National Historic Landmark · San Diego, California

Botanical Building

A listed building near San Diego, California, built 1868 in the Spanish Colonial Revival architecture style. Added to the National Register in 1977, and a National Historic Landmark.

Botanical Building
Photo via Wikimedia Commons

The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
AddressCA Quadrangle 41, San Diego vicinity, CA
CountySan Diego County
ListedDec 22, 1977
Reference number77000331
Built1868
ArchitectKatherine Olivia Sessions
StyleSpanish Colonial Revival architecture, Mediterranean Revival architecture
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark, list of San Diego Historic Landmarks
Contributing resources10 buildings, 5 structures
StandingYes

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.

Where it is

StreetCA Quadrangle 41
Coordinates32.73250, -117.14913 · Directions ↗

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Why you would stay

Reference

Exists because it is true

Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 77000331. Nothing here is transcribed by hand.