Old Scripps Building

Old Scripps Building
Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, CA (1910)
Location8630 Discovery Way, La Jolla, California
Coordinates32°51′54″N 117°15′12″W / 32.86500°N 117.25333°W / 32.86500; -117.25333
Area.09 acres (3,900 sq ft; 360 m2)
Built1909 (1909)
ArchitectPerl Acton; Irving J. Gill
Architectural styleModern movement
NRHP reference No.77000330
SDHL No.119
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 10, 1977
Designated NHLMay 20, 1982
Designated SDHLMay 6, 1977

The George H. Scripps Memorial Marine Biological Laboratory, known as the Old Scripps Building, is a historic research facility on the campus of the University of California, San Diego in La Jolla, California. Built in 1909-10, it is the oldest oceanographic research building in continuous use in the United States and the historic center of Scripps Institution of Oceanography. It is architecturally significant as a work of Modernist architect Irving J. Gill and for its early use of reinforced concrete. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1982. It now houses Scripps administrative offices.