Serra Springs

Los Angeles County · 11800 Texas Avenue, Los Angeles · location approximate

The Portolá Expedition of 1769 encamped at this spring. In 1770 it is reported that Father Serra said mass to the Indians of this area at this spring. That is the reason the location is known as "Serra Springs." This spring was also the former water supply of the town of Santa Monica. Now the campus of the University High School.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document. It uses the period's terms for Native people; the state's landmark listings still carry most of this wording, and the California Office of Historic Preservation maintains the program's current texts.

Many of these plaques have since been recast or their texts revised. The California Historical Landmarks program and its current texts are maintained by the California Office of Historic Preservation. California Office of Historic Preservation ↗

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, California Historical Landmarks (1971)

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