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The built environment in Southeastern San Diego had its start with the Mexican land grants in the San Diego area, which would serve as the base for all future development. No known built resources exist in the Planning Area from San Diego’s earliest period. Archaeological artifacts are most likely to be found along the creeks.
Building Southeastern San DiegoAnticipating the railroad, Southeastern San Diego was a patchwork of subdivisions. includ-ing Sherman’s Addition and what is now Logan Heights.
Beginning in 1887, trolleys began serving the area. Neighborhoods within a few blocks of the rail and streetcar lines flourished, and became home to middle- and working-class families.
Development ExpandsThe automobile granted more flexibility, allow-ing areas farther from the city center to thrive. Bungalow courts and other housing forms emerged.
Beginning in the 1920s, ethnic enclaves began to form, especially in the greater Logan Heights area.
Freeway Era The postwar era saw rapid expansion. Many developers constructed speculative housing in new subdivisions.
Master planning for freeways began in the early 1950s, and Southeastern San Diego and the Encanto Neighborhoods were highly affected.
Many African-Americans moved east to Encanto and Valencia Park in the 1950s and 1960s, taking advantage of the opportunity to own homes.
Historic Preservation
SIGNIFICANT THEMES HISTORIC SITES & DISTRICTS
Preferred Plan
• Location in early subdivision
• Architectural style from this period, in-cluding Queen Anne, Folk Victorian, Folk National, Craftsman, Prairie
• Location in Encanto
• Architectural style and form from this period, typically Folk National or Craftsman
• One to two stories; gable or pyramidal roof
• Commercial use, often associated with car culture
• Style including Art Moderne, Googie, Quonset hut, and Modern
• Postwar subdivi-sion housing: styles including Minimal Traditional, Streamline Moderne, Ranch
• Bungalow courts are clusters of small one story units organized around a courtyard or garden
Villa Montezuma, completed in 1887, is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Hollington House is listed in the San Diego Register, and located in the Sherman Heights historic district. (HRB site #165).
The Johnson Wilshire Gas Station, built in 1962, embodies the futurist Googie style. (HRB site #954).
Sherman Heights Historic District
Grant HillHistoric District
GREATER GOLDEN HILL
DOWNTOWNK ST
L ST
J ST
ISLAND AV
IRVING AV
JULIAN AV
IMPERIAL AV
COMMERCIAL ST
21ST
ST
26TH
ST
20TH
ST
25TH
ST
27TH
ST
28TH
ST
22N
D S
T
HARRISON AV
DEWEY
ST
SAM
PSON STSIC
ARD ST
24TH
ST
EVA
NS
ST
HO
ITT
ST
HEN
SLEY
ST
LAN
GLE
Y ST
EVERETT AVWEBSTER AV
BEARDSLEY ST
J ST
L ST
FRANKLIN AV
K ST
I-5MARKET ST
94G ST
KEARNEY AV
CESAR E CHAVEZ PKWY
Sherman Elementary
BurbankElementary
Grant HillPark Kimbrough
Elementary
LoganElementary
LoganHeightsLibrary
Sherman Heights & Grant Hill Historic Districts: Preferred Plan
Trolley Stops
Trolley Line
Registered San Diego Historic Districts
Village District
Master Plan Areas
Residential - Low Medium (10-14 du/ac)
Neighborhood Village-Low (15-29 du/ac)
Neighborhood Village-Medium (30-44 du/ac)
Community Commercial - Residential Permitted (15-29 du/ac)
Community Commercial - Residential Prohibited
Population-based Park
Institutional
Southeastern San Diego Community Plan Boundary 0 0.1 0.20.05Miles
Cottages and bungalows
Residential - Suburban farmAfter annexation of Encanto, 1920.
Development expands, 1930.
Residential - Bungalow courts
Emerald Hills Subdivision, 1957.
Commercial
ASSOCIATED PROPERTY TYPES & CHARACTER-DEFINING FEATURES
Residential - Subdivision
Subdivisions and city limits, 1910.
Sherman Heights Historic District
Grant HillHistoric District
GREATER GOLDEN HILL
DOWNTOWNK ST
L ST
J ST
ISLAND AV
IRVING AV
JULIAN AV
IMPERIAL AV
COMMERCIAL ST
21ST
ST
26TH
ST
20TH
ST
25TH
ST
27TH
ST
28TH
ST
22N
D S
T
HARRISON AV
DEWEY
ST
SAM
PSON STSIC
ARD ST
24TH
ST
EVA
NS
ST
HO
ITT
ST
HEN
SLEY
ST
LAN
GLE
Y ST
EVERETT AVWEBSTER AV
BEARDSLEY ST
J ST
L ST
FRANKLIN AV
K ST
I-5MARKET ST
94G ST
KEARNEY AV
CESAR E CHAVEZ PKWY
Sherman Elementary
BurbankElementary
Grant HillPark Kimbrough
Elementary
LoganElementary
LoganHeightsLibrary
Sherman Heights & Grant Hill Historic Districts: Preferred Plan
Trolley Stops
Trolley Line
Registered San Diego Historic Districts
Village District
Master Plan Areas
Residential - Low Medium (10-14 du/ac)
Neighborhood Village-Low (15-29 du/ac)
Neighborhood Village-Medium (30-44 du/ac)
Community Commercial - Residential Permitted (15-29 du/ac)
Community Commercial - Residential Prohibited
Population-based Park
Institutional
Southeastern San Diego Community Plan Boundary 0 0.1 0.20.05Miles
Registered San Diego Historic Districts
Residential - Low Medium (10-14 du/ac)
Neighborhood Village-Low (15-29 du/ac)
Neighborhood Village-Medium (30-44 du/ac)
Community Commercial - Residential Permitted (15-29 du/ac)
Community Commercial - Residential Prohibited
Population-based Park
Institutional
Pre-History & Early San Diego History