El Prado Complex

El Prado Complex
Aerial view of El Prado Complex from the south
El Prado Complex is located in San Diego
El Prado Complex
El Prado Complex is located in San Diego County, California
El Prado Complex
El Prado Complex is located in California
El Prado Complex
El Prado Complex is located in the United States
El Prado Complex
LocationBalboa Park, San Diego, California
Area13 acres (5.3 ha)
Built1935 (1935)
ArchitectGoodhue, Bertram G.; Winslow, Carelton M.
Architectural styleMission Revival, Spanish Baroque
Part ofBalboa Park (ID77000331)
NRHP reference No.76000515[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 12, 1976
Designated NHLDCPDecember 22, 1977

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.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.