Coronado Historic District
Since 2001, architectural photographer John Bare has documented numerous historic residential districts throughout Southern California. Today SoCal Landmarks is presenting selections from the Coronado Historic District on the Coronado peninsula. While some of the homes and buildings may be noteworthy on their own, the goal of John’s documentation, and our presentations, is to provide an overview of the districts and the variety of architectural styles that contribute to their distinction.
News that the Coronado Beach Company planned to build a hotel at the north end of the Coronado peninsula generated sales of 350 lots ranging in price from $500 to $1600 to the north of the hotel site. The area roughly bounded by the Naval Air Station to the Coronado Bridge and the Coronado Ferry Center to the Hotel del Coronado has around 200 buildings, structures, objects and parks that have been historically designated by the Coronado Historic Resource Commission. The most widely known is the Hotel del Coronado which opened on February 19, 1888. Houses to the north of the hotel were largely built between 1890 and 1930 in an array of styles from Victorian and Queen Anne to Craftsman to Spanish, Spanish Colonial and Spanish Mission Revival to English Revival and Tudor to Moderne and Mid Century Modern.
Coronado, San Diego County
Photographer: John Bare