Old Scripps Building | |
San Diego Historic Landmark No. 119 | |
Location | 8630 Discovery Way, La Jolla, California[1] |
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Coordinates | 32°51′54″N 117°15′12″W / 32.86500°N 117.25333°W |
Area | .09 acres (3,900 sq ft; 360 m2)[2] |
Built | 1909 |
Architect | Perl Acton; Irving J. Gill |
Architectural style | Modern movement |
NRHP reference No. | 77000330 |
SDHL No. | 119 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | November 10, 1977[4] |
Designated NHL | May 20, 1982[5] |
Designated SDHL | May 6, 1977[3] |
The George H. Scripps Memorial Marine Biological Laboratory, known as the Old Scripps Building, is a historic research facility on the campus of the University of California, San Diego in La Jolla, California. Built in 1909-10, it is the oldest oceanographic research building in continuous use in the United States and the historic center of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. It is also architecturally significant as a work of Modernist architect Irving J. Gill and for its early use of reinforced concrete.[2] It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1982.[2][5] It now houses Scripps administrative offices.