Information about Normal Heights- 92116

Single Family Residence Median Price: $365,000

Condo Median Price: $140,000

General Information- The Normal Heights Community is made of three neighborhoods, which are Adams North, Adams Park, and Cherokee Park. Adams North is developed as a predominately single-family neighborhood, while Adams Park and Cherokee Park include a broader mix of single-family homes, older apartment courts and large apartment developments.

Heights is one of the 3 best places for antiquing in the county, and offers the best plethora of used book stores, a choice vegetarian restaurant, and many other unique little offerings. A strengthening community association is powering her refurbishing. Bordered by more historically-appealing communities on all sides, Normal Heights offers a great promise of appreciation in real estate.

 

 

History of Normal Heights

Normal Heights was named for the San Diego Normal School, a teacher's college that was the forerunner to San Diego State University. A major early influence on the community was Bertram J. Carteri, who arrived in 1926 and began to build single-family bungalows. With the restoration of the trolley line in the early 1920's, Carteri began to build what is now known as the Carteri Center on Adams Avenue between 33rd and 34th Streets, which has been declared a potential historic district. The most significant structure is the Louis L. Gill designed bungalow court first named El Sueno. Now known as Santa Rosa Court.

In the late 1800s the area that would become Normal Heights was sparsely populated farmland with only a sprinkling of houses.

It was formally organized and platted in 1906 by the University Heights Syndicate under the direction of D.C. Collier and named Normal Heights for the State Normal School in University Heights.
 In 1907 trolley tracks for Line #11 were laid to the western edge of Ward Canyon with a spur line up today's 35th Street to a gravel quarry. In 1910 Bonnie Brae was platted by Collier east of the gravel quarry to the canyon rim overlooking Ward Road.

Transportation brought population and development to Normal Heights. The man responsible for the main business development of the Normal Heights portion of Adams Avenue was a carpenter named Bertram J. Carteri. He moved to the area in 1916 and began buying, fixing up and selling houses. He bought his first commercial lot, Adams Avenue between Felton and 33rd Streets in c.1922 and, in partnership with noted local architect Louis J. Gill (nephew of Irving Gill), began building what would be known as Carteri Center.

 

 

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