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In February 1931, San Diego State Teachers College moved to its newly completed campus consisting of six buildings. The Academic Building, the original campus entrance, was renamed Hepner Hall and is considered the symbol of the campus.
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The Mormon Battalion Historic Site in Old Town San Diego was built in 1972 to tell the story of the members of the LDS Church who served in the US Army’s Mormon Battalion during the Mexican–American War. It was rebuilt, reopening in 2010.
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In 1989, The Boulevard sign in the University Heights of San Diego was erected to promote El Cajon Boulevard as a destination, the Gateway to San Diego’s Mid-City, and encourage further community revitalization efforts.
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Ford Motor Company constructed the largest and most popular exhibition for the California Pacific International Exposition in San Diego in 1935. In May 1979, the San Diego Aerospace Museum moved in after a fire destroyed its former home.
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Rancho Peñasquitos Adobe in San Diego started as a small adobe built by Francisco María Ruiz in 1823 to secure a Mexican land grant. It was enlarged in 1862 as the home of Captain George Alonzo Johnson and his wife, Pio Pico’s niece.
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The John Ginty House was built in ca. 1886 on Prospect Hill (now Cortez Hill) during the height of San Diego’s boom period. It is one of only a handful of prominent homes built there at the end of the 19th century that is still standing.
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This imposing Queen Anne Victorian mansion, the Britt-Scripps House in San Diego, was built for attorney and judge Eugene Britt and his wife, Harriet, in 1887. Only a few years later it was purchased by Edward W. Scripps, as a 2nd home.
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