List of Gaslamp Quarter historic buildings explained

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. This order also corresponds to numbers listed at the top of historic building survey plaques on many Gaslamp Quarter buildings.

Buildings

No.	Name	Year	Location	Image	Notes
1	William Heath Davis House	1850	410 Island Avenue 32.7105°N -117.1607°W		The oldest surviving structure in New Town.
2	Chinese Laundry	1923	527 4th Avenue 32.7109°N -117.1609°W
3	Tai Sing Building	1923	539 4th Avenue 32.711°N -117.1609°W
4	Pacifica Hotel	1910	547 4th Avenue 32.7111°N -117.1609°W
5	Lester Hotel	1905	417 Market Street 32.7114°N -117.1608°W
6	Quin Building	1930	500 4th Avenue 32.7106°N -117.1612°W
7	Quin Building Addition	1930	520 4th Avenue 32.7108°N -117.1612°W
8	Cotheret Building	1903	536 4th Avenue 32.7109°N -117.1612°W		Also known as the Gaslamp Hotel
9	Royal Pie Bakery	1884	554 4th Avenue 32.711°N -117.1612°W
10	Frey Block	1911	345 Market Street 32.7114°N -117.1612°W
11	Broker's Building	1889	404 Market Street 32.7117°N -117.1609°W		Also known as the Klauber-Wangenheim Building
12	Carriage Works	1890	655 4th Avenue 32.7122°N -117.1609°W
13	Labor Temple Building	1907	743 4th Avenue 32.7132°N -117.1609°W		Also known as Horton Parsons Hall
14	Paris Hotel	1910	409 F Street 32.7135°N -117.1609°W
15	Ingle Building	1906	801 4th Avenue 32.7137°N -117.1609°W		Housed the Golden Lion Tavern
16	Exchange Club	1905	815 4th Avenue 32.7139°N -117.1609°W
17	Panama Cafe	1907	827 4th Avenue 32.7141°N -117.1609°W
18	Windsor Hotel	1887	843 4th Avenue 32.7142°N -117.1609°W
19	Lawyer's Block	1889	901 4th Avenue 32.7148°N -117.1609°W
20	Schmitt Building	1888	951 4th Avenue 32.7154°N -117.1609°W
21	Granger Building	1904	964 5th Avenue 32.7156°N -117.1603°W
22	First National Bank Building	1884	904 5th Avenue 32.7149°N -117.1603°W		San Diego Historic Landmark
23	Woolworth Building	1922	953 5th Avenue 32.7154°N -117.16°W
24	Dalton Building	1911	939 5th Avenue 32.7152°N -117.16°W		Also known as the Universal Boot Shop
25	Howard Building	1887	933 5th Avenue 32.7152°N -117.16°W		Also known as Flagg Brothers Building
26	Watts–Robinson Building	1913	903 5th Avenue 32.7148°N -117.16°W
27	Onyx Hotel	1910	852 5th Avenue 32.7144°N -117.1603°W
28	San Diego Hardware Building	1910	840 5th Avenue 32.7142°N -117.1603°W
29	Ingersoll–Tutton Building	1894	832 5th Avenue 32.7141°N -117.1603°W
30	Mercantile Building	1894	822 5th Avenue 32.714°N -117.1603°W
31	Keating Building	1890	432 F Street 32.7138°N -117.1604°W		San Diego Historic Landmark
32	Louis Bank of Commerce	1888	835 5th Avenue 32.7142°N -117.16°W		San Diego Historic Landmark
33	Nesmith–Greely Building	1888	825 5th Avenue 32.7141°N -117.16°W		San Diego Historic Landmark
34	Hubbell Building	1887	813-823 5th Avenue 32.7139°N -117.16°W		San Diego Historic Landmark
35	Marston Building	1881	809 5th Avenue 32.7138°N -117.16°W		San Diego Historic Landmark
36	Spencer Ogden Building	1874	770 5th Avenue 32.7135°N -117.1603°W
37	Loring Building	1873	764 5th Avenue 32.7134°N -117.1603°W
38	Fritz Building	1909	760 5th Avenue 32.7134°N -117.1603°W
39	Dunham Building	1888	750 5th Avenue 32.7133°N -117.1603°W
40	Pat's Little Theater	1906	746 5th Avenue 32.7132°N -117.1603°W
41	Llewelyn Building	1887	722 5th Avenue 32.713°N -117.1603°W		San Diego Historic Landmark
42	Cole Block Building	1892	702 5th Avenue 32.7127°N -117.1603°W		San Diego Historic Landmark
43	William Penn Hotel	1920	511 F Street 32.7135°N -117.1599°W		Also known as the New Hotel Oxford.
44	Dream Theatre	1885	755 5th Avenue 32.7133°N -117.16°W
45	Pierce-Field Building	1885	753 5th Avenue 32.7134°N -117.16°W
46	Old City Hall	1874	664 5th Avenue 32.7125°N -117.1603°W		Also known as the Commercial Bank Building
47	Bijou Theater	1875	658 5th Avenue 32.7123°N -117.1603°W		Also known as the Old City Hall Addition
48	Backesto Building	1873	614 5th Avenue 32.7121°N -117.1603°W		San Diego Historic Landmark
49	Bancroft Building	1886	665 5th Avenue 32.7124°N -117.16°W
50	Casino Theatre	1912	643 5th Avenue 32.7122°N -117.16°W
51	Yuma Building	1888	631 5th Avenue 32.7119°N -117.16°W		San Diego Historic Landmark
52	Combination Store	1880	621 5th Avenue 32.7119°N -117.1599°W
53	McGurck Block	1887	611 5th Avenue 32.7117°N -117.16°W		San Diego Historic Landmark
54	Young Building	1883	421 Market Street 32.7114°N -117.1606°W		Also known as the Sun Cafe, a 1920s shooting gallery turned restaurant.
55	Timkin Building	1894	568 5th Avenue 32.7114°N -117.1603°W
56	Montijo Building	1895	560 5th Avenue 32.7112°N -117.1603°W
57	Marin Hotel	1888	552 5th Avenue 32.7111°N -117.1603°W		San Diego Historic Landmark
58	Lowenstein Building	1887	544 5th Avenue 32.7111°N -117.1603°W		Alternate spelling: Loewenstein
59	Lewis Brick Block, also known as Stingaree Hotel	1887	538 5th Avenue 32.711°N -117.1603°W
60	Lincoln Hotel	1913	536 5th Avenue 32.7109°N -117.1603°W
61	Yamada Building	1869	516 5th Avenue 32.7107°N -117.1603°W
62	Callan Hotel	1878	502 5th Avenue 32.7106°N -117.1603°W
63	Higgins–Begole Building	1887	527 5th Avenue 32.7108°N -117.16°W
64	Manila Cafe	1930	515 5th Avenue 32.7107°N -117.1599°W
65	Nanking Building	1912	467 5th Avenue 32.7103°N -117.16°W
66	Island Hotel	1877	449 5th Avenue 32.7101°N -117.16°W
67	Grand Pacific Hotel	1887	366 5th Avenue 32.7092°N -117.1602°W
68	Pioneer Warehouse	1918	301 4th Avenue 32.7085°N -117.1609°W		A 1925 adjoining addition to the warehouse is at 310 5th Avenue.
69	Brunswig Drug Company	1900	383 5th Avenue 32.7092°N -117.16°W
70	Buel–Town Building	1898	278 5th Avenue 32.7082°N -117.16°W
71	Samuel I. Fox Building	1929	531 Broadway 32.7157°N -117.1594°W
72	St. James Hotel	1912	844 6th Avenue 32.7141°N -117.1594°W
73	Sheldon Block	1888	822 6th Avenue 32.714°N -117.1594°W
74	George Hill Building	1897	527 F Street 32.7135°N -117.1595°W
75	Snyder Building	1923	748 6th Avenue 32.7133°N -117.1594°W
76	I.O.O.F. Building	1882	526 Market Street 32.7117°N -117.1595°W		San Diego Historic Landmark, NRHP listing: #78000751
77	Alan John Factory	1908	568 6th Avenue 32.7113°N -117.1593°W
78	Simmons Hotel	1906	540 6th Avenue 32.711°N -117.1594°W
79	Sterling Hardware Building	1924	530 6th Avenue 32.7109°N -117.1593°W
80	New York Hotel	1887	520 6th Avenue 32.7108°N -117.1593°W
81	Produce Market Building	1918	454 6th Avenue 32.7103°N -117.1593°W
82	Manos Market	1896	444 6th Avenue 32.7099°N -117.1593°W		A parking lot is all that remains.
83	Greenbaum Market Building	1915	528 J Street 32.7095°N -117.1596°W		A parking lot is all that remains.
84	San Diego Lumber Co. Building	1926	170 6th Avenue 32.7071°N -117.1593°W
85	Chinese Mission	1927	400 3rd Avenue 32.7095°N -117.1621°W
86	Quong Building	1913	416 3rd Avenue 32.7097°N -117.1621°W
87	Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association	1911	428 3rd Avenue 32.7098°N -117.1621°W		San Diego Historic Landmark
88	Quin Residence	1888	429 3rd Avenue 32.7098°N -117.1618°W
89	Ying-On Merchants and Labor Benevolent Association	1925	500 3rd Avenue 32.7106°N -117.1621°W
90	Plants and Fireproofing Building	1928	540 3rd Avenue 32.711°N -117.1621°W
91	Horton Grand Hotel and Kahle Saddlery	1886	311 Island Avenue 32.7104°N -117.1612°W		San Diego Historic Landmark, NRHP listing: #80000842, also known as the Brooklyn Hotel
92	Whitney Building	1914	345 4th Avenue 32.7091°N -117.1609°W
93	Gaslamp Galleria Building	1924	744 6th Avenue 32.7132°N -117.1594°W

See also

• List of San Diego Historic Landmarks
• National Register of Historic Places in San Diego County

Further reading

• Bugbee and Flanigan, San Diego's Historic Gaslamp Quarter: Then and Now, Tecolote, 2003
• Gaslamp Quarter Association, Gaslamp Quarter Historical Foundation, San Diego Historical Society, Images of America: San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter, Arcadia, 2003

External links

• Gaslamp Quarter Historical Foundation
• San Diego History Center