Where the city's adobe stands
Three houses to start with
If you read only three entries before walking San Diego, read these — the highest-tier landmarks in the catalog and the foundation for everything else.
CA-SD-001 · Catalog Mission San Diego de Alcala, founded in 1769 by Father Junipero Serra, was the first of the twenty-one Spanish Franciscan missions established along the coast of Alta California and is generally regarded as the…
CA-SD-002 · Catalog Rancho Ex-Mission San Diego encompassed the secularized agricultural lands of Mission San Diego de Alcala, the first of the Alta California missions, founded by Junipero Serra in 1769. Following Mexican secularization…
CA-SD-003 · Catalog The San Diego Museum of Art occupies a Spanish-colonial revival building at the heart of Balboa Park, the cultural complex developed for the 1915 Panama-California Exposition. The museum building itself was constructed…
San Diego's adobe character
San Diego holds 3 documented adobe properties in the catalog. All 3 entries belong to the Spanish Colonial tradition. The single dated entry was built in 1769.
Entries in this catalog
- Mission San Diego de Alcalá — built 1769, Spanish Colonial; museum.
- Rancho Ex-Mission San Diego — Spanish Colonial; private residence.
- The San Diego Museum of Art — Spanish Colonial; museum.
Suggested walking tour
A route through the documented adobe of San Diego — 3 stops, measured at a researcher's unhurried pace.
A field tour of San Diego
Stops chosen from the catalog and ordered to make a coherent walk. Each stop links to the full catalog entry — addresses, dates, and photographs.
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Mission San Diego de Alcalá
San Diego, CA · Built 1769Mission San Diego de Alcala, founded in 1769 by Father Junipero Serra, was the first of the twenty-one Spanish Franciscan missions established along the coast of Alta California and is generally regarded as the birthplace of European settlement in the…
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Rancho Ex-Mission San Diego
San Diego, CARancho Ex-Mission San Diego encompassed the secularized agricultural lands of Mission San Diego de Alcala, the first of the Alta California missions, founded by Junipero Serra in 1769. Following Mexican secularization in the 1830s, the mission's extensive…
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The San Diego Museum of Art
San Diego, CAThe San Diego Museum of Art occupies a Spanish-colonial revival building at the heart of Balboa Park, the cultural complex developed for the 1915 Panama-California Exposition. The museum building itself was constructed in the 1920s as the permanent fine arts…
All 3 entries in San Diego
Documented properties in San Diego, listed alphabetically. Each plate carries the entry's reference number, registry status, address, and date of construction.
CA-SD-001 Catalog CA-SD-002 Catalog CA-SD-003 Catalog Nearby cities
Other adobe centers within reach of San Diego. Each links to its own chapter of the Atlas.