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

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26TH

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20TH

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27TH

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28TH

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HARRISON AV

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EVERETT AVWEBSTER AV

BEARDSLEY ST

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FRANKLIN AV

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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

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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