History of the North Mission SF Neighborhood

I have lived in the North Mission neighborhood of San Francisco for the past ten years and worked here for over 20 years. As a tribute to this diverse immigrant and working class neighborhood, I am creating this blog to celebrate its rich history.

Friday, October 28, 2005

Oldest Building in San Francisco: Mission Dolores


The historical anchor of the North Mission is San Francisco's oldest building, Mission Dolores, now located at the corner of Dolores street and 16th street.






But it did not begin there. If you walk to the intersection of Albion and Camp streets (down 16th street past Guerrero), you will see a plaque noting this location as the original site of the Mission....

1 Comments:

Blogger nmaffei said...

Interesting idea for a weblog.

I can recommend reading "Historic Walks in San Francisco," by Rand Richards.

It has a great chapter about the historic Mission District, and is available in the SF Public Library.

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