| Johnson House | |
|---|---|
 Johnson House,Old Town San Diego State Historic Park | |
 Interactive map of Johnson House | |
| General information | |
| Status | Reconstructed |
| Type | Historic building |
| Location | 2706 San Diego Avenue, 2706 San Diego Avenue, San Diego, United States |
| Coordinates | 32°45′17″N117°11′49″W / 32.754726°N 117.197027°W /32.754726; -117.197027 |
| Named for | George Alonzo Johnson |
| Year built | 1870 |
| Completed | 1989 (reconstruction) |
| Renovated | 1989 |
| Client | California State Parks |
| Owner | California State Parks |
| Technical details | |
| Material | Wood-frame |
| Website | |
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TheJohnson House orJohnson Building is a reconstructed historic building located onPlaza de Las Armas at 2706 San Diego Avenue inOld Town San Diego State Historic Park inSan Diego, California.
The Johnson House was built in 1870. It was a wood-frame pre-fabricated office building that was brought by ship to San Diego, which was typical of many American buildings in that area at that time. It had a false front and full-length wooden porch.George Alonzo Johnson, a steamboat captain on theColorado River and owner of theColorado Steam Navigation Company and ofRancho Santa Maria de Los Peñasquitos, built the building on a vacant lot on La Plaza de Las Armas, in Old Town, which was purchased from Tomasa Pico de Alvarado, his mother-in-law, in 1869.
A few years after 1880, when the Johnsons lost their rancho to their creditors, they moved into this building on the plaza, where the captain died in 1903.
The Johnson House was reconstructed in 1989 byCalifornia State Parks. It now operates as a park concession.[1]