Roseville Marker

Location

At the site of the 1869 Roseville Hotel, at Byron and Rosecrans

Significance

The site of the first American house on Point Loma. The house owner, Louis Rose, was the founder of Roseville.

Status of the Marker

The marker has been lost.

La Playa Trail's First Historical Marker

The dedication of the first marker took place on January 10, 1934, at the Point Loma Assembly on Talbot Street and attended by several hundred people.

The program began with a historical pageant staged by some one hundred third, fourth, and fifth graders from the adjacent Cabrillo School under the direction of Principal and Mrs. Harold, (Lois), Kimball. Directors were Bertha Wilholt, Frances France and Evelyn Dillon. Ten cents was charged for admission to sponsor the cost of the marker. The major theme of the pageant was how over the La Playa Trail came the first bells, the first books, the first garden and flower seeds.

At 3 o'clock the ceremonies had moved to the west side of Rosecrans Street between Addison Street (now Avenida de Portugal) and Byron Street where the concrete marker (in which had been sealed a metal container filled with records, newspapers and coins) and a mission olive tree, olea europaea, was dedicated. The crowd gathered beside the great eucalyptus tree where formerly stood the first American house on Point Loma, built by Louis Rose the founder of Roseville. Mrs. Frances Heilbron, President of the Point Loma Assembly told the history of the site, which was the starting point for mile long straightaway horse races.

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