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The Samuel I. Fox Building is an historic building located at 531 Broadway in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter, in the U.S. state of California. The Art Deco building was designed by William Templeton Johnson, [1] and completed in 1929. [2] [3]
The San Diego Museum of Art is a fine art museum in Balboa Park in San Diego, California, that houses a broad collection with particular strength in Spanish art. It opened as the Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego on February 28, 1926, and changed to its current name in 1978. [1] [2] The official Balboa Park website calls it "the region's oldest ...
This table includes buildings in the Gaslamp Quarter Historic District in San Diego, California.The order of entries in the table is taken from a brochure printed by the Gaslamp Quarter Historical Foundation titled Architectural Guide and Walking Tour Map. [1]
The tower has been described as "San Diego's Icon," the most photographed and best-known landmark in San Diego. [13] The State of California paid the $250,000 to develop the California Building and Tower for the 1915 Exposition. [11] Although California owned the building, it was turned over to the San Diego government in 1926. [8]
Johnson is known for his Spanish Revival buildings, all in San Diego unless otherwise noted: La Jolla Public Library, now the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, 1921; Fine Arts Gallery in Balboa Park in 1932, now the San Diego Museum of Art, 1926; La Valencia Hotel, La Jolla, 1926; The San Diego Trust & Savings Bank at Sixth and Broadway, 1928
Robert Mosher (September 27, 1920 – July 26, 2015) was an American architect who operated primarily in Southern California. [1] [self-published source] Mosher was a Taliesin apprentice of Frank Lloyd Wright, and a pioneer of the post-war modernist architecture movement in San Diego.
The Spanish Village Art Center is an art center in Balboa Park in San Diego, California. [1] Anni von Westrum Baldaugh was among the artists who had studio space at the Spanish Village. [ 2 ] Current tenants include the San Diego Mineral and Gem Society and the Southern California Association of Camera Clubs.
The groundwork for the museum was laid in 1951 when Walter Ames helped sisters Amy and Anne Putnam (nieces and heirs of Henry W. Putnam) to form the nonprofit Putnam Foundation to own and manage their art collection. The sisters had settled in San Diego in the early 20th century and made donations to the San Diego Museum of Art in its early ...