Mission Blvd. at Washington Blvd., Fremont, California. County/parish: Alameda.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 14, 1971. NRIS 71000131.
1 contributing building.
Mission San José is a Spanish mission located in the present-day city of Fremont, California, United States. It was founded on June 11, 1797, by the Franciscan order and was the fourteenth Spanish mission established in California. The Mission entered a long period of gradual decline after Mexican secularization act of 1833. After suffering decline, neglect and earthquakes most of the mission was in ruins. Restoration efforts in the intervening periods have reconstructed many of the original structures. The old mission church remains in use as a chapel of Saint Joseph Catholic Church, a parish of the Diocese of Oakland. The museum also features a visitor center, museum, and slide show telling the history of the mission.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858282