American Merchant Marine Veterans Memorial
880 S Harbor Blvd, San Pedro
Hours: 24/7
A nonprofit memorial preserving the history of the U.S. Merchant Marine.
History
Well-known landmarks and rare finds
San Pedro and the Harbor Area have many historical locations: lighthouses, forts, memorials, museums and century-old homes.
22 places
Places to see
Assistance League of San Pedro Post Office
1441 West 8th Street, San Pedro
310-832-8355Hours: Mon - Fri Noon to 4:PM
The San Pedro-South Bay chapter runs and operates the only all-volunteer post office in the country. A non-profit for the benefit of local charities.
Banning Museum
401 E M St, Wilmington
310-548-7777Hours: S,S,T,W,T 12:30 - 2:30
Banning House, also known as the General Phineas Banning Residence Museum, is a historic Greek Revival-Victorian home in the Wilmington section of LA.
Piazza Miramare
629 S. Harbor Blvd., San Pedro
Hours: Dawn to Dusk
A beautiful fountain, called “Fontana dei Pescatori”, sits at the North end of the Piazza and the East side of the Piazza hosts “The Waterfront Trellis”.
Danish Castle
324 W. 10th Street, San Pedro
Hours: Do Not Disturb, Private Residence
Built in the 1880s for a Danish sea captain and modeled after a traditional Danish architectural prototype. Local sailors gave it the "Danish Castle" nickname.
James H. Dodson House
859 W. 13th Street, San Pedro
Hours: Do Not Disturb, Private Residence
The James H. Dodson Residence is a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument (HCM #147), originally located at the corner of 7th and Beacon Streets in San Pedro.
Drum Barracks Civil War Museum
1052 N Banning Blvd, Wilmington
310-548-7509Hours: By reservation
Drum Barracks was the Union Army's headquarters for Southern California and New Mexico during the Civil War.
Fishing Industry Memorial
504 S Harbor Blvd, San Pedro
Hours: Dawn to Dusk
The Fishing Industry Memorial honors the diverse immigrant communities and workers who built the LA Harbor into the nation's largest commercial fishing port.
Fort MacArthur
3601 S Gaffey St, San Pedro
Hours: Secure Base
Historic Fort MacArthur is part of the US Space Force. As an Army post, the fort played a role in coastal defenses from 1914 until 1974.
Fort MacArthur Military Museum
3601 S Gaffey St, San Pedro
310-548-2631Hours: Friday and Saturday from Noon - 4:PM
Museum inside Battery Osgood-Farley, 1916 coastal gun battery in Angels Gate Park, telling how Los Angeles harbor was defended from World War I to the Cold War.
Harbor View House
921 S Beacon, San Pedro
310-708-0921Hours: Café Open Fri,Sat, and Sun
Once a YMCA and later a mental hospital, it is now a 100 unit apartment building with amenities and the Majestic Café/Chop Shop in its lobby.
Harbor View Memorial Park
2411 S Grand Ave, San Pedro
Hours: Monday – Sunday from 7 AM – 2 PM
Burial site for many San Pedro early settlers and pioneers
Japanese Memorial, Terminal Island
1124 S Seaside Ave, San Pedro
310-831-6245Hours: Dawn to Dusk
3,000 Japanese families were forcibly removed from Terminal Island after Pearl Harbor. This monument celebrates the contributions of the Japanese fishermen.
Korean Bell of Friendship
3601 S Gaffey St, San Pedro
310-548-7705Hours: 7:AM - 7:PM
17-ton bell & stone pavilion on a hilltop in Angels Gate Park, a gift by South Korea for the U.S. Bicentennial in 1976, sweeping views of the ocean and harbor.
Muller House
1542 S Beacon St, San Pedro
Hours: Open the first and second Sunday of the month from 1:PM to 4:PM
Museum Operated by the San Pedro Bay Historical Society
Old St. Peter's Episcopal Church
1648 W 9th St, San Pedro
Hours: Cemetery hours
Old St. Peter's Episcopal Church is a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument now located in Green Hills Memorial Park in Rancho Palos Verdes
Peck House
380 W 15th Street, San Pedro
Hours: Private Residence, Do not disturb
George Peck, a key pioneer who shaped early San Pedro, co-organized the Bank of San Pedro in 1889, and donated land for local green spaces including Peck Park.
Point Fermin Lighthouse
807 W Paseo Del Mar, San Pedro
310-241-0684Hours: Tue–Sun 1–4 pm; tours at 1, 2 and 3 pm; closed Mondays
An 1874 Victorian stick-style lighthouse on the bluffs of Point Fermin Park, free guided tours of the keeper's quarters and tower Tuesday - Sunday afternoons.
Point Vicente Lighthouse
31550 Palos Verdes Dr, San Pedro
Hours: Saturdays 10:AM - 3:PM
Navigation facility with monthly open days for WWII history & ghost stories at the onsite museum.
Beacon Street Post Office
839 S Beacon, San Pedro
800-275-8777Hours: M - Th 9:30AM to 5:PM, Saturday 10:AM to 3:30PM
Historic Art Deco building in San Pedro that remains the main post office
USS Los Angeles Naval Memorial
250 S. Harbor Blvd. (Williams Way), San Pedro
Hours: Dawn to Dusk
USS Los Angeles (CA-135) the first U.S. Navy vessel to take enemy fire in the Korean War, record for longest-sustained naval bombardment, decommissioned 1963
YWCA – Morgan House
437 W. 9th Street, San Pedro
310-547-0831Hours: See site for hours
The YWCA Morgan House is the City of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 186. Now used for food distribution and a thrift shop.