San Diego County Administration Center

San Diego County Administration Center
The center with the statue Guardian of Water in the foreground
Location within California Show map of California San Diego County Administration Center (the United States) Show map of the United States
Former names	San Diego Civic Center; City and County Administration Building
General information
Architectural style	Beaux-Arts, Spanish Revival, Streamline Moderne, Mission Revival
Address	1600 Pacific Hwy., San Diego, California
Coordinates	32°43′19″N 117°10′20″W / 32.7219°N 117.1721°W / 32.7219; -117.1721
Groundbreaking	December 5, 1935[1]
Construction started	January 4, 1936[1]
Completed	December 23, 1938[1]
Inaugurated	July 16, 1938[1]
Height	150 feet (46 m)[1]
Technical details
Floor count	7 (incl. 2 basement floors)[2]
Floor area	200,000 square feet (19,000 m2)[2]
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Samuel Wood Hamill, William Templeton Johnson, Richard Requa, Louis John Gill
Website
http://www.sdcounty.ca.gov/cob/cacs/
San Diego Civic Center
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Area	16.7 acres (6.8 ha)
NRHP reference No.	88000554[3]
Added to NRHP	May 16, 1988

The San Diego County Administration Center is a historic Beaux-Arts/Spanish Revival–style building in San Diego, California. It houses the offices of the government of San Diego County. Due to its notable architecture and location fronting San Diego Bay, it is nicknamed the Jewel on the Bay.^[1]

It was completed in 1938 and was primarily funded by the Works Progress Administration. Architects were Samuel Wood Hamill, William Templeton Johnson, Richard Requa and Louis John Gill. The building used innovative construction techniques to guard against earthquakes, and the project was considered to be "a prototype of American civic center architecture".^[1][2] The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 16, 1988.^[4]