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Alonzo E. Horton Document Collection
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  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Scope and Content of Collection
  • Indexing Terms
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    • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Alonzo E. Horton Document Collection
    Dates: 1873-1890
    Collection Number: Alonzo E. Horton Document Collection
    Creator/Collector: Alonzo E. Horton A. E. Horton City of San Diego Board of Trustees, City of San Diego Common Council, City of San Diego L. L. Lockling James Pascoe J. A. Shepherd S. W. Briant, President of the Board of Trustees of the City of San Diego E. G. Haight, Clerk Arturo Guasen Wm H. Halcouch T. J. Storey J. B. Boyd J. M. Dodge M. J. Tracy Walter M. Edwards Frederic Bennett J. B. Mannix J. W. Hughes Mayor of the City of San Diego Chas. T. Schmitt C. A. Loomis G. H. Schmitt, M.D. Wm H. Gould H. F. Orceci H. F. Pruic W. A. Dorris John Kastle O. J. Ellsworth Mary A. White J. R. Hanbury City Trustees D. T. Phillips A. T. Grant, County Recorder W. T. Gregg, Jr., Deputy J. A. Shepherd S. W. Briant, President of the Board of Trustees of the City of San Diego E. G. Haight, Clerk Arturo Guasen Wm H. Halcouch T. J. Storey J. B. Boyd J. M. Dodge M. J. Tracy Walter M. Edwards Frederic Bennett J. B. Mannix J. W. Hughes Mayor of the City of San Diego Chas. T. Schmitt C. A. Loomis G. H. Schmitt, M.D. Wm H. Gould H. F. Orceci H. F. Pruic W. A. Dorris John Kastle O. J. Ellsworth Mary A. White J. R. Hanbury City Trustees D. T. Phillips A. T. Grant, County Recorder W. T. Gregg, Jr., Deputy W. A.Begole M. Keating J. W. Thompson Horton Lockling Gregg Shepherd Phillips Grant Pascoe Schmitt Loomis Gould Orceci Dorris Kastle Ellsworth White Hanbury Mannix Guasen Halcouch Storey Boyd Dodge Tracy Edwards Bennett Hughes Briant Haight Board of Trustees, City of San Diego Common Council, City of San Diego The City of San Diego San Diego Water Company Board of Trustees, City of San Diego Common Council, City of San Diego The City of San Diego San Diego Water Company
    Extent: 10 described items related to A. E. Horton dated 1873, 1874 and 1890.
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    Repository: San Diego City Clerk's Archives
    San Diego, California 92101
    Abstract: Alonzo E. Horton was a founder and builder of New Town, San Diego beginning in the late 1860s. He purchased 960 acres of land on the San Diego Bay, later known as "Horton's Addition." At first, there was much opposition from the residents of "Old Town"; but, new businesses began to flood into the new tract on the harbor, because that is where the ships arrived from the East"New Town" soon became the center of town. Horton was even more successful when local land prices soared in the 1880s. He was the most instrumental man in the development of commerce in San Diego and in the further expansion of the growing city. Horton House hotel and Horton Plaza were major landmarks in town. The A.E. Horton Document Archives include five documents from the City's public records, including his lease of one of his buildings to the City for use as City Hall and an indenture for the sale of land to the City for use as a public park.
    Language of Material: English

    Access

    Public records; City Clerk records. Mt. Hope box with black & white large photographs and small colored photos of Horton Memorial gravesite and work in progress title page featuring it as the Mt. Hope Cemetery logo/graphic. Box 35, 29,112, 19, 38, 48, 104, 230, 23 and 28 (archives boxes), Box 14168 (cancelled City Trustees to U. S. Bond 1877 regarding transferring arms to City, signed by Horton, et al.), Box 16233 (first signature on Feb. 10, 1893 petition to build a wooden bridge across the ravine at India St.), Box 13253 (1877 Western Union Telegraphs from Horton in Washington, D. C. re railroad), Box 15764 (signed 1886 petitions for Old Town Bridge), Box 9589 (petition to grade B street granted by Street Committee/ Horton 1893), Box 12824 (now an archives box) (signed petitions re City water supply and Water Company), Box 23690 (City Water Lease signed by Horton)

    Publication Rights

    Public records; City Clerk records

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item]. Alonzo E. Horton Document Collection. Collection Number: Alonzo E. Horton Document Collection. San Diego City Clerk's Archives

    Acquisition Information

    City of San Diego public records

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Ten, multipage documents, including a petition for improvement of Horton Plaza, building lease and indenture for sale of land near CIty Park.

    Indexing Terms

    City Park Reservation
    Public Park
    Horton's Addition
    A. E. Horton
    Alonzo E. Horton
    City of San Diego
    Pascoe Map
    Poole's Map
    L. L. Lockling's Map
    Old Horton House
    City Hall
    Streets for Horton's Addition
    New Town
    Pueblo Lands
    Pueblo Lot No. 1147
    San Diego Water Company
    San Diego City Hall Lease
    First City Hall
    Horton Plaza
    Horton Plaza Park
    City Park Reservation
    Public Park
    Horton's Addition
    A. E. Horton
    Alonzo E. Horton
    City of San Diego
    Pascoe Map
    Poole's Map
    L. L. Lockling's Map
    Old Horton House
    City Hall
    Streets for Horton's Addition
    New Town
    Pueblo Lands
    Pueblo Lot No. 1147
    San Diego Water Company
    San Diego City Hall Lease
    First City Hall
    Horton Plaza
    Horton Plaza Park
    Mt. Hope Cemetery
    Horton's Washington Visit
    Alonzo E. Horton
    A. E. Horton
    L. L. Lockling
    James Pascoe
    J. A. Shepherd
    S. W. Briant, President of the Board of Trustees of the City of San Diego
    E. G. Haight, Clerk
    Arturo Guasen
    Wm H. Halcouch
    T. J. Storey
    J. B. Boyd
    J. M. Dodge
    M. J. Tracy
    Walter M. Edwards
    Frederic Bennett
    J. B. Mannix
    J. W. Hughes
    Chas. T. Schmitt
    G. H. Schmitt, M.D.
    C. A. Loomis
    Wm H. Gould
    H. F. Orceci
    H. F. Pruic
    W. A. Dorris
    John Kastle
    O. J. Elsworth
    Mary A. White
    J. R. Hanbury
    D. T. Phillips
    A. T. Grant, County Recorder
    W. T. Gregg, Jr., Deputy
    Alonzo E. Horton
    A. E. Horton
    L. L. Lockling
    James Pascoe
    J. A. Shepherd
    S. W. Briant, President of the Board of Trustees of the City of San Diego
    E. G. Haight, Clerk
    Arturo Guasen
    Wm H. Halcouch
    T. J. Storey
    J. B. Boyd
    J. M. Dodge
    M. J. Tracy
    Walter M. Edwards
    Frederic Bennett
    J. B. Mannix
    J. W. Hughes
    Chas. T. Schmitt
    G. H. Schmitt, M.D.
    C. A. Loomis
    Wm H. Gould
    H. F. Orceci
    H. F. Pruic
    W. A. Dorris
    John Kastle
    O. J. Elsworth
    Mary A. White
    J. R. Hanbury
    D. T. Phillips
    A. T. Grant, County Recorder
    W. T. Gregg, Jr., Deputy
    J. W. Thompson
    M. Keating
    W. A. Begole
    J. M. Boyd
    S. Statler
    Horton
    Lockling
    Pascoe
    Poole
    Schmitt
    Loomis
    Gould
    White
    Ellsworth
    Shepherd
    Grant
    Halcouch
    Hanbury
    Phillips
    Gregg
    Briant
    Mannix
    Storey
    Boyd
    Dodge
    Guasen
    Hughes
    Orceci
    Dorris
    Kastle
    Tracy
    Edwards
    Bennett
    Horton
    Lockling
    Pascoe
    Poole
    Schmitt
    Loomis
    Gould
    White
    Ellsworth
    Shepherd
    Grant
    Halcouch
    Hanbury
    Phillips
    Gregg
    Briant
    Mannix
    Storey
    Boyd
    Dodge
    Guasen
    Hughes
    Orceci
    Dorris
    Kastle
    Tracy
    Edwards
    Bennett
    Begole
    Thompson
    Boyd
    Statler
    Keating
    Board of Trustees, City of San Diego
    Common Council, City of San Diego
    The City of San Diego
    San Diego Water Company
    Board of Trustees, City of San Diego
    Common Council, City of San Diego
    The City of San Diego
    San Diego Water Company
    Mt. Hope Cemetery
    The Treasury of the City of San Diego
    San Diego
    New Town
    City Park Reservation
    City Park
    Balboa Park
    Horton's Addition
    Horton Plaza
    Horton Plaza Park
    Horton House
    Old Horton House
    "D" Street, San Diego
    City Hall, San Diego
    San Diego
    New Town
    City Park Reservation
    City Park
    Balboa Park
    Horton's Addition
    Horton Plaza
    Horton Plaza Park
    Horton House
    Old Horton House
    "D" Street, San Diego
    City Hall, San Diego
    Mt. Hope Cemetery
    Individual Documents
    Public Records
    City Records
    Official Records of the City of San Diego
    Document Archives
    Lease
    Indenture
    Petition
    Notarization
    Individual Documents
    Public Records
    City Records
    Official Records of the City of San Diego
    Document Archives
    Lease
    Indenture
    Petition
    Notarization
    Gravesite
    Alonzo E. Horton Document Archives Alonzo E. Horton Document Archives
    lease
    petition
    land sale
    building lease
    protest
    lease
    petition
    land sale
    building lease
    protest
    landowner
    lessor
    developer
    speculator
    businessman
    landowner
    lessor
    developer
    speculator
    businessman

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