Naval Training Station

The story

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The Naval Training Station is a historic district on Barnett Street and Rosecrans Boulevard in San Diego, San Diego County, covering 550 acres with 61 contributing buildings and 3 contributing structures. Its buildings went up mainly between 1921 and 1943 in the Spanish Colonial Revival style, designed by the U.S. Navy Bureau of Yards and Docks and the Navy Public Works Center with local contractors, and built by R.E. Campbell.

Why it's listed

It was listed in the National Register in 2001 under criteria A and C, with national-level significance in architecture and military.

Physical character

Walls are concrete, stucco, wood frame or painted concrete block, under tile, built-up or wood roofs, with Spanish Colonial Revival touches such as ornamental stucco trim, clipped gable ends, exposed rafter tails, recessed or hopper windows, and covered porches, porticos and one-story wings. One building gained a 1930 port cochere and concrete drive on its north side and a double garage on its east side, and new kitchen cabinets and a sink in 1931.

Historical context

San Diego's Navy presence began with a coaling station in 1907, and by 1917 a training camp at Balboa Park had taken its first draft of 70 men and reached a full complement of 4,000. Construction of the Naval Training Center began in 1921 and continued through 1943; it served as a defense and military facility, remaining one at the time of its listing.