State of California -The Resources Agency Ser. No. ------"""'c:::=- DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HABS___HAER __ Loc ___SHL No. __ NR Status 3/30 UTM: ·A c ______HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY s o ______

IDENTIFICATION Variety Har_ clware Buil_dinq 1. Ccmmonname: --~~==~~~~~~~~~~~------~------~~-----

2. His-toric name: __· Y::. o'"un=q,. "'H~·a"'-· r=.;dwa=· "'-r"'e"-'S'"t'"o~rwe"---'('-'1'-9"'3'-'7-'l--.------~------

3. Street or rural address: --=3~2'"8"-'So:;-,;,:8'"7!....-'A:!d~aJ]lS"'.!!2-A=v:=e..:.. ------'-.------'------

CitL....:::;S::;a~n...;D::;L::::·e::;q;lO· 0::_~--,..------Zip 92116 Ccuntv ...... :Sa=n.:....=D:::i:::e:::q~::O:....,:, ______

4. Parcel number:4~3:.:;9:_-.::4~3:.::2:..-..::0::;4:.______

5. 'Present Owner: ....::Y.:::o:::un::..:.:;q!.!,~Ma~r:v::..~.______Address: 3453 Cromwell Pl.

City Zip 92116 Ownership is: Public _____ Private __x:.;:.. ___ 6. Present Use: Commercial \1( Att. D.vellinq Original use: ------DESCRIPTION 7a. Architectural style: Spo.nish Colonial 7b. Briefly describe the present physical appearance of the site or structure and describe any major alterations from its original condition: Legal Desc: Blk 38 Lot #l Normal Heights

This two-story Spo.nish Colonial_ Revival style building is topped with a 3/4 pent red tiled roof l:ordering a flat wood truss' roof. The stucco sided walls are divided into seven bays by full-length pilasters. The second story's \'lindol-ls are framed behind Spo.nish Romanesque-like double arches. The arched window al:ove the north1-1estern corner is open, with surrounding balconettes fonninc an airy recessed balcony. The ground floor's storefronts originally had folding glass panels 1-lhich opened to reveal a walk-in market. Since the advent of the harcnvare store (1937), the folding panels have been replaced with fixed glass pones. The northeast storefront has been sealed. The original glass-paneled transom remains, though, as 1-lell as five of the original hanging decorative lamps.

Construction date: Estimated 1925 Factual ----

Architect Louis J · Gill

Builder B.J. Carterj

Approx. property size (in feed Frontage 178 Depth----

or approx. acreage.~. ..1.1 :J.5£,2.J.l _____

Oate(s) of enclosed photognrph(s) 1989 13. ·Condition: Excellent _X,_ Good __ Fair __ DeteriOrated __ No longer in existence

.14. Alterations: Modern era sianage anQ awning; g} azt::.Q ti 10 foot.i"_'lg· rc.TTV)Va1 of fcjJ djnq glass panels in front of corner store - 15. Surroundings: (Check more than one if nece=ryl Open land _Scattered buildings __ Densely built-up_ Residential _Industrial __ Commercial_ Other:

16. Threats. to site: None knoYtn...XPrivate development__ Zor>ing _ Vandalism __ Public Works proiect -.- Other:

17. Is the str~cture: On its original>ite?-'.X,_ __ Moved? ___ Unkno>V!l? ----

18. Rela-t.ed feature.t: The structure was built as .a rnrt Qf Cartpri Co.nt-or

SIGNIFICANCE 19. Briefly st<:te historical and/or architectural impcrtance (inclede dates, ev.ents, and persons asso<:iated with the site.)

The building was designed by noted San Diego architect Louis J. Gill for Bertram J. Carteri, the prime developer of Normal Heights in the 1920's. Carteri b.lilt the combination stqre/apartment building c. 1925 as part of his Carteri Center development, Which was the area's.first commercial and residential district (1920-1933). The building represents the optimism of the 1920's development of the Normal Heights area. Architecturally, it represents the then highly popular Spanish Colonial Revival style of architecture. The structure originally housed a neighborhood comer grocery, butcher, and green grocer, as well as a ba"kery on the ground floor. The original brick­ lined oven is still located within the building. The upper floor is occupied with apartment units. The present hardware store has been in this location since 1937.

Locational sketch rmp (draw and label·site and. surrounding streets, roads, and prominent landmarks): 20. Main theme of the historic resource: {If more than-one is ... /\ TH checked, number in order of importance.) Architecture --'"-·--Arts & Leisure ------Economic/Industrial __ Exploration/Senlement ---- k: Government Military ------. , .( ...... Religion Social/Education -----~

21. Soutc.e:s (Li.sl books, doa.~ments. surveys, ~rsonal interviem and their dat~). S.D. City Directorie's 1887- 1971; Sanborn Fire Insurance Mapbocks 1921-50, 195~-70; S.D. Proaress: c. l/28/1925; Gebhard, David, A Catalog of the Architectural Drawing Collection. BANCROFT

22. Date form prepared =t~L/f-2-'3'"-(-"q"-o'-...,....------By (name) Alex D. Bevil OrganizationCity of San Diego P1annina Dept. Address: 202 "C" Street CitY San DJ.ego ZiP _-.:..9=2=1-'-0=-1 \619) :J33 '7::>33 Phone'-----~------

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" 32NO ST State of California - if'he Atneurctls Agttncy Ser. No.------DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HABS__J-IAER __ Loc ___SHL No. __ NR Status ___ UTM: ·A c ______HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY. B D~------IDENTIFICATION 1. Common name: Carteri District

2. Historic name:--'------:------.....;.______

3. Street

4. Parcel·number: _ _;.------

5. 'Present Owner: ___. .:..~1:_::u~l.::t.:..i ~P.:..l e::______Address: ______

City ____,...---,--,---....,-,--.,. Zip -.,---,"'"Ownership is: Public Private _...;X:,:.__~- Commercial; residential, primarily Commerical; residential, primarily 6, Present Use: _s;,.li.J.n.I..IQI..Jlu;e;....J.f.JlaliJmw.j .Ll:t..V------·Original use: S j n Q] e fa mil y DESCRIPTION 7a. Architectural style: Spanish Colonial Revival, California Bungalow 7b. Briefly describe the present physical appearance of the site or structure and describe any major alterations from its original condition: The Carteri District consists of eight one to two-story Spanish Colonial and one 1940s Moderne commercial buildings within a four block area running east to wesLalong Adams A~enue, between 33rd and 34th Streets in the Normal Heights area of San Diego. Also included in the district are twelve one-story Spanish Colonial Revival and California Bungalow style single-family residences running north of Adams Avenue, between 33rd and 34th Streets. The commercial buildings are uniform in design, scale and setbacks, though most have been remodeled over the years. The original Spanish Colonial Revival facade of the theatre building at 3325 Adams Avenue had been completely remodeled sometime in the 1940s in the Art Modern style. The houses, constructed betHeen 1920 and 1926, are a 1 so uniform in scale and setback, and are all compatible with the surrounding neighborhood. These too have all undergone slight to heavy remodeling.·· ·

Attach Photo Envelope Here ' 8. Construction date: Estimated] 923-26 Factual ___

9. Architectloujs ,J Gill and B. J. Carteri (designer)

10. Builder B. J. Ca rteri

11. Approx. property siz~ (in feet) vg. Frontage 40-100 Deptt>50-] DO or approx. acreage. ______

12. Date (s) of enclosed photognrph (s) 1990 13. Condition: Excellent _X_Good _lL_ F~ir ..JL Deteriorated _.No longer in existence _

14. Alterations: various remodeling of facades

15. Surroundings: (Check more than one if necessary) OP

16. Threats to site: None known_Private development_X __ Zoning:___:._ Vandalism·_ Public Works project _ Other: Moved? ___ 17. Is the s-tructure:,, On its original site? X Unknown? -.....,..-- I - 1a Re I at ed features : -"-a,_1 ,_1 -'o"'f'--'t"'h"'e"'-"s"'i"'n"'g,_l::,e -_f,_a..,m.,_l,_· 1'-'y'--'h"'o"'m'"e"'s-'-'h ,a v,_e..._t"'h"'e""i'-'r_,o"'r""i""g..:.i .:..:n,_a ..,1 ..;Q::ca,.r:..:a::;:g.:e:.;:s:,______

SIGNIFICANCE 19. Briefly s-tate historical and/or architectural importance (include dates, events, and P

Locational sketch map_(draw and label site and surrounding streets. roads. _and prominent landmarks): 20. Main theme of the historic resource: (If more·than one is checked, number in order of importance.) ~'O'T" Architecture __1__ Arts & Leisure------::--­ Eccnomic/lndus-trial _Exploration/Settlement _2=-.__ Government Military ------Religion Social/Education ------21. Sources (List books, do.cuments, surveys, P

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

"Watch Carteri Center Grow" Carteri Center: the Historic Heal't of Normal Heights

Carteri Cente1· consists of brelve (12) one- to tHo-story commercial and multi-family Spanish Colonial Revivai style buildings in the heart of the community of Normal Height,3. It:3 greatest concentration is along both sides of Adams Avenue, between 33rd and Felton Streets, with four ancillary structures within a tHo-block radius both east and west of the core along Adams Avenue. While originally consisting of fourteen (14) structures. end although seve1~a1 storef1·onts have been altered over the years, 1nost of the remaining structures still retain their original scale, form, street setbc\ch. u.nd origina.l character.

ReflectiGg the entrepren~11rial sp1r1t prevalent in San Diego during the 1920s, CartBri Center ~ras d~veloped between 1923-1930, by Bert:r-,::un ,J. r.··.::,-(~~eri. (.~on:~~ec:t:r·,j_tecl ;::tlong a.n e:

In 1906, I:'.1. C. Cc·ll ier. CJt the U.L·ti··.,/·:;r::::;i ty I-.le1ghts :.3yndic ..::.te C/lhich was then cul~rently devBlciping lErid in neighborir·tg University Height~:). ;:::u~di\lid ..3d .:J.nd c~evelop~,cl .:L l.o:trge tro.ct of land bordel-ing the ci~y limits in the Ex-Mission Rancho lands of the County of San Di~go. Tl1e subdivision to0k its name from the State Normal School in neighboring University Heights. Its grid pattern was laid out r1orth and south of a propc~sed trolley line ;,vhich ';das to be extended east fr()lll Univc~r:=:i ty Heights along Ad(:ttns Avenue to Ward Canyon. The northern~-most sect ion of the 2:ubdivi:::oion skimrned the cahyon rim overlooking Mission Valley (todayls Mountain View Road was calle~ Mission Drive back then). Its southern-most bol-det· was Monroe Avenue. which was the nor·tlLet·n-most border of tt1e nei~t1borin0 southern subdivision of Terctl tct.

In 1907, trolley tracks were laid bv the San Dieao Electric R~:ti lHCiY Cornpany~ t(1 the Hestern-most .. edge of the ~u.bdivision at Ward Canyon (in 1910 a combination wooder1 tl~olley trestle ar1d automobile bridge Has built over Ward Canyon to the newly organized subdivision of Kensington Par·J<). In addition. a spur 1 i ne v.'a.S bu i 1 t up fy·om Acl,s_ms Avenue. up t uo b 1 oc:J.:s of 'r7hct t noH 35th Stt·eet, to a point east towards Ward Canyon. Here a quarr·y ~ras set up to pr·oduce gravel bQllast fo1· the tl-acks. Because of the remoteness of the area. by 1920 there were still only a few half dozen or so homes and small businesses scattered throughout Normal Heights. There was a modest grocery store near the corner of Felton Street and Adams Avenue, but the nearest doctor and pharmacy was between a quarter of a mile to two miles away by trolley. During a time of growing private ownership of automobiles, the nearest ~ervice station and garage was still six blocks away.

In 1916, Bertram J. Carteri and his family arrived in Normal Heights from the Santa Barbara region. Carteri got a job as a carpenter at the Hercules Powder Pla.nt in Chula Vista (where the Chula Vista Nature Interpretive Center is today) and took the trolley to wori<. He bought a house at 4851 Felton Street and proceeded to improve it by adding a garage and planting a garden. Eventually, Carteri began to buy, fix-up, and sell other houses in the area.

Carteri was speculating that the area would grow due to the expanding real estate market in post \VV1I Southern Califo1~nia. Due to the attractiveness and development of the area's reci~eatiOI1 and military facilities. San Diego's population was increasjng propoz·tionally. ReEidcntial development was e:

Betweert 1920 ar1d 1924. Carte1·i pltrchased lots north of Adams P.v8nue bet'dE.'~l-1 33l·d and 34th ::;:::~-eet.::::. Aft_~r impr.)ving th-2 prope!·ty u.p to a 1-~a1· alleyway. he pr•Jceeded to build several rnecliu.rrj-:-~:ize:J ;:::ingle-f.:·j~ni ly bunJ-:tlov,rs. H~ then pur-ch.:!sed. the entire block between Felton and 33rd Streets up to the rear alleyway and similal~ly pr·oceeded to impro~·e these lots.

Of the more than twenty bungalows built by Carteri during 1920 to 1924, thirteen (13) ar·e still e:

\\lhile Carteri was developing his housing tract:::: .. in Au9ust of 1922. crews of the San Diego Electric Railway began tearing up lengths of track from Florida Street to the city limits at Boundary Street. Manager Claus SprecLels ordered the track abandoned and torn up because the company was required to pay for the paving of Adams Avenue along its right-of-way from its car barn at Florida Street to Kensinqton Park. Buses would reolace the trolleys. Under the cover o~ darkness. crews began te~ring up tl1e tl~acks. Many residents along the route were besides themselves. A n-sar riot ensued .J.nd the s;-!el··iff en-rested the

2 foreman of the demolition crew for inciting a riot. The few residents and businesses that existed along Adams Avenue started to move out.

However, during this time Carteri began to purchase the vacant commercial property along the south side of Adams Avenue. bet1-1een 33rd and 34th Streets. He gambled that the trolley line would be restored and 1-1on. New double tracks were laid and the street was repaved all the Hay to Kensington Park, greatly adding to the value of hi~: holdings. He immediately set out improve the lots. First. he built his first commercial builclin;;r on the northwest corner of Felton Street ctncl Adams Avenue (H]-,ere the Adams Avenue Pharmacy is today). Second. he built a tHin commercial building on the opposite northeast corner of today's 33rd Street and Adams Avenue, Hhere he operated a real estate office (it has since been demo! isr1ed and replace by the ~.clams Avenue C.~n;ash). Carteri immediately sold these bui !dings a.ncl borroHed heavily on his existing properties in order to pay for the continLtous development of Hhat HOLtlcl become kr:oHn as Carte.ri Center.

The anchor building of the cente1· would be a two-story combination brick (-:Lncl hollow clay tile movie theatBr. The C'arteri ':·las opened in 1923. It "''a~: designed by locaL ar·chitect Louis J. Gill in the Spanish Colonial Revival style, with Iviediterranean (lvertone~::. All of (>1·cterj 's b;_tildings. E::xc<=:pt one. were designed by Gill. An ex-pat·tner Clf his nephew I~ving. Louis J. Gill would later receive praise for 11is designs of tl1e Sacred Heart Chur·ch i11 Coronado and the Zoological Hospital in Balboa Pe:tl'J.:. The.t saw~ year, Carter-i built a ~:ingle-sto:ry Spa.ni:.::;h/ MediterJ:·,:tnea.n c•.:JmnK~rcial building on t1-:e NE co1·ne1· of Felton ::3trcet and Adcnn;:.; Avenue a;:.; ;:.t brancl'l off ic>) of t"he :~>.:,Lrlhern Trust and (>:mJJnel·ce Banl~ (Latey incol"·p,.::.:rated into t.he expanclin~r holdings of tl1e San Fr0ncisco-based Bank of Italy). In addition. he built a single-story service station/garage on the SE co1·ner of 33rd and Adarrts Avenue.

By 1926. due to inadequate water and sewer service. as well as poor· fire and pol ice protection from the County. Normal Heights (and Bonnie Brae) Here incorporated into the City of San Diego. This caused a tremendous increase in both corrrrnercial and residential groHth in Normal Heights. Tho:~t year Cctrteri negotiated Hith Gill to design a tHo-story brick apartment builcling. Hith commercial space along the street, on the SW corner of Adams Avenue and 33rcl Street. While Carteri Has building the apartment building. he Has also building an impre~:sive bungaloH cc,urt on the north side of Adams Avenue_ Called El S'ueno--"the Dream." it H·"S cll10thel- of Gill's clecdgns. A mixture of commercial and resicle:·1tial units. along a !on<;r central courtyard, at the time of its completion. it was the longest bungaloH court in California.

3 However, by constantly borrowing on his properties in order to build for the future, Carteri was unprepared for the upcoming Depression of the 1930s. Just before the Depression hit San Diego, Carteri was negotiating Hith the local Security Trust and Savings Bank to occupy a second bank building on the SE corner of Adams Avenue and Felton Street across from the Banl.-.: of Italy. The banJ.~ bui !ding Has already complete and designed by the architectural team of Richard Requa and Herbert Jackson, also Jmown for their inventive interpretations of Spanish Colonfal Revival architecture.

Carteri 's deal ing2: with the Bank of Italy had soured by then. In a self-published pamphlet detailing his problems with both banks, Carteri accused then vice president of the Bank of Italy, George Burnham of lying during a trial in which the bank was accusing Car·teri of non-payment of mortgage fees. In 1930 he and his wife and children were evicted from their bungalow in El Sueno Court. They moved into '" tHo-story bungalcM cottage ber1ind the proposed banl<: building. While trying to E:ettle his affairs Hith the Bank of Italy, Burn1-:arn ;:;;aid something Hhich made Car-teri see red. In the dm·mtoHn off ieeE: of the B.:mL of Italy, he punched Burnham in the eye and it took several men to hold him back. A few weeks later, accor·ding to Carteri, wh~le conducting ]Jusiness with Dean Plaister, vice president of the Nationnl Bank. Carteri mentioned the incident to l1im.

''Your· not the fjrst 1n.:tn t.o gi\/e Geor~re Burnha~·,-r ct blc:tc}: eye.'' sctid Plc~i:=:ter. "lVly. Tirnken of the T:rnLen Roller Bc::c.rin~r C>xnpa.ny knocked l1in1 down so ha1·d (onc0l. i1e fell over (G. Aubrey) Dav1dson's (the president of th.? local offices of the Bank of Itc-tly) l13p.

Ca~·teri \1as waiting for t.he Security Tr·ust Bank to notify hirn as to whether or not i.t had received a permit from the State Bcmking Commission to operate a branch office in Carteri Center. The president of the bank assured him that the permit was forthcoming. The penni t never came, though. Cart.eri would later claim that the bank president never applied for the permit in the first place in order to prevent Carteri from leasing the property, thereby fol-ec 1 os i ng on the mortgage Hhi ch the bank held. The bcmk foreclosed and he was forced to sell off his real estate holdings in order to pay off his debts and leave Normal Heights, and San Diego, in disgust.

Carteri, his wife Ingeborg, and their four children eventually Hound up in Glendale, California. He Horked as a carpenter for several building companies. Due to the Pre-World War II defense build up, the huge Lockheed aircraft plant in nearby Burbank was attracting hundreds of >Yorkers. An acute housing shortage ensued. He and his son Leon began cor1st1·uction of another bungalow court in Glendale (427 Doran Street). fifteen years after El Sueno .. and named it th':' Santa RoS'a Cc,urt_ It consisted

4 of several California Ranch style units with full front porches, like the ranch buildings on his uncle's ranch near Santa Maria Hhere he greH up. Work Has curtailed, however, Hhen Leon Has called into the U.S. Army. Botr, during and after World War II. Carteri began to buy and sell used homes again, just like he did in Normal Heights in 1916.

After the Har, Carteri hoped that his son Leon Hould continue to work with him in the real estate development business; but Leon's memories of the troubles experienced by his father in Normal Heights soured his disposition towards the business. Leon relates:

His friends in San Dh,go Baid that he elOuld never Burvive elhat happened to him there. He BhoY?ed them, I gue5'5'. He kept right on doing it (developing real estate) practically unti 1 the day he died. But he al>vays loved San Diego, he rva5' real sac! that things clidn 't h'ork out the r,.•ay he hoped they 1-10u 1 cl.

He still remembers his father's zeal:

He 1:vouldn 't give up. In 1960. mone}·' in Glendale r--1as so free he h'antec/ to get !]C•ing aqain. He} would by land up north (near Sisquoc and Reseda) an(_-J dit-'icfe it up and 1~esell it fc1r f()UY times T·lhat lie: paid for it originally. That's r-v·hat he Nas :really !]C)cJci at doing, buying Janel. and selling it for a1ore th,_-=:t.n ]J.,3 originally paid fr:)r it. But may mother finally said "Cool it.' Your gc-;,ttinq too c,Jcl for that kind of

thing. !I He kept gcing until his 7D:s·. He never really gave up.

B.J. Carteri passed away on November 21, 1965, of a heart attack rdhi le l~esidin~r in his Se..nta Rosa Court. Vlhi le he might have been called foolish to build a co"hesive coromunity ·.)n the furthest edge of the city. he still had a vision of what a neighborhood should be. and he followed his dreams. Carteri's epitaph can best be summed up by an excerpt from tJ-,e December .5, 1924 issue of Community Facts. Normal Heights first community ne>-rspaper. In it. Carteri's friend and fellow real estate developer Frank Kimball stated:

Bert Carteri ... did not r;ra_it for 1Vormal H.'3!ights to //just r;rroY?," he started to l;;ui lei it (him:sel f). And he hac! no easy task, a5' most of yc•u kno'i-1. The going »'as hard but he .stuck

to it .... Those bui lclinqs did not. II iust aror.-1 .. II it took a lot of ]:)Janning, a lot o.f financing, a- lot -of worry, a lot of courage and vision and a lot of m.ighty hard r.-,rork to put them there .... S'c) its· up to yc:')u and me and the rest of the local residents to help all t:ve can by patronizing our local stores and theater. Ever:.v dollar that we spend in our section (Norma 1 Heights) v,ri 1 j hc:lp to bui lcl up our section.

5 Certainly Mr. Kimball's Hords are as applicable novr as they vrere in 1924. The remaining buildings Hithin Carteri Center are a testament to his vision, perseverance, and dedication--a lasting record of one man's contribution a community he practically built single-handedly.

Prep.:~red by: Alexander D. Bevil Land Use Historian August 2, 1992 I

6 REFERENCES

Bevil, Alexander D. Bevil. The Adams Avenue Line 11 Historic Trolley Tour. San Diego: Save Our Heritage Organization, 1992.

Blumenson, John J.-G. Identifyinq American Architecture: a. Pictorial Guide to Styles and Terms, 1600-1945. Nashville: American Association for State and Local History, 1981.

Brandes, Ray et al. Directory of San Diego Architects: 1868- 1939. San Diego: University of S;:m Diego, 1984.

City of San Diego. California Room, San Diego Public Library. Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Books, 1921-1970; San Diego City and County Directories. 1886-1984.

Department of Water Utilities. Sewer and Water Penni ts.

Office of the City Clerk. Records Center. Lot Books, 1873-1930: Books 1 through 178 of 178.

Curti::::, ,James E. ctnd L,:trry Ford. 11 BungaloH Courts in San Diego: !;/Ionitoring a. Sense of Plc~.ce. '' .Journal of San Diego History. 34 (E:pring 1998): 79-92.

Historical Evolution of the San Diego Cityscape. As fourtd ir1 San Diego: an !ntroductiorl to the Reqion. ed. Philip Pryde, 189-207. Dubuque: Kendall/ Hunt. 1984.

Daizell. Aimee. "A Locjk Bock. u Adc.ms F.venue Post. Sept 1988,

Ford, Laurence R. "The Enduring Romantic Cottage: Rethinking Historic Preservation." Landscape. 29 (1986): 17-23.

Gebhard. David and Robert Winter. A Guide to Architecture in Los Angeles & Southern California. Santa Barbara: Peregrine Smith. Inc., 1977.

Longstreth, Richard. The Buildinqs of Main Street: a Guide to American Commercial ArcrlitectUJ~e. Washington, D.C.: National Trust fo1~ Histox·ic ~reservation. 1987.

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Private Collection of :rvrr. Leon C2,::~teri.

7 Schaffhauser, Dian. "Memories of Adams Avenue." Adams Avenue Post. Sept 1988, 1.

8 69 Louis John Gill

Some have argued that Louis J. Gill did not have his own distinctive architectural style but rather assimilated and adapted the style of his uncle, Irving J. Gill. There is little doubt, however, that the contributions of Louis Gill to the profession of architecture and his service to the community far surpasses those of his uncle. Louis John Gill was born May 9, 1855 in Syracuse, New York. He received his Bachelors of Architec­ ture in 1911 from Syracuse Univer­ sity and later that year moved to San Diego. In 1914 he joined his uncle and formed the partnership of Gill and Gill Architects. One year later he married Mrs. Mildred Eliza­ beth Stillman. Louis worked along­ side on many of his projects--the La Jolla Woman's Club, the Community House for the play­ ground in the Scripps Group, the San Diego Medical Society, and many more. In 1916, Gill began serving over a 20-year term on the Executive Staff of the San Diego Zoological Society, where he designed the original buildings, ~:::J:.• cages and grottos. In 1919, Louis ""<''''~ decided to go on his own and opened a private practice. During his 40-year career in San Diego, he designed numerous church buildings, including the ... ''-'·· Sacred Heart Church in Coronado, the Mission Hills Congregational Church, and St. James-by-the-Sea in La Jolla. He also designed a number of hospitals and clinics, as well as many private residences. Fountain Designed Gill & Gill Architects, San Diego

Gill, in 1935, served as chairman of the architects who designed the City­ County Administration Building. As one of the founders of the San Diego Chapter of the AIA (American Institute of Architects), Gill served as its first Secretary and later as its President. Gill's many contributions to the architectural profession have been recognized by Syracuse University, which awarded him an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree in 1938, and by the AI A, which elected him to its College of Fellows 70 .··. . Louis ). Gill (Cont' d.) 1L in 1942. Louis Gill retired in 1955 and died on August 19, 1969 in Studio City, California. California Architect License No. 693

Buildings: Mitchell Art Gallery, Coronado Sacred Heart Church, Coronado , original buildings, St. James-by-the-Sea Church, La Jolla :~ i;. ~-. DK/LNK

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St. James-by-the-Sea Church, La Jolla