Old La Playa
California State Historic Landmark 61
12/02/96
#061 Old La Playa
From 1770 to 1870, this was San Diego's port. Over the Brookline hide house,
Americans unofficially raised a U.S. flag in 1829. At that time La Playa was a thriving trading
and shipping village. Richard Henry Dana's account of the hide business in Two Years Before the
Mast is based on his hide-droghing experience here in 1835-6. The U.S. Navy later acquired the
site and operated a coaling station and a quarantine station here. It is now a Navy
research center.
01/28/00
#061 La Playa Trail
One of the oldest commercial routes in the far west. Under Spain, Mexico, and the United States the trail connected Mission San Diego with the port at La Playa from 1770 to 1870.
Nothing remains of this site.
On left side of Rosecrans St, at entrance to Military Reserve, Point Loma, San Diego.
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