El Prado Complex


El Prado Complex
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Aerial view of El Prado Complex from the south
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Location	Balboa Park, San Diego, California
Area	13 acres (5.3 ha)
Built	1935 (1935)
Architect	Goodhue, Bertram G.; Winslow, Carelton M.
Architectural style	Mission Revival, Spanish Baroque
NRHP Reference #	76000515^[1]
Added to NRHP	December 12, 1976

The El Prado Complex is a historic district in Balboa Park in San Diego, California. The 13-acre (5.3 ha) complex includes 13 contributing buildings and one contributing structure. Most of the structures were built for San Diego's Panama-California Exposition of 1915–16 and were refurbished and re-used for the California Pacific International Exposition of 1935–36. The original architects were Bertram Goodhue and Carleton Winslow. The area was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

Components

The complex incorporates the following:^[2]

Cabrillo Bridge, together with its approaches and guardhouses, built over a canyon in 1915 to serve as the primary entrance to the fair and Balboa Park, virtually unchanged since
Alcazar Gardens, built for the 1915 fair as Montezuma's Gardens, renamed Alcazar Gardens for the 1935 fair
Spreckels Organ Pavilion, built for the 1915 fair and virtually unchanged since
Plaza de Panama, an open space surrounded by the San Diego Museum of Art, the Timken Museum of Art, the House of Hospitality and the House of Charm; originally an open pedestrian plaza; used for parking in recent decades; currently closed to parking and being converted back into a pedestrian plaza^[3]
El Prado Arcade, a continuous covered arcade and walkway demarcated by arches; basically unchanged from 1915 except for repairs
Botanical Building, a lath-covered structure with two reflecting pools, built for the 1915 fair and re-used essentially unchanged for the 1935 fair
House of Charm, originally built for the 1915 fair as the Indian Arts Building, renamed the Russia and Brazil building in 1916; intended to be temporary; changed to House of Charm for the 1935 fair; demolished in the 1990s for structural reasons and reconstructed using the original building as a model
House of Hospitality, originally built for the 1915 fair as the Foreign Arts Building; intended to be temporary; changed to House of Hospitality for the 1935 fair; demolished in the 1990s for structural reasons and reconstructed using the original building as a model
Casa del Prado, originally built for the 1915 fair as the Varied Industries Building, renamed the Foreign and Domestic Industries Building in 1916; intended to be temporary; changed to Food and Beverage Building for the 1935 fair; housed the San Diego Aerospace Museum from 1963 to 1965; demolished in the 1960s for structural reasons and reconstructed using the original building as a model
Electrical Building, originally built for the 1915 fair as the Commerce and Industries Building, renamed the Canadian Building in 1916; intended to be temporary; changed to the Palace of Better Housing for the 1935 fair; renamed Electrical Building after the fair; home of the San Diego Aerospace Museum from 1965 to 1978; burned down in 1978; reconstructed as Casa de Balboa
San Diego Museum of Art, built in 1926 as the Fine Arts Gallery; built on the site of the 1915 Sacramento Valley Building, renamed the United States Building in 1916, which was intended to be temporary and was demolished in 1924
San Diego Natural History Museum building, built in 1933 on the site of the 1915 Southern California Counties building, which was converted to a Civic Auditorium after the 1915 fair and burned down in 1925; during the 1935 fair the new building was called the Palace of Natural History

Map

This is a schematic map of the Panama-California Exposition as it appeared in its second year, 1916. The El Prado Complex corresponds to El Prado, the central avenue (gray), together with the buildings and plazas on either side of it. The blue area between it and the Cabrillo Bridge is the California Quadrangle, also listed on the National Register.

			Day nursery				Jardins de Eucalyptus	Japanese & Formosa Exhibit			North Gate
	gardens					United States		Botanical Building			Indian Village
Administration Building	California State Building			Science & Education		Plaza de Panama	Pan-Pacific	La Laguna de Las Flores	Foreign & Domestic	Calle Cristobal	Southern California Counties
Cabrillo Bridge	West Gate	Plaza de California	East Gate	El Prado, the central avenue
	Fine Arts Building			Montezuma gardens	Russia & Brazil	Plaza de Panama	Foreign Arts	Canadian Building		Canyon Espanol	Service buildings
	Chapel of St. Francis		thick bosque	Palm Canyon		Esplanade	San Joaquin Valley				Hospital
					Via de los Estados	Plaza de Los Estados					Pepper Grove park
						Great Organ
						Theosophical Building
				Washington		Montana
				New Mexico

Gallery

The Cabrillo Bridge
The Botanical Building
The Botanical Building with its reflecting pool
Spreckels Organ Pavilion
Alcazar Gardens
House of Hospitality
Casa de Balboa and the El Prado Arcade
The San Diego Museum of Art
The San Diego Natural History Museum
Casa Del Prado architectural detail

References

↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "Nomination form" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places. September 7, 1967. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
↑ Ogul, Jeremy (March 29, 2013). "City Searching for Plaza de Panama Solutions". Mission Times Courier. Retrieved 7 April 2013.

Balboa Park

Expos	Panama-California Expo (1915) California Pacific Expo (1935) Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition Zoro Garden Nudist Colony

Museums	Centro Cultural de la Raza Mingei International Museum Museum of Photographic Arts San Diego Air & Space Museum San Diego Art Institute San Diego Automotive Museum San Diego Hall of Champions San Diego History Center San Diego Model Railroad Museum San Diego Museum of Art San Diego Museum of Man San Diego Natural History Museum Reuben H. Fleet Science Center Timken Museum of Art Veterans Museum and Memorial Center

Attractions	Balboa Park Gardens Balboa Stadium Ballet Folklorico Aztlan Bea Evenson Fountain Botanical Building California Quadrangle Casa de Balboa Ford Building George W. Marston House House of Charm House of Pacific Relations International Cottages Moreton Bay fig Old Globe Theatre San Diego Zoo Spanish Village Art Center Organ Pavilion Starlight Bowl Zoro Garden

People	Bertram Goodhue George Marston Ephraim Morse William Templeton Johnson Samuel Parsons Richard Requa Kate Sessions Salvador Torres A.R. Valentien Carleton Winslow

Other	Barnes-Wallace v. Boy Scouts of America Cabrillo Bridge California State Route 163 Municipal Gymnasium Naval Medical Center San Diego San Diego High School

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