Historical Marker · No. 384
Timms' Point and Landing
San Pedro, Los Angeles County · California
Erected by State Department of Parks and Recreation; San Pedro Bay Historical Society; and the Port of Los Angeles, 1993
Before the breakwater there was no harbor here, only an open roadstead where ships anchored offshore and small boats carried the cargo in. Augustus W. Timms, a German immigrant, bought Sepúlveda's Landing on the mudflats in 1852 and built it up with a wharf, warehouse, corrals, a hotel, and stages running the twenty-odd miles to Los Angeles. He was Phineas Banning's rival for that traffic, and for fifty years the point carried his name. His widow sold the ground to the Southern Pacific in 1902.
What the plaque says
In 1852 German immigrant Augustus W. Timms obtained Sepulveda's Landing on the mudflats near here. He built a wharf, added a warehouse, corral and other facilities to service shipping and running of stages to Los Angeles. Timms was a pioneer in the development of the harbor and for over fifty years this area was known as Timms Point.
Where it stands
33.72835, -118.27532 · Directions
Worth the stop nearby
- Santa Monica Pier — 23 miWhere the Mother Road runs out of continent, and where the End of the Trail sign gives the drive somewhere to finish.
More markers nearby
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