List of San Diego Historic Landmarks in the Point Loma and Ocean Beach areas

This is a list of San Diego Historic Landmarks in the Point Loma and Ocean Beach areas. The Point Loma and Ocean Beach neighborhoods are located in the central coastal region of the city of San Diego, in southwestern San Diego County, California.

Introduction

In 1967, the City of San Diego established a Historical Resources Board with the authority to protect buildings and other structures as historical landmarks. In total, the city has designated more than 850 structures or other properties as designated historic landmarks. This list includes details on more than 50 San Diego Historic Landmarks located in the Point Loma peninsula and Ocean Beach areas.

Many of the properties have also received recognition at the federal level by inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places or by designation as National Historic Landmarks.

Listing of the San Diego Historic Landmarks on the Point Loma peninsula

SDHL #[1]	Landmark name[2]	Image	Address[2]	Designation Date[2]	Description[3]
16	Whaling Station Site		Ballast Point Peninsula	11/6/1970	Shore station where whale blubber was boiled down for the oil in the 1850s and 1860s, halfway out on the inner beach of Ballast Point
17	Lighthouse of 1854		Cabrillo National Monument 32°40′19″N 117°14′26″W	11/6/1970	Lighthouse built at the mouth of San Diego Bay from 1854–1855; remained in service until 1891; restored and re-lit by the National Park Service in 1984
19	Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery		Point Loma peninsula 32°41′12″N 117°14′41″W	11/6/1970	National military cemetery overlooking the bay and the city; remains of U.S. soldiers killed in the Battle of San Pasqual were moved there in 1882
20	Ballast Point		La Playa Peninsula	11/6/1970	Probable site of Cabrillo's initial landing; site of Fort Guijarros; now part of Naval Base Point Loma
22	Old La Playa Site		Bayside of Pt. Loma	11/6/1970
23	Fort Rosecrans Site		Point Loma peninsula 32°41′10″N 117°14′12″W	11/6/1970	Fort established in 1852; designated as a monument after World War II
27	Fort Guijarros		Near base of Ballast Point Peninsula 32°41′06″N 117°14′07″W	11/6/1970	Spanish fort built in 1797 on Ballast Point as the first defensive fortifications for San Diego Bay; name means "Fort Cobblestones"; involved in the Battle of San Diego, a naval battle with an American trading vessel
55	Jennings House (Oldest house in Point Loma)		1018 Rosecrans St. 32°43′14″N 117°13′58″W	1/7/1972	Frame house built in 1886; childhood home of Belle Jennings Benchley simultaneously serving as a one-room elementary school; now a restaurant[4]
107	Cliff Mansion		1203 Sunset Cliffs Blvd. 32°43′57″N 117°15′19″W	12/5/1975	Built in 1925 for developer John P. Mills
112	Theosophical Institute		3900 Lomaland Dr. 32°42′59″N 117°15′01″W	8/6/1976	Commune based on theosophy founded at Point Loma in 1897 by Katherine Tingley; became known as Lomaland, a regional center for the arts; now the site of Point Loma Nazarene University; buildings include Spaulding Home, Greek Theatre, Beaver Home, Lotus Home, and Madam Tingley Home
142	Neresheimer-Tingley House		430 Silvergate Ave. 32°42′44″N 117°14′43″W	3/7/1980	Victorian home built for Katherine Tingley, head of the Theosophical Institute
233	Sefton-Campbell Estate		3850 Narragansett Ave. 32°44′07″N 117°14′09″W	11/30/1988	Built in 1914
360	Milton F. Heller Residence/Casa Marrero		3107 Zola St. 32°44′16″N 117°13′11″W	5/27/1998	Spanish eclectic house built in 1927, designed by architects Richard Requa and Herbert Jackson
371	Thomas Hamilton House		480 San Fernando St. 32°42′42″N 117°14′25″W	12/9/1998	Craftsman Japonesque house built in 1910, designed by architect Emmor Brooke Weaver
373	Monteiro Family Residence		1050 Scott St. 32°43′13″N 117°13′52″W	2/24/1999	Single wall redwood board and batten cottage built in 1908 for Jose Monteiro and family
379	World War II Base-End Station		3900 Lomaland Dr. 32°42′57″N 117°15′01″W	4/28/1999	Base-end observation station built in 1942 as part of WWII coastal defense network; only remaining intact observation station with elliptical front and featuring sliding metal shutters
398	Ocean Beach Gateway Archaeological Site		2304 Sunset Cliffs Blvd. 32°45′04″N 117°14′31″W	11/17/1999	Archaeological site with record of more than 330 years of occupation by the La Jolla complex
400	Ella Strong Denison House		373 San Gorgonio St. 32°42′34″N 117°14′30″W	12/15/1999	Mediterranean Revival house built 1926–1927, designed by architect Herbert E. Palmer
401	Dixon House		3838 Dixon Place 32°44′00″N 117°14′16″W	1/27/2000	Queen Anne Victorian house built in 1898 by Albert Dixon
442	Ocean Beach Cottage Emerging District		Various 32°44′14″N 117°15′08″W	10/26/2000	Various Craftsman bungalows, cottages and other structures built from 1887–1931; designated properties include 2076 Bacon St.; 4711, 4746, 4765, 4909 Brighton Ave.; 4725, 4775 Coronado Ave.; 5044 Del Monte Ave.; 1971, 2120 Ebers St.; 4626, 4631 Larkspur St.; 4733, 4738, 4932–4936 Long Branch Ave.; 4726 Lotus St.; 4978 Narragansett Ave.; 4709 Orchard Ave.; 4742 Pescadero Ave.; 4651, 4764 W. Point Loma Blvd.; 4967, 4985 Saratoga Ave.; 2060, 2090 Sunset Cliffs Blvd.; 4956, 4972 Voltaire St.
453	Hildred R. and Marion M. Peckham House		2905 Nichols St. 32°42′39″N 117°14′14″W	12/20/2000	Mediterranean style house built in 1927, designed by architect William Templeton Johnson
460	Conard-Arrington House		809 San Antonio Pl. 32°42′59″N 117°14′08″W	3/22/2001	Ranch style house built in 1949, designed by architect Roy Drew
466	Bowman-Cotton House		2900 Nichols St. 32°42′40″N 117°14′14″W	5/24/2001	Spanish eclectic style house built in 1929, designed by architects Richard Requa and Herbert Jackson
477	3726 Elliott Street Residence		3726 Elliott St. 32°44′42″N 117°13′26″W	8/23/2001	Spanish eclectic style house built in 1929, designed by architects Richard Requa and Herbert Jackson
486	Rosecroft		1530 Silvergate Ave. 32°42′46″N 117°14′41″W	9/21/2001	Italian Renaissance style house designed by Emmor Brooke Weaver, built in 1912 for Alfred D. Robinson and Marion James Robinson; they also created the adjacent Rosecroft Begonia Gardens, which was a tourist site during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.
490	Thomas I. and Florence M. Stephens House		2772 Evergreen St. 32°44′34″N 117°13′00″W	9/21/2001	English Tudor cottage built 1925–1926, built by Ideal Building Co.
512	2939 Owen Street House		2939 Owen St. 32°42′43″N 117°14′13″W	2/28/2002	Spanish eclectic style house built in 1935; believed to be designed by architect Richard Requa
516	Donna and Harold Lush House		1576 Willow St. 32°43′45″N 117°13′48″W	4/25/2002	Spanish eclectic style house built in 1928
529	Myrtle B. and George F. Reuter House		1570 Willow St.	7/25/2002	Spanish eclectic style house built in 1928
533	Glen Fucheon/Douglas T. Kelley House		4423 Alhambra St.	8/22/2002	Mediterranean style house built c. 1929
536	Bernard and Dora Junker/Rear Admiral Cyrus Cole House		2878 Rosecrans St.	9/26/2002	Spanish eclectic style house built in 1926
554	James Dillon and Lenore Heller Forward/Richard S. Requa-Milton Sessions House		3123 Zola St.	10/24/2002	Spanish eclectic style house built in 1927, designed by architect Richard Requa
555	George Burnham House		2916 Chatsworth Blvd.	10/24/2002	Prairie style house built in 1913, designed by architect Walter Keller
556	Winfield and Ella Sellers/William Sterling Hebbard House		1055 Akron St.	10/24/2002	Modern style house built in 1915, designed by architect William Sterling Hebbard
561	Strand Theatre		4948 Newport Ave., Ocean Beach 32°44′46″N 117°15′00″W	12/20/2002	Built in 1925
565	Ocean Beach Library		4801 Santa Monica Ave., Ocean Beach 32°44′43″N 117°14′50″W	12/20/2002	Spanish/Monterey style library built in 1928; designed by architect Robert W. Snyder
573	James Wood Coffroth/Frank Stevenson House		2775 Chatsworth Blvd.	2/27/2003	Italian Renaissance Revival style house built in 1923
574	Florence Everingham House		3108 Elliott St.	2/27/2003	Spanish eclectic, Monterey style house built in 1930
575	J.L. Brown Spec House		2858 Evergreen St.	2/27/2003	Prairie Style house built in 1912
576	Frank Guasti House		3105 Freeman St.	2/27/2003	Spanish eclectic style house built in 1931
577	Herbert Bathrick House		3211 Freeman St.	2/27/2003	Spanish eclectic style house built in 1929
578	Frank W. Stevenson House		3143 Goldsmith St.	2/27/2003	Spanish eclectic/Mission Revival style house built in 1924
579	William and Annie Simpson House		3252 Goldsmith St.	2/27/2003	Prairie style house built in 1913
580	Hal Huldah Hotchkiss House		2677 Locust St.	2/27/2003	Colonial Revival style house built in 1936
585	Col. Howard Tatum/Richard Requa House		2540 Jonquil St.	4/24/2003	Spanish Revival house built in 1926, designed by architect Richard Requa
604	William and Minerva Welton Spec House#1		3021 Elliott St.	8/28/2003	Spanish eclectic style house built in 1926
605	Dr. William Cooke House		3130 Elliott St.	8/28/2003	Spanish eclectic style house built in 1926
606	Rear Admiral Charles Hartman/Pear Pearson House		3027 Freeman St.	8/28/2003	Spanish eclectic style house built in 1935; built by Pear Pearson of Pearson Construction Co.
607	Lilian Bonfils House		3035 Kingsley St.	8/28/2003	Spanish eclectic style house built in 1925
628	Alice Clark House		3026 Freeman St.	10/23/2003	Spanish eclectic style house built in 1929
629	Clarence Swenson/Richard Requa House		3610 Amaryllis St.	10/23/2003	Spanish eclectic style house built in 1926, designed by architect Richard Requa
631	Lewis Dodge Spec House#1		4660 Tivoli St.	10/23/2003	Spanish eclectic style house built in 1927
633	Herbert Kunzel/Robert Mosher House		3250 McCall St.	11/21/2003	Modernist Craftsman house with Japanese influences built in 1951, design by architect Robert Mosher; appeal overturned designation but later redesignated as No. 715
649	Lola McAvoy Spec House#1		3414 Freeman St.	3/5/2004	Spanish Colonial Revival house built in 1933
650	James Wood Coffroth House		3279 Homer St.	3/5/2004	Prairie style house built in 1914
651	Dr. Harry and Beryl Faulkner House		3003 Kingsley St.	3/5/2004	French eclectic house built in 1939; associated with E.H. Depew
652	Col. David and Sydney Roscoe House		2710 Rosecrans St.	3/5/2004	Spanish eclectic house built in 1926
691	Viggo and Tommye Effenberger House		2628 Rosecrans St.	10/28/2004
715	Herbert Kunzel/Robert Mosher House		3250 McCall St.	5/26/2005	Modernist house with oriental influences built in 1951, designed by architect Robert Mosher; designation appealed
718	Strawn House		3120 Owen St.	6/17/2005	Neoclassical style house built in 1933, designed by Ralph L. Frank
719	Joseph and Esten Shreve House		4510 Alhambra St.	7/28/2005	Spanish eclectic house built in 1928
773	4528 Saratoga Avenue		4528 Saratoga Ave. 32°44′37″N 117°14′28″W	8/24/2006	American Craftsman structure built in 1924; contributing to Ocean Beach Cottage Emerging Historic District
774	4535 Cape May Avenue		4535 Cape May Ave. 32°44′39″N 117°14′27″W	8/24/2006	American Craftsman structure built in 1927; contributing to Ocean Beach Cottage Emerging Historic District
838	Gertrude Ossenburg House		3614 Hyacinth Dr.	9/27/2007	Spanish eclectic house built in 1933
844	Louis & Bertha Feller/Homer Delawie House		3377 Charles St.	11/8/2007	Post and Beam Modernist house built in 1962, designed by architect Homer Delawie
845	Delawie Residence III - The Village		2749 Azalea Dr.	11/8/2007	Post and Beam Modernist house built in 1973, designed by architect Homer Delawie
855	Kettenburg Boat Works		1271 Scott St.; 2810 Carleton St.	2/28/2008	Designation applies to site only and not structures; designated for importance as site where Kettenburg boats were built
861	Katherine Redding Stadler House		2750 Rosecrans St.	3/27/2008	Italian Renaissance house built in 1914; associated with Gustav A. Hanssen
863	Alfred and Julia Southard House		3612 Elliott St.	3/27/2008	Spanish eclectic house built in 1927
869	T. Claude Ryan House		548 San Fernando St.	5/22/2008	Built in 1962 for T. Claude Ryan, creator of several aeronautical companies and designer of multiple airplanes

See also

• California portal

• List of San Diego Historic Landmarks — all.
• List of San Diego Historic Landmarks in La Jolla
• List of California Historical Landmarks in San Diego County, California
• National Register of Historic Places in the City of San Diego, California