6/7/2017
Landmark information
- Location:
Middle Reservation, Fort MacArthur, 2400 block of Pacific Ave, E side of parade field, 300 feet S of intersection of Meyler and Quartermaster Rds, San Pedro - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Nothing Remains - Date First Visited:
6/7/2014 - Date Most Recently Visited:
6/7/2017 - GPS Coordinates:
N 33 43.254, W 118 17.096
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Casa de San Pedro
Hide House Site
The first known commercial structure on the shore of San Pedro Bay was built here in 1823 by the trading firm of McCulloch & Hartnell to store cattle hides from the San Gabriel and San Fernando Missions. Richard Henry Dana described this adobe hide house in "Two Years Before the Mast." Thus began the development of the Port of Los Angeles.