Irving J. Gill's Cossitt Cottage

11/21/2025

Big News: Today, Cossitt Cottage, a 1910 masterwork by master architect Irving J. Gill, was honored with designation as a site of historic significance by the San Diego Historic Resources Board.

09/25/2025

Restoration news update: Cossitt Cottage (1910)—one of Irving J. Gill’s earliest Modern masterpieces—is nearing completion of its thoughtful restoration and will reopen for Airbnb guests.

09/21/2025

Exciting news! Cossitt Cottage (1910)—one of Irving J. Gill’s earliest Modern masterpieces—is receiving the thoughtful restoration it deserves. Its historic character is being preserved to inspire generations to come—and soon, guests will once again be able to experience this iconic home firsthand through a stay via Airbnb.

07/29/2025

- Cossitt Cottage - Gill in the garden. An historical architectural urban retreat in the heart of Hillcrest.
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07/14/2024

Video #1 is now also available in Spanish!

Las Cossitt Cottages de Irving J Gill son un grupo compuesto de cuatro diseños casi idénticos. Están en la ciudad de San Diego, cerca de la costa del Pacífic...

07/09/2024

Just finished production on video #1! Take a look on YouTube:

Irving J Gill's Cossitt Cottages are a composed group of four nearly identical designs. They are in the city of San Diego, near the Pacific Coast, San Diego ...

10/24/2023

Irving J. Gill was a prominent Southern California architect whose innovative designs at the turn of the last century created what we now call Modern Architecture. Cossit Cottage is one of the first examples of Gill's modern buildings. It is a cube in its basic form and devoid of ornament. This was in 1910 when Gill's contemporaries were still building homes in Victorian, Italianate, and other common ornamented historic styles.
Unlike the cold and sterile European modernists that would come later, Gill understood San Diego's exceptional climate and geography and how to make an architecture that was a perfect fit. He mastered the art of building simple, clean, modern, delightful, and highly livable homes.
Cossitt Cottage takes full advantage of San Diego's Southern California charms. It offers excellent sunlight, regardless of the time of day. And it captures the breezes coming off the nearby Pacific Ocean and wafting up the adjacent canyon.
Enjoy your morning coffee on the eastern or southern very private back patios. Later in the day, enjoy a book and a glass of wine on the upper deck, watching the western sky transition from day to night. If it is a rare rainy day in San Diego, the living room provides the perfect place to relax and enjoy a private garden view with a nice fire to take the chill off.

10/24/2023

Welcome to Irving J. Gill's Cossitt Cottage page.
Cossitt Cottage is available as a short-term vacation rental through AirBnB or VRBO. It is also available for special events and as a film or photo shoot location. Inquire via DM.