Mission Hills, San Diego

The oldest parts of the neighborhood were subdivided according to George Marston's 1908 plan,[1] and still consist mainly of houses from the 1908–1930 period, in vernacular, Craftsman, Prairie School, Spanish Colonial Revival and other styles.

[2] The original historic neighborhood commercial district is around Washington and Goldfinch streets, two buildings (the 1913 Classical Revival style Ace Drugstore and the 1929 Spanish Colonial Revival style Funcheon Building) in which have been renovated as the "Paseo de Mission Hills" complex incorporating a historic "Mission Hills" sign.

[4] Ironically, San Diego's most famous architect, Irving Gill, never built in Mission Hills, as by the time this area was being developed he was mainly working in Los Angeles County.

Many cross streets ranging north to south are named for birds in alphabetical order from Albatross to Lark.

Streetcar rail tracks were built along the main thoroughfares of the neighborhood, such as Fort Stockton Drive.