San Diego Barracks

San Diego Barracks is a California Historical Landmark in San Diego, San Diego County.

San Diego County · Block bounded by Kettner Boulevard, California, G, and Market Streets, San Diego · location approximate

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New San Diego was established in 1850-51 as a quartermaster depot by Captain Nathaniel Lyon, 2d U.S. Infantry, for the supply of military establishments in southern California. The name of the post was changed from New San Diego to San Diego Barracks by General Orders No. 2, Military Division of the Pacific, San Francisco, April 5, 1879. San Diego Barracks continued to operate as a subpost of Fort Rosecrans until abandoned December 15, 1921.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document.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 ↗

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

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