Botanical Building (San Diego, Calif.)

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Name (Latin)
Botanical Building (San Diego, Calif.)
Other forms of name
Horticultural Building (San Diego, Calif.)
Lath House (San Diego, Calif.)
Lath Palace (San Diego, Calif.)
See Also From tracing topical name
Exhibition buildings California
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q27704699
Library of congress: sh2018000797
Sources of Information
  • Work cat: 00563595: A glimpse of the San Diego Exposition, 1915:interior title (Horticultural Building containing specimens of vegetation from all parts of the world)
  • The architecture and the gardens of the San Diego exposition, 1916, viewed via HathiTrust Digital Library, April 2, 2018(The Botanical Building, commonly called the "Lath House" is the focal point of horticultural interest of the Exposition)
  • San Diego History Center WWW site, viewed April 2, 2018The Highs and lows of the Botanical Building in Balboa Park (The building had three names. Its unofficial name, which was soon discarded, was Horticultural Building, its official name was Botanical Building, and its popular name was Lath Palace; renovated in early 2002)
  • Balboa Park WWW site, viewed April 2, 2018Botanical Building and Lily Pond (the Botanical Building with the Lily Pond and Lagoon in the foreground is one of the most photographed scenes in Balboa Park; built for the 1915-16 Exposition...the historic building is one of the largest lath structures in the world)