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The La Jolla Historical Society is a private 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in the La Jolla community of San Diego, California.According to its mission statement, it "celebrates the history and culture of this region along the water's edge through interdisciplinary programs, exhibitions, and research that challenge expectations.
The eight remaining PCCs were purchased in August 1957 by the San Diego Mill Supply Company. Car No. 167 and Car No. 508 are preserved at the Southern California Railway Museum in Perris, California, and Car No. 528 was obtained by the San Diego Railway Historical Society for preservation and exhibition.
SDHL # [1] Landmark name [2] Image Address [2] Designation Date [2] Description [3]; 10: Torrey Pines Area: Torrey Pines State Reserve: 11/21/1969 Coastal park remains one of the wildest stretches of land (8 km²) on the Southern California coast; consists of a plateau with cliffs that overlook Torrey Pines State Beach, and a lagoon used by migrating seabirds
La Jolla Park, now Ellen Browning Scripps Memorial Park, was set aside by developer Frank T. Botsford as the focal point for the creation of the 1887 subdivision, La Jolla Park. Located close to La Jolla's sea-level caves, the park offered access to the sheltered La Jolla Cove and views of the sea arches and other rock formations along the coast.
Location of San Diego County in California. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in San Diego County, California.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in San Diego County, California, United States.
Red Rest Cottage, 1187 Coast Blvd, La Jolla. George J. Leovy (1858–1921), a New Orleans native and railroad lawyer, built the Red Rest as a summer house for his family. For several years, the family had camped in Scripps Park. The cottage was sold to Florence Sawyer, founder of the Reading Room, La Jolla's first library. She lived there for a ...
Coast Walk Trail was promoted as an attraction by San Diego, Pacific Beach, and La Jolla Railroad. It provided precarious access to the rocky beaches below the La Jolla Caves where algae, seaweed, and sea moss, could be found. The collection of sea mosses was a popular pastime in the late Victorian era. Specimens were arranged into artistic ...
In 1885, a transcontinental railroad route came to San Diego, and the population boomed, reaching 16,159 by 1890. In 1906 the San Diego and Arizona Railway of John D. Spreckels was built to provide San Diego with a direct transcontinental rail link to the east by connecting with the Southern Pacific Railroad lines in El Centro, California.