As you consider historically designating your own modern home; hoping to purchase a designated property; or buy a home and apply for its designation you can refer to the following list of homes and buildings that have secured historic designation.
Adams, S. Janet Residence (1936)
Designed by architect Charles H. Holmstrom, built by Southard Electrosteel Structures. Located at 3122 Curtis Street.
Andrusson, Mr. & Mrs. Uno Residence (1965)
This Delawie & Macy design is located at 4726 Panorama Drive in University Heights.
Bailey, Wheeler J. Residence (1907)
This Irving Gill design is located at 7964 Princess Street, La Jolla
Barron, Ellis & Nancy House (1956)
Designed by Henry Hester and located at 6632 Avenida Manana, La Jolla
Bascomb, Edward and Iris House (1954)
This Sim Bruce Richards design is located at 887 Golden Park Avenue, Point Loma.
Bishop's School (1910-45)
This Irving Gill design is located at 7607 La Jolla Boulevard.
Bond House (1960)
This Richard Neutra design is located at 4449 Yerba Santa Drive, College Area.
Bronowski, Jacob and Rita Residence (1965)
Designed by Russell Forester. Located at 9438 La Jolla Farms Road.
Brown, Michael and Clara House (1968)
This house, designed by Richard Lareau, is located at 5645 Taft in La Jolla.
Byerly, James and Doris House (1949)
Designed by Russell Forester. This house is located at 1949 Paseo Dorado in La Jolla.
Campbell, Samuel Spec House (1938)
Designed by Samuel Campbell. Located at 2354 Plum Street, Point Loma.
Casady, Simon & Virginia House (1960)
Designed by Arthur Decker. This house is located at 10010 Shadow Road in Mt. Helix.
Case Study House 23 – Triad House A (1960)
Designed by Killingsworth, Brady & Smith. Located at 2342 Rue De Anne, La Jolla.
Case Study House 23 – Triad House C (1960)
Designed by Killingsworth, Brady & Smith. Located at 2329 Rue De Anne, La Jolla.
Cassitt, Mary House (No. 4) (1906)
This Irving Gill design is located at 3526 7th Avenue.
Clitsome, Donald & Gladys Residence (1938)
Designed by Lloyd Ruocco. Located at 2228 33rd Street in South Park.
Cole Residence (1952)
Designed by Lloyd Ruocco. Located at 5628 Nokomis Street in La Mesa.
Compton, Frank and Gloria House (1948)
Designed by John Lloyd Wright. Located at 7840 East Roseland Drive, La Jolla.
Conard-Arrington House (1949)
Designed by Roy Drew. Located at 809 San Antonio Place, Point Loma.
Cornelius House (1958)
Designed by Henry Hester. Located at 10385 Bonnie Lane, Mt. Helix.
Cory, Mitchel & Malvena House (1958-1960)
Designed by Hal Sadler. Located at 10364 Bonnie Lane, Mt. Helix.
Darley, Helen Ruth House (1948)
Designed by Russell Forester. Located at 7750 Ludington Place, La Jolla.
Delawie, Homer Residence II (1963)
Designed by Homer Delawie. Located at 1833 Neale Street, Mission Hills.
Delawie, Homer Residence III, The Village (1973)
Designed by Homer Delawie. Located at 2749 Azalea Drive, Point Loma.
Del Prado Condominiums (1973)
Designed by William Krisel. Located at 666 Upas Street, Hillcrest.
The Design Center (1949-50)
Designed by Lloyd Ruocco. Located at 3601-3635 5th Avenue, Hillcrest.
Dirks, John & Ruth House & Studio (1945)
Designed by John Dirks. Located at 5120 Alzeda Drive, Mt. Helix.
Dixon, Dr. Frank House (1953)
Designed by David C. Tatman. Located at 2355 Avenida De La Playa, La Jolla.
Eales, Rodney House (1971-1983)
Designed by Sim Bruce Richards. Located at 391 Catalina Boulevard, Point Loma.
Eason, Fred S. Residence (1964)
Designed by Cliff May. Located at 4777 Avion Way, College Area.
El Pueblo Ribera (1923)
Designed by Rudolph Schindler. Located at 230–248 Gravilla Street, La Jolla.
Fares, Margaret Grocery Store (1938)
Designer not known. Located at 2020 Market Street, Sherman Heights
Feller, Louis & Bertha House (1960-62)
Designed by Lloyd Ruocco & Homer Delawie. Located at 3377 Charles Street, Point Loma.
First Church of Christ Scientist (1909)
This Irving Gill design is located at 2442 2nd Avenue.
Ford Building (1935)
This Walter Dorwin Teague designed pavilion for the Ford Motor Company was
open to visitors of the California Pacific International Exposition held
in Balboa Park in 1935-36. Located in Pan American Plaza in Balboa
Park.
Gill, Irving House (1905)
This Irving Gill design is located at 3776 Front Street.
Gill, Irving Spec House #1 (1909)
This Irving Gill design is located at 1345 Granada Avenue.
Gill, Louis House (1930)
This Louis Gill design is located at 3404 Front Street.
Gleich, Martin and Enid House (1958)
Designed by Henry Hester. Located at 5120 Norris Street, College Area.
Goldzband, Dr. Mel House (1964)
Designed by Homer Delawie. Located at 4709 La Rueda, Mt. Helix.
Goodman, George and Iris House (1968)
Designed by Rex Lotery. Located at 5330 Le Barron Road, College Area.
Guy, Marie Schumann-Heink & Hubert Residence
Designed by Richard Wheeler. Located at 5310 Valle Vista.
Herman, Edmund and Elsie House (1961)
Designed by Russell Forester. Located at 1262 Fleetridge Drive, Point Loma.
Hindman House (1962)
Designed by John Mock. Located at 10636 Snyder Road, Mt. Helix.
Hines House (1963)
Designed by John Mortenson. Located at 9701 Sierra Vista Avenue, Mt. Helix.
Holmgren House (1948)
Designed by Lloyd Ruocco. Located at 10037 Ward Lane, Mt. Helix.
Hope, Frank and Barbara Jr. House (1967)
Designed by Frank L. Hope Jr. Located at 3430 Bangor Place, Point Loma.
Hubbell, James Complex
Designed by James Hubbell. Located at 930 Orchard Run, Santa Ysabel.
Hufbauer, Clyde and Arabelle House (1952)
Designed by Clyde Hufbauer. Located at 1821 Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla.
Institute of Geophysics & Geoplanetary Physics (1964)
Designed by Lloyd Ruocco. Located at 8602 La Jolla Shores Drive (8800 Biological Grade), La Jolla
*On the National Register of Historic Places
Jach, George & Mercille Residence (1962)
Designed by John Mortenson. Located at 10446 Russell Road, La Mesa
Jackson, David and Susan House (1964)
Designed by Ronald K. Davis. Located at 3455 Charles Street, Point Loma.
Jackson, Richard & Helen House (1949)
Designed by Lloyd Ruocco. Located at 4421 Mayapan Drive, Mt. Helix.
Jackson Johnson III House (1961)
Designed by Lloyd Ruocco & Homer Delawie. Located at 8272 El Paseo Grande, La Jolla.
Jones, Burton I. House (1942-49)
Commissioned by Frank E. and Mae I. Bleecker, this project
was published as the Three Wishes House by Good Housekeeping. The home was designed by Lloyd Ruocco and is located at 9830 Edgelake Drive, Mt. Helix.
Kautz, George House (1913)
This Irving Gill design is located at 7753 Draper.
Keller, James Don & Rita H. House (1947)
Designed by Lloyd Ruocco. Located at 1433 Puterbaugh, Mission Hills.
Kress Department Store (1941)
Designed by Edward Sibbert. Located at 428 C Street, San Diego
Kunzel, Herbert House (1951)
Designed by Robert Mosher. Located at 3250 McCall Street, Point Loma.
La Jolla Recreation Center (1915)
This Irving Gill design was commissioned by Ellen Browning-Scripps. Located at 615 Prospect Street, La Jolla.
La Jolla Women’s Club (1914)
This clubhouse building was designed by Irving Gill. Located at 715 Silverado Street, La Jolla.
Lanthorne, Russell and Rosemary House (1963)
Designed by Homer Delawie. Located at 7520 Mar Avenue, La Jolla.
Lard, Robert and Alma House (1965)
Designed by Homer Delawie and Lloyd Ruocco. Located at 2218 Vallecitos, La Jolla.
Ledbetter, Richard & Olivia (Rosa) Residence (1966-1968)
Designed by Kendrick Bangs Kellogg. Located at 3545 Inez Street.
Lee, Alice Residence (1905)
This Irving Gill design is located at 3578 7th Avenue.
Lee, Alice/ Irving J. Gill/ Hazel Wood Waterman House (1905)
This Irving Gill design is located at 3574 7th Avenue.
Lee House No. 2 (1905)
This Irving Gill design is located at 3353 Albatross Street.
Lee House No. 4 (1913)
This Irving Gill design is located at 3367 Albatross Street.
Libby, Residence for Mr. & Mr.s Paul A. (1966-67)
Designed by Lloyd Ruocco. Located at 7846 Esterel Drive, La Jolla
Liebner, Robert & Rebecca House (1961)
Designed by owner/engineer Robert Liebner.
Lightner, John and Joan House (1969)
Designed by Roy Drew. Located at 420 Silvergate Avenue, Point Loma.
Lillie, T.W. House (1958)
Designed by Lloyd Ruocco. Located at 4410 Carmen Drive, Mt. Helix.
Lindstrom House (1933)
Designed by Cliff May. Located at 4669 East Talmadge Drive, Kensington.
Mabee, John and Betty House (1963)
Designed by William Lumpkins. Located at 4545 Yerba Santa Drive, College Area.
Macnofsky, Stuart and Susan House (1968)
Designed by Barton Kauffman. The house is located at 10000 Pandora Drive, Mt. Helix.
County of San Diego Historical Landmark Number 2020-04
Melville-Klauber House (1907-08)
This house designed by Irving Gill hosts several trademarks of the architect's later works. Located at
3060 Sixth Avenue, Hillcrest.
Mills, Mansfield and Katherine House (1957)
Designed by Dale Naegle. Located at 7105 Country Club Drive, La Jolla.
Montgomery Memorial - Silver Wing Monument by Lloyd Ruocco (1946)
This
park honors John Joseph Montgomery whose 1883 glider, flown at Otay
Mesa, was the first successful flight of a heavier-than-air craft. The
monument wing marks the event and symbolizes his continued flights in
the region during 1884–1886. Designed by Lloyd Ruocco. Located at Palm Avenue, Beyer Boulevard and
Coronado Avenue.
Munk, Walter & Judith Residence (1954)
Designed by Judith Horton Munk. Located at 9530 La Jolla Shores Drive, La Jolla
Neece, Ruth Smith and Louise Duplex (1960)
Designed by Lloyd Ruocco & Homer Delawie. Located at 8015-8017 El Paseo Grande, La Jolla.
Nicol, Frank and Jean Residence (1982)
Designed by Sim Bruce Richards. Located at 15405 Pauma Valley Road, Pauma Valley.
Nuckolls, Mrs. George H. & Virginia House (1936)
Designed by Cliff May. Located at 6004 Avenida Cresta, La Jolla
Olney, Richard House (1954)
Designed by Sim Bruce Richards. Located at 1644 Crespo, La Jolla
Oxley House (1958)
Designed by Richard Neutra. Located at 9302 La Jolla Farms Road, La Jolla.
Park Garden Apartments Building (1960)
Designed by Lloyd Ruocco and Homer Delawie. Located at 1740 Upas Street, Hillcrest.
Park Prospect Condominiums (1964)
Designed by Russell Forester. Located at 800 Prospect, La Jolla.
Peterson, Robert O. House (1965)
Designed by Russell Forester. Located at 567 Gage Drive, Point Loma.
Price, Peter M. House (1908)
This Irving Gill design is located at 1355 Granada Avenue.
Private Residence (1938)
Designer not known. Located at 3419 Euclid Avenue, City Heights.
Private Residence (1938)
Designer not known. Located at 1501-1503 Grove Street, South Park
The Prospect Center Building (1966)
Designed by Ladd and Kelsey. Located at 1020 Prospect Street.
Ratner, Abraham and Anne House (1958)
Designed by William R. Stephenson. Located at 541 Silver Gate Avenue, Point Loma.
*Original landscape design by Garrett Eckbo of Eckbo, Royston and Williams
Reed, David and Beverly Residence
Designed by John August Reed. Located at 1541 Garrison Place, Point Loma
Residence for The Guild Company (1955)
Designed by Richard George Wheeler, Architect & Associates. Located at 3551 Garrison Street.
Richards, Sim Bruce & Janet Residence I (1948)
Designed by Sim Bruce Richards. Located at 977 Albion Street, Point Loma
Richards, Sim Bruce & Janet Residence II (1952)
Designed by Sim Bruce Richards. Located at 3360 Harbor View Drive, Point Loma
Richards, Sim Bruce & Janet Residence III (1957)
Designed by Sim Bruce Richards. Located at 955 Bangor Street, Point Loma
Rosenberg, Nate and Beverly House (1961)
Designed by William R. Stephenson. Located at 742 Armada Terrace, Point Loma.
Rubin, Norman and Toba House (1971)
Designed by Kahn, Kappe, and Lotery (1968-73). Located at 3950 La Cresta, Point Loma.
Salk Institute for Biological Studies (1965)
The only design in San Diego County by architect Louis Kahn. Located at 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla.
Salomon, Colonel Irving Apartments (1959)
Designed by Henry Hester. This building, now condominiums, is located at 3200 6th Avenue in Hillcrest.
Salyers, Charles Spec House #1 (1937)
Designed by Charles H. Salyers. Located at 2626 Clove Street, Point Loma
Schmock, Lt. Cdr. Donald L. and Maj. Joyce Residence (1953)
Designed by Sim Bruce Richards. Located at 7345 Remley Place, La Jolla.
Scripps, George. H. Memorial Biological Laboratory (1909)
Also
known as the ‘Old Scripps Building’, this is the oldest oceanographic
research building in continuous use in the United States, this Scripps
Institution of Oceanography building dates back to the institution’s
founding. This Irving Gill design is located at 8602 La Jolla Shores Drive within the Scripps Institution of Oceanography campus in La Jolla.
Shaw, Jerome & Joyce Residence (1965-66)
Designed by Lloyd Ruocco. Located at 7245 Rue de Roark, La Jolla.
Spicer, Raymond, Jr. and Avery House (1961)
Designed by Sim Bruce Richards. Located at 379 San Antonio Avenue, Point Loma.
Stake, Paul Residence (1935-36)
Designed by Charles H. Salyers. Located at 3037 28th Street, North Park
Styles, Hugh B. and Zula B. House (1953)
Designed by Cliff May. Located at 8545 Chevy Chase Drive, La Mesa.
Teats House No. 1 (1905)
This Irving Gill design is located at 3560 7th Avenue.
Teats House No. 2 (1912)
This Irving Gill design is located at 3415 Albatross Street.
Teats House No. 3 (1922)
This Irving Gill design is located at 3407 Albatross Street.
Ullman, Dr. Milton House (1964)
Designed by Hendrick and Mock Architects. Located at 4786 Mount Helix Drive, Mt. Helix.
Urey, Dr. Harold C. & Frieda Daum House (1954)
Designed by Russell Forester. Located at 7890 Torrey Lane, La Jolla.
U.S. Post Office Facility (1972)
This brutalist design by Deems Lewis won an AIA Award of Merit from the
AIA San Diego Chapter. Located at 2535 Midway Drive, San Diego.
Vollmer, Rose House (1964)
Designed by Richard Lareau. Located at 4515 Ladera Street, Sunset Cliffs.
Vondracek, John & Joan House (1959)
Designed by Hanis Lloyd Therkelsen Located at 851 Amiford Drive
Watson, Maurice and Jacqueline House (1951)
Designed by Sim Bruce Richards. Located at 2744 Azalea Drive, Point Loma.
Wetherell, Mr. & Mrs. J.G. Residence (1954-55)
Designed by C.J. Paderewski. Located at 8760 Alpine Avenue, La Mesa.
Wexler, Sidney & Henrietta House (1962)
Designed by Lloyd Ruocco. Located at 10088 Sierra Vista Avenue, Mt. Helix.
Woolworth Building (1949)
Designer not known. Located at 3067-3075 University Avenue, North Park
Wright, Mr. & Mrs. Warren House (1959-61)
Designed by John N. Mortnenson. Located at 4431 Palo Verde Terrace, College Area
Wright, Dorrit & Albert House (ca. 1955)
Designed by Ted Paulson and Clyde Hufbauer. Located at 8445 Avenida de Las Ondas, La Jolla.
Youngblood, James H. Residence (1972)
Designed by Cliff May. Located at 17538 El Vuelo, Rancho Santa Fe.
