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The following are approximate tallies of current listings in California on the National Register of Historic Places. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008, [1] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [2]
The second Roman Catholic California Mission Church, this was the headquarters of the padre presidente, Father Fermin Francisco de Lasuen. It was destroyed in the mid-19th century and restored in 1884 and 1920. It remains a parish church today. 24: Carrizo Plain Archeological District: Carrizo Plain Archeological District
The Whaley House is a Greek Revival–style residence and museum in Old Town, San Diego, California. It is the oldest brick structure in Southern California, built in 1857. It is a California Historical Landmark No. 65 [2] and is currently maintained by Historic Tours of America, Inc (HTA). The Whaley House was the home of Thomas Whaley and his ...
The building stands out because it's made with brick rather than stucco. Casa De la Guerra: 11-19 E De la Guerra St. 1819-27 1983 Italiante Commercial Building 25 E De la Guerra St. 1860 1983 Italianate Commercial Building, Stuccoed Brick Santiago De la Guerra Adobe 110 E De la Guerra St. c. 1812 1983 Arrelanes-Kirk Adobe 421 E Figueroa St. c. 1860
This article lists the oldest extant buildings in California, including extant buildings and structures constructed during Spanish, Mexican, and early American rule over California. Only buildings built prior to 1850 are suitable for inclusion on this list, or the building must be the oldest of its type.
SDHL # [1] Landmark name [2] Image Address [2] Designation Date [2] Description [3]; 1: El Prado Area: Balboa Park: 9/7/1967 Long, wide promenade running through the center of Balboa Park, lined with Spanish Revival buildings including the Museum of Us, the San Diego Museum of Art, the Museum of Photographic Arts, the Natural History Museum, the Fleet Science Center, and the Timken Museum of Art
Today, Hearst Castle is a museum open to the public as a California State Park and registered as a National Historic Landmark and California Historical Landmark. George Hearst , William Randolph Hearst's father, had purchased the original 40,000-acre (162 km 2 ) estate in 1865 and Camp Hill, the site for the future Hearst Castle, was used for ...
[1] [2] The grounds include California's first theatre, and the Monterey Custom House, where the American flag was first raised over California. The park is a group of restored historic buildings. The exhibited houses display the cultural diversity that guided California's transition from a remote Spanish outpost in Las Californias province, to ...