Montezuma

Historical Subdivisions:

1. La Mesa Colony est. 1887
2. Oakemere est. 1913
3. Alvarado Heights est. 1916
4. Acacia Park est. 1926
5. Metropolitan Center est. 1928
6. Collwood Park est. 1947-50
7. Collwood Manor est. 1950
8. Cosgrove Mesa est. 1950
9. Dennstedt Point est. 1951
10. Montezuma Heights est. 1951
11. Smith Terrace est. 1951
12. Whitfield est. 1952
13. Catoctin Tract est. 1952
14. College Manor est. 1953-54
15. Englestad’s Aztec Manor est. 1953
16. Dass Manor est. 1954
17. Tommasa Terrace est. 1954
18. College Vista est. 1956
19. Montezuma Manor est. 1957
20. Montezuma Park est. 1962
21. Minerva Manor est. 1963
22. College Village est. 1964
23. Telstar Subdivision est. 1966

Fun Facts:

• Catoctin Street dates back to the 1887 La Mesa Colony Subdivision and follows its original route from the Cajon Road (El Cajon Blvd.) out toward the rim of Alvarado Canyon.



• 63rd Street was originally the Adobe Falls Road that provided access to the Falls and associated ponds. These were used as unofficial Park lands for locals until the building of the Alvarado Highway (later Interstate 8) in the late 1940s.



• Montezuma Elementary School opened in 1951 to meet the growing demand due to the rapid suburban development of the area spread out on both sides of the recently extended Montezuma Road.



• Reservoir Drive originally led down and across Alvarado Canyon and out to La Mesa Dam (now Lake Murray Dam).



• Although most homes in the area are similar model “tract homes,” Rockford Drive features one of San Diego architect Sim Bruce Richards most unique Organic style buildings and several unique “New Orleans Revival” style homes commissioned by Collwood Park developer Arthur McKee.