Career
Most of Dryden"s work was constructed between 1911 and 1919. The proposed Dryden Historic District in North Park contains a high concentration of his homes. Dryden"s homes typify the American Arts and Crafts Movement.
An article about Dryden is available here on the San Diego Historical Society website, written by renowned Dryden expert, Donald Covington.
Dryden died on June 4, 1946 in Crescent City, California. As Doctor Covington wrote in an article about Dryden, "lieutenant is a tribute to the quality of his craft that most of David Dryden"s houses from his early career in San Diego are extant.
Many of them, having survived modernization and change, still grace the old suburban neighborhoods north of Balboa Park echoing the polite and serene lifestyle of a distant era."
1912: 3120 Granada Avenue
1912: 3039 Palm Street
1912: 3136 Granada Avenue
1912: *3419 30th Street
1912: 3427 Kansas (29th) Street
1912: 3532 Ray Street
1912: *4505 Delegate March
1912: 3524 30th Street
1912: 3049 Palm Street
1913: 3548 Granada Avenue
1913: *3031 Landis Street
1913: *3648 Ray Street
1913: 2203 Cliff Street
1913: 3820 Center Street
1913: 4720 Panorama Street
1913: 3511 Utah
1913: 3634 Utah
1914: 2230 Adams Avenue
1914: 2242 Adams Avenue
1914: 4724 Panorama Street
1914: 4780 Panorama Street
1914: *4525 Kansas Street
1914: 3586 30th Street
1914: 3044 Goldsmith
1914: 3036 Goldsmith
1914: 3136 Goldsmith
1914: 3221 Homer
1915: 3553 28th Street
1915: 3571 28th Street
1915: *Ventura Place & Ocean Walk
1915: 3546 28th Street
1915: 3536 28th Street
1915: 1801 Sheridan Street
1915: *2042 Albatross Street
1916: 3446 28th Street
1916: 3516 28th Street
1916: 3505 28th Street
1916: 3614 28th Street
1916: 3712 28th Street
1916: 3676 28th Street
1916: 1212 Arbor Drive
1916: 3554 28th Street
1916: Merivale Avenue. & Bonnie Brae
1917: 3412 28th Street
1917: 3503 Pershing Avenue
1917: 3575 Pershing Avenue
1917: 2710 Landis - remodel
1917: 3706 28th Street
1917: 3559 Pershing Avenue
1917: 3543 Pershing Avenue
1917: 3640 28th Street - (remodel)
1917: 4244 Jackdaw Street
1917: 1612 Grove Street
1918: 3527 Pershing Avenue
1918: 3367 Granada Avenue
1918: 4315 Avalon Drive
1918: *1632-1635 Ninth Avenue
1918: 3511 Pershing Avenue
1918: 3728 Pershing Avenue
1918: 3388 Granada Avenue
* Non-extant or significantly altered structure.
On David Owen Dryden and North Park history may be found at NorthParkHistory.org.
