Old
Town San Diego is
is considered the "birthplace" of California. In
1968, the State of California Department of Parks and Recreation
established Old Town State
Historic Park. The historic buildings preserve how San Diego
looked in the 1800s. Historic buildings include La Casa de
Estudillo, La Casa de Bandini, La Casa de Altamirno Pedrorena
and the Mason Street School, San Diego’s first one
room schoolhouse .Up the hill from Old Town is Heritage Park
where several of San Diego’s most notable Victorian
homes have been relocated and authentically restored to their
original
condition. A short walk down San Diego Avenue is the
Whaley House, an officially designated haunted house, the
Little Adobe Chapel on Conde Street, the first Church in
Old Town San Diego and El Campo Santo on San Diego Avenue,
a 1850 Catholic Cemetery. Old Town San Diego is the starting
point for the San Diego
Trolley Tour. There are over
100 shops and restaurants to choose from in the village which
surrounds Old Town State
Historic Park. Admission to the Old Town State park is free. |
