Old Adobe Wall at the Del Mar Fairgrounds.

Have you seen the Old Adobe Wall inside the Del Mar Fairgrounds?

Wander through the outdoor Garden Show during the San Diego County Fair and you’re likely to stumble upon this bit of history:

In January of 1936, final approval from all department officials in Sacramento and Washington, D.C. was received for a new fairgrounds facility to be built in Del Mar… It was estimated that 500,000 hours of labor would be required for completion of the project… Each building was designed to represent one of the missions of California…

All of the buildings were made of native adobe, which was mixed and dried on the grounds. The eight-foot-high wall stretched along Jimmy Durante Boulevard, bordering the fairgrounds from the San Dieguito River on the south to Via de la Valle on the north. It was constructed of thousands of adobe bricks…A very small portion of the original wall still stands near the Exhibits offices…

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