El Prado Complex
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El Prado Complex
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Aerial view of El Prado Complex from the south
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| Location | Balboa Park, San Diego, California |
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| Area | 13 acres (5.3 ha) |
| Built | 1935 |
| Architect | Goodhue, Bertram G.; Winslow, Carelton M. |
| Architectural style | Mission Revival, Spanish Baroque |
| NRHP Reference # | 76000515 |
| Added to NRHP | December 12, 1976 |
The El Prado Complex is a historic district in Balboa Park in San Diego, California. The 13-acre (5.3 ha) complex includes 13 contributing buildings and one contributing structure. Most of the structures were built for San Diego's Panama-California Exposition of 1915–16 and were refurbished and re-used for the California Pacific International Exposition of 1935–36. The original architects were Bertram Goodhue and Carleton Winslow. The area was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
The complex incorporates the following:
This is a schematic map of the Panama-California Exposition as it appeared in its second year, 1916. The El Prado Complex corresponds to El Prado, the central avenue (gray), together with the buildings and plazas on either side of it. The blue area between it and the Cabrillo Bridge is the California Quadrangle, also listed on the National Register.
Botanical Building with its reflecting pool
Casa de Balboa and the El Prado Arcade
San Diego Natural History Museum
Casa del Prado architectural detail
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