{"nrhp_refnum":"90001477","name":"Marine Corps Recruit Depot Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"S of jct. of Barnett Ave. and Pacific Hwy.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Diego","county":"San Diego County","state":"CA","lat":32.74301229400007,"lon":-117.2016318282331,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-01-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 110-acre military district of 37 buildings within the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego, California. The 25 contributing buildings date from 1921-1925 and 1939-1940 and follow a 1918 plan by Bertram Goodhue.","why_significant":"The district is the original Marine Corps base in San Diego and is unified by Goodhue's formal site plan and consistent Spanish Colonial Revival design. Its Arcade, barracks, secondary buildings and officers' quarters show his large-complex planning. The inventory sheets give architecture as the main theme and military as the second.","narrative":"This San Diego military district covers about 110 acres within the Marine Corps Recruit Depot and holds 37 buildings, 25 of which contribute to its character. Most were built in 1921-1925 or 1939-1940 to a site plan drawn in 1918 by architect Bertram Goodhue. Its centerpiece is the Arcade, a U-shaped group of twelve buildings around the parade ground, linked by a covered arched walkway more than a mile long. Behind it lie secondary buildings with timber balconies, utilitarian industrial structures, and a separate park-like area of officers' quarters and garages. Barracks, L-shaped corner buildings, balcony buildings and residences repeat as types, with stucco over hollow clay tile, clay tile roofs and cast-stone ornament. The district matters because it preserves the original base in a unified Spanish Colonial Revival style and in Goodhue's formal layout. Twelve buildings are excluded because later alterations or construction after the period weakened their integrity. The base remains in military use.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect Bertram G. Goodhue (Building 15 designed by Navy architects); builder Lange and Bergstrom of San Diego and S.F. (for Building 10)","architectural_style":"Spanish Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still in use as a Marine Corps base; Building 10 serves as an administration building and Building 12 houses legal assistance services. Some buildings have been heavily modified.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:28.084366-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/90001477.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001477/b20344a562-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001477/b20344a562-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pfc. Crystal Druery","credit_html":"Pfc. Crystal Druery, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_U.S._Marine_recruit_reacts_to_chemical_agents_in_the_air_after_breaking_the_seal_on_his_M40_field_protective_mask_in_the_confidence_chamber_at_Marine_Corps_Recruit_Depot_San_Diego,_Calif.,_April_4,_2011_110404-M-BJ232-048.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860917","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Corps_Recruit_Depot_San_Diego","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q615972"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/san-diego-county/marine-corps-recruit-depot-historic-district-90001477/"}