Vintage Map of San Diego, California 1876 | Restored Historic Print

This vintage map of San Diego, California was created in 1876 and drawn and published by E. S. Glover of San Diego, printed by the lithographers A. L. Bancroft & Co. of San Francisco. This restored edition brings the historic San Diego map to life while preserving the original linework and its harbor, sailing ships, streets, blocks, and the surrounding hills and shoreline.

About This Historic Map

Drawn from an elevated bird's-eye perspective looking from the north-east toward the south-west, this map presents San Diego in the 1870s, when the young city was shaped by its harbor, shipping, churches, and civic institutions. The view sweeps across the gridded streets of the growing town and out over the water to the peninsula and the open Pacific beyond.

Notable landmarks shown on the map include the San Diego Bay, Point Loma, the Pacific Ocean, the San Diego Academy, the Court House, the County Jail, the Public Schools, the San Diego Flouring Mill, the Bank of San Diego, the Commercial Bank, the Catholic Church, the Baptist Church, the Methodist Church, and the Episcopal Church, along with the many streets, docks, and ships that shaped life around the bay in the 1870s.

For anyone who grew up in San Diego, put down roots near the bay, or simply loves this stretch of the California coast, this map is more than a historic view. It captures the early streets rising from the waterfront, the ships riding at anchor, and the sweep of Point Loma guarding the harbor mouth, and the memories that keep families connected to San Diego.

A statement piece for any room, this reproduction is printed using KNOWOL's restored version of the 1876 San Diego map, preserving the historic character of the original while adding depth, warmth, and visual clarity. It makes a meaningful addition to a home, office, library, den, family room, or local history collection.