<sod>In 1832, San Diego's leading architect, [[William Templeton Johnson]], was commissioned by the Society of Natural History to design its new museum building on Balboa Park's East Prado. Johnson had earned his reputation with his design of the Fine Arts Gallery (now the [[San Diego Museum of Art]]) and the downtown San Diego Trust & Savings Bank, among other buildings. The museum building combined Spanish and Moorish touches. Yellow and blue tiles mark a row of arches under a balustrade; surprisingly, given the Spanish influences, the building did not have a tiled roof.<ref name="Schaffer">{{cite journal|last1=Schaffer|first1=Sarah J.|title=A Civic Architect for San Diego The Work of William Templeton Johnson|journal=The Journal of San Diego History|date=1999|volume=45|issue=3|url=http://c100.org/books/JSDH/Schaffer_Templeton.Johnson_1999-3.pdf|accessdate=16 October 2016}}</ref> The society moved into its new permanent building in 1933.<ref name="Chute">{{cite news|last1=Chute|first1=James|title=Balboa Park 100 Memories|url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/visuals/photography/sdut-balboa-park-100-memories-20160908-014-photo.html|accessdate=16 October 2016|work=The San Diego Union-Tribune|date=2016}}</ref><eod>
<sod>In 1832, San Diego's leading architect, [[William Templeton Johnson]], was commissioned by the Society of Natural History to design its new museum building on Balboa Park's East Prado. Johnson had earned his reputation with his design of the Fine Arts Gallery (now the [[San Diego Museum of Art]]) and the downtown San Diego Trust & Savings Bank, among other buildings. The museum building combined Spanish and Moorish touches. Yellow and blue tiles mark a row of arches under a balustrade; surprisingly, given the Spanish influences, the building did not have a tiled roof.<ref name="Schaffer">{{cite journal|last1=Schaffer|first1=Sarah J.|title=A Civic Architect for San Diego The Work of William Templeton Johnson|journal=The Journal of San Diego History|date=1999|volume=45|issue=3|url=http://c100.org/books/JSDH/Schaffer_Templeton.Johnson_1999-3.pdf|accessdate=16 October 2016}}</ref> <eod>