{"id":123,"date":"2019-01-14T03:58:39","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T03:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hillcresthistory.org\/?page_id=123"},"modified":"2026-05-01T18:42:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T18:42:50","slug":"home-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hillcresthistory.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"123\" class=\"elementor elementor-123\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49cf454 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"49cf454\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-557173e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"557173e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62af25b line-height-30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"62af25b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hillcrest-wrapper\">\n\n  <div class=\"hillcrest-img\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hillcresthistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/HHG-wwwlogosmaller-1-130x300.webp\" alt=\"\">\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"hillcrest-content\">\n    \n    <h3>Hillcrest History Guild<\/h3>\n\n    <p>\n      In 1906 this neighborhood was called \u201cUniversity Heights\u201d along with much of San Diego\u2019s uptown area. William Wesley Whitson purchased and subdivided 40 acres north of University Avenue to Lewis Street (between First and Sixth avenues) and opened a sales office for his new \u201cHillcrest Company\u201d at Fifth &amp; University.\n    <\/p>\n\n    <p>\n      The name caught on\u2026and the rest is history.\n    <\/p>\n\n    <p>\n      Imagine if Hillcrest\u2019s historical society began with Wesley Whitson over a hundred years ago\u2026or if we had photos of his 16-lane Hillcrest Bowl being dedicated a few decades later\u2026or a jpg of the group of women shopkeepers presenting the original Hillcrest sign to the community in 1940. But we didn\u2019t have that resource. Now with the wonders of the Internet, the Hillcrest History Guild will share memories of the past as we link to the future.\n    <\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<style>\n.hillcrest-wrapper {\n  display: flex;\n  align-items: flex-start; \/* top align *\/\n  gap: 15px;\n}\n\n.hillcrest-img img {\n  width: 700px; \/* balanced size (700 too big tha) *\/\n  height: auto;\n  display: block;\n}\n\n.hillcrest-content h3 {\n  color: #46200F;\n  font-size: 24px;\n  font-weight: 700;\n  margin-bottom: 10px;\n}\n\n.hillcrest-content p {\n  color: #46200F;\n  font-size: 15px;\n  line-height: 1.7;\n  margin-bottom: 12px;\n}\n<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06d1e88 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"06d1e88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51deb53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"51deb53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"375\" height=\"143\" src=\"https:\/\/hillcresthistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GreatPlacesBanner.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6314\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hillcresthistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GreatPlacesBanner.jpg 375w, https:\/\/hillcresthistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GreatPlacesBanner-300x114.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f073a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f073a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<style>\n.custom-link {\n  color: #4B2E2B;\n  text-decoration: none;\n  transition: 0.7s;\n}\n.custom-link:hover {\n  color: #8B5E3C;\n}\n<\/style>\n\n<h2 style=\"font-family:'Playfair Display', serif; font-size:18px;\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planning.org\/apanews\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"custom-link\">\n    Hillcrest Selected One of the Top Ten Great Places in America: Neighborhoods\n  <\/a>\n<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fce88c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fce88c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The American Planning Association (for the first time in their history) designated America\u2019s top ten great neighborhoods \u2014 and Hillcrest was justly honored.<\/p><p>The work to share our neighborhood\u2019s story is underway. Please help us record this slice of history with future generations by sharing your stories, photos albums and pieces of memorabilia. The Hillcrest History Guild will provide a place of safekeeping as our neighborhood history grows.<\/p><p>The spark behind the Hillcrest History Guild began in 2002 with the first edition of\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hillquest.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HillQuest<\/a>, the Urban Guide to 92103+.<\/em>\u00a0While researching the neighborhood it was difficult to find photos and stories from our rich history, and we realized that as years pass these treasures would become even more elusive. Contact The Guild if you have something to share. Consider giving us your old pictures of Hillcrest \u2014 or allow us to scan the images and return the photo to you.<\/p><p>Please help the Hillcrest History Guild collect and preserve our past for future generations. Many volunteer opportunities are also available. You may reach us by\u00a0<a title=\"CONTACT\" href=\"https:\/\/hillcresthistory.org\/wordpress\/contact\/\">email<\/a>\u00a0or call (619) 298-0779 or (619) 379-3416.<\/p><p>\u00a0The HHG was honored to receive a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sdgln.com\/news\/2010\/06\/28\/st-pauls-cathedral-and-hillcrest-history-guild-win-stonewall-service-awards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2010 Community Stonewall Service Award<\/a>\u00a0from San Diego LGBT Pride. Thanks for the recognition.<\/p><p><strong>2007 marked\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hillcrestcentennial.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hillcrest\u2019s centennial<\/a><\/strong>, and we celebrated all year long. 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