Sherman Heights, San Diego, California
Encyclopedia
Sherman Heights is a neighborhood in San Diego bordered by Golden Hill to the north, Grant Hill to the east, East Village to the west, and Logan Heights to the south.
The Sherman Heights neighborhood has the following roadways as boundaries: Highway 94 to the north, 25th Street to the east, Imperial Avenue to the south, and Interstate 5
to the west.
, who purchased the land just east of Downtown San Diego in 1867. The Villa Montezuma, a large Victorian home built for musician and spiritualist Jesse Shepard
in 1887, has been operated as a house museum, and is owned by the city of San Diego.
Sherman Heights has been the site of succeeding waves of immigrants to San Diego, beginning with Germans in the 1920s, Japanese through the 1940s, Africans through the 1970s, and Mexicans throughout the history of the city. The neighborhood has been designated a historic district by the City of San Diego.
The Sherman Heights neighborhood has the following roadways as boundaries: Highway 94 to the north, 25th Street to the east, Imperial Avenue to the south, and Interstate 5
Interstate 5
Interstate 5 is the main Interstate Highway on the West Coast of the United States, running largely parallel to the Pacific Ocean coastline from Canada to Mexico . It serves some of the largest cities on the U.S...
to the west.
History
Sherman Heights takes its name from its original developer Matthew ShermanMatthew Sherman
Matthew Sherman was a land developer and American Republican politician from California.Born in Charleston, Massachusetts, he enlisted the U.S. Navy at age 13 and served on the U.S.S. Columbus and U.S.S. Independence. During the Mexican-American War, his ship briefly visited Monterey, California...
, who purchased the land just east of Downtown San Diego in 1867. The Villa Montezuma, a large Victorian home built for musician and spiritualist Jesse Shepard
Jesse Shepard
Benjamin Henry Jesse Francis Shepard was a composer and pianist, who also wrote under the pen name of Francis Grierson....
in 1887, has been operated as a house museum, and is owned by the city of San Diego.
Sherman Heights has been the site of succeeding waves of immigrants to San Diego, beginning with Germans in the 1920s, Japanese through the 1940s, Africans through the 1970s, and Mexicans throughout the history of the city. The neighborhood has been designated a historic district by the City of San Diego.