San Diego Presidio
A National Historic Landmark
Date of Designation: October 9, 1960
National Register Number: 66000226
Location: Presidio Park, 2811 Jackson St, San Diego, California.
Geographic Coordinates: 32.7593N 117.1938W
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE (as of designation - October 9, 1960):
In 1769, at this site, the Portola-Serra land and sea expeditions
united and established the first permanent European settlement of the
Pacific Coast of the present-day United States. Fray Junipero Serra
founded the Mission of San Diego de Alcala, the first of the
California missions. The Presidio served as a base for exploring
expeditions into the interior and as the military headquarters for
Southern California.
The Presidio site is located on a bluff which was been eroded and
undermined since it was cut away for road construction at the foot of
the bluff. The bluff has now been stabilized, backfilled and capped,
and the site is being regularly monitored by skilled professionals.
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