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Old Scripps Building

La Jolla, California
County of San Diego.
8602 La Jolla Shores Drive
National Register Number: 77000330
 Resource type: Building.
Property type: Education - research facility.
Congressional District: CA-49 Certified Local Government: NO
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Current use/information: Research facility; open to the public.

Statement of Significance (as of designation - May 20, 1982):
The oldest building in continuous use by a major oceanographic research institution in the country, this is the first permanent structure of the Scripps Institution, an early marine biological station that became the nation's first oceanographic institute in 1925. Designed by a noted California architect, it is an early example of reinforced concrete construction.


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