Celebrate the 26th anniversary of the University Heights street sign, installed on April 3, 1997!

Check out the new self-guided walking tours of University Heights including historic churches and the Normal School site.

To celebrate Women’s History Month, the University Heights Historical Society honors Dr. Sue Earnest, distinguished Normal School graduate.

Like everyone, the pandemic has required that we be a little more creative in finding safe ways to educate the public about our community's significant history. With your support, we would like to raise $600 to design and print some new self-guided walking tours of University Heights.

The City of San Diego preventively treated nine Canary Island Palms this month for the South American Palm Weevil. These included three in the 4600 block of Park Blvd., and the six historically-designated palms in the 4700 block of Park Blvd.

Join Kristin Harms with the University Heights Historical Society for a live, virtual walking tour via Zoom of the early history of University Heights from the comfort and safety of your own home!

The University Heights Historical Society and University Heights Community Association need the community’s help to eradicate the deadly South American Palm Weevil, a destructive pest that is killing Canary Island Palms throughout San Diego including University Heights

2020 has been a busy year for the University Heights Historical Society. We created new historic walking tours, videos and maps, and advocated for preservation of historic landmarks and trees in University Heights.

Chris Ward’s office is working with the City Forester to preventively treat the historically-designated Canary Island Palms in University Heights.

We need the community’s help to protect our historic Canary Island Palms from destruction by the South American Palm Weevil.

On many University Heights sidewalks, you can find stamped icons and text designating the contractor name or union, the city in which the business was registered, and year the concrete was set. Thanks to the hard work of University Heights Historical Society volunteer, Bill Ellig, our community has an online record of over 350 historic contractor sidewalk stamps throughout University Heights.

Starting in 1890, a series of successive cable car companies developed the park land at Park and Adams to attract riders up to the barren University Heights. The San Diego Electric Railway Company purchased the property in 1898 and transformed it into the magnificent Mission Cliff Gardens.

The Community Coalition of University Heights will host a virtual forum with City Council District 3 candidates, Toni Duran and Stephen Whitburn, on Tuesday, September 22 from 6 pm to 7:30 pm.

After illegally replacing the 122-year-old wood gate and railing on Adams Avenue at Mission Cliff Drive earlier this year, the property owner at 1608 Mission Cliff Drive completed reconstruction of the gate and railing, per requirements of the City of San Diego Historic Preservation Planning Department.

University Heights is 132 years old and still going strong! On August 6, 1888, Subdivision map #558 was filed with the County Recorder, delineating the University Heights subdivision.

The Community Coalition of University Heights will host a virtual forum with District 3 City Council candidates, Toni Duran and Stephen Whitburn, on Tuesday, September 22nd from 6 pm to 7:30 pm.  In advance of the forum, please take our survey regarding your concerns and priorities for University Heights over the next four years.

Since 1997, the University Heights Historical Society has worked to preserve the architectural, cultural, and historic resources in University Heights through research, education, and advocacy.

Did you know that San Diego State University had it’s beginnings in University Heights? The San Diego Normal School was built in 1898 on Normal Street in University Heights to increase the certification of teachers. The school moved to Montezuma Mesa in 1931 and was renamed San Diego State University in the early 1970s. Take our free, self-guided walking tour to learn more.

In this short video, Bill Ellig with the University Heights Historic Society talks with Sheila, owner of the Everett Gee and Eileen Lois Jackson Residence in University Heights, an excellent example of a Spanish Colonial Revival style single-family house originally owned by two very interesting people who had a significant impact on San Diego’s social and cultural history.

The University Heights Historical Society has been working with City of San Diego Historic Preservation Planning staff and Save Our Heritage Organisation (SOHO) since 2015 to identify bungalow courts throughout University Heights, and to include them in the Historic Preservation Elements of both the North Park and Uptown Community Plans.