. This was the first effort to tame the river, and one of the first U.S. Government projects in California. The river was not fully harnessed until the 1950s. California Registered Historical Landmark No. 244 First registered June 10, 1936. Plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with the San Diego Department of Parks and Recreation and Squibob Chapter, E Clampus Vitus, August 4, 1990.
El Campo Santo (The Holy Field)
lat:32.75150
lng:-117.19328
Meda63 El Campo Santo (The Holy Field) El Campo Santo once included the Adobe Chapel on Conde Street, in which was buried Joes Antonio Aguirre and where funeral services were held for Maria Victoria Dominguez Estudillo, Cave Johnson Couts, and many distinguished early San Diegans. Between 1849 and 1897, 477 persons were buried in the these grounds. Antonio Garra was the most eminent of many Native Americans interred here. A number of graves were relocated after 1874. A street railway bisected the cemetery in 1894. The wall around this portion was built in 1933. Restoration has continued to the present. California Registered Historical Landmark No. 68 First registered December 6, 1932. Plaque placed by the State Department of Recreation in cooperation with the San Diego City Department of Parks and Recreation and Squibob Chapter, E Clampus Vitus, August 6, 1994.
Fort Stockton
lat:32.75726
lng:-117.19426
11032009270 Fort Stockton 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 renamed it Fort Stockton and used it as campaign headquarters for ending the Californio Revolt in early 1847. The Mormon Battalion stayed here later that year. The post was abandoned on September 25, 1848. California Registered Historical Landmark No. 54 First registered December 6, 1932. Plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with the San Diego City Department of Parks and Recreation and Squibob Chapter, E Clampus Vitus. August 3, 1991.
Hotel Del Coronado
lat:32.68032141113221
lng:-117.17778995633125
Meda68 Hotel Del Coronado This Victorian hotel, built in 1887, is one of America's largest wooden buildings. Few seaside resort hotels of this significant architectural style remain in America. The hotel has hosted several presidents and the other national figures. California registered historical landmark no. 844 plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with the San Diego historical Society, Coronado historical Association Inc., and San Diego chapter, American Institute of architects. December 17, 1970
Old Point Loma Lighthouse
lat:32.67256
lng:-117.24079
Old Town San Diego
lat:32.75506
lng:-117.19779
Meda62 Old Town San Diego Settled by pensioned soldiers and their families from the Presidio, Old Town grew in the early 1800's into a cluster of Adobe houses and garden plots. By 1835, "It was composed of about 40 dark brown looking huts." The Stars and Stripes were first raised over the plaza in 1846 by Marines from the USS "Cyane." California Registered Historical Landmark No. 830 Plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with local civic and historical organizations, August 20, 1969.
San Diego Presidio Site
lat:32.75953
lng:-117.19415
11032009267 San Diego Presidio Site Soldiers, sailors, Indians, and Franciscan missionaries from New Spain occupied the land at Presidio Hill on May 17, 1769 as a military outpost. Two months later, Fr. Junipero Serra established the first San Diego mission on Presidio Hill. Officially proclaimed a Spanish Presidio on January 1, 1774, the fortress was later occupied by a succession of Mexican forces. The Presidio was abandoned in 1837 after San Diego became a pueblo. California Registered Historical Landmark No. 59 First registered Dec. 6, 1932. Plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with the San Diego Department of Parks and Recreation and Squibob Chapter, E Clampus Vitus, August 8, 1992.
Serra Palm
lat:32.75944
lng:-117.19618
11032009265
The Whaley House
lat:32.75280
lng:-117.19476
Meda61 The Whaley House Built by Thomas Whaley in the 1856-57, this is the oldest brick structure in Southern California. In addition to being the home of the Whaley family, it served variously as granary, store, court-house and school and as the town's first theater. Whaley's home was the cultural center of San Diego as well as its most luxurious residence. State Registered Landmark No. 65 Marker placed by San Diego County Board of Supervisors and The Historical Markers Committee Erected 1959
USS Recruit
lat:32.72852
lng:-117.21639
Meda67 USS Recruit This 2/3 scale model of a destroyer escort (TDE-1) help instruct as many as 50,000 naval recruits annually in basic naval procedure. Commission 27 July 1949, the Recruit was the Navy's only commissioned ship never to reach water. The Recruit was the first of three similar structures built by the Navy following World War II. It is the sole survivor of the three. Decommissioned 7 March 1967 when it could not be classified in a computerized Naval inventory, the USS Recruit nevertheless continued to train recruits, and was reconditioned in 1982 as a training guided missile frigate. Recruits gave the structure it's affectionate nickname: USS Neversail. California Registered Historical Landmark No. 1042 Plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with the Corky McMillin Companies, the Redevelopment Agency of San Diego, and the Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampus Vitus, Squibob Chapter, August 13, 2005