Site of Old St. Mary’s
Cornerstone 1853 - Dedicated 1854
The first building erected as a cathedral in California, Old Saint Mary’s served the archdiocese of San Francisco in that capacity from 1854 to 1891. Once the City’s most prominent building, much of its stone work was quarried and cut in China and its brick brought “around the Horn” in sailing ships.
California Registered Historical Landmark No. 810
Plaque placed by California State Park Commission in cooperation with the Paulist Fathers and the Grand Parlor of the Native Sons of the Golden West, May 7, 1966
Marker is at the intersection of California Street and Grant Avenue, on the right when traveling west on California Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
