John D. Spreckels Building

The John D. Spreckels Building is a 61 metres (200 ft) building in San Diego. Completed in 1924, it was the tallest building in San Diego until the El Cortez Hotel was built three years later. The building was designed by Los Angeles-area architects John and Donald Parkinson and features architectural terra cotta produced by Gladding, McBean.^[1]^[2]

References[edit]

^ San Diego Register Listing for the John D. Spreckels Building
^ Gladding, McBean, and Co. "Spreckels Building, San Diego." Shapes of Clay 3, no. 11 (December 1927): 1-4.

Preceded by Broadway Lofts	Tallest Building in San Diego 1924–1927 61 m	Succeeded by El Cortez Hotel

32°42′55″N 117°9′31″W / 32.71528°N 117.15861°W / 32.71528; -117.15861

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[1] San Diego Register Listing for the John D. Spreckels Building

[2] Gladding, McBean, and Co. "Spreckels Building, San Diego." Shapes of Clay 3, no. 11 (December 1927): 1-4.

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