Mission San Diego de Alcalá

The bronze moves the mission here in August 1774 and then jumps to 1813. Fifteen months into that gap the Kumeyaay burned it. Warriors from fifteen rancherias came in the night of November 4, 1775 and killed Luis Jayme, the blacksmith and the carpenter. The mission had been moved to be nearer the villages it wanted to baptize, and it had baptized close to four hundred people in three months. Jayme himself had written to his superiors that soldiers were seizing and raping Kumeyaay women.

What the plaque says

Mission San Diego de Alcala On Sunday, July 16, 1769 Fathers Junipero Serra, Juan Viscaino and Fernando Parron raised and blessed a cross to establish Alta California's 1st mission. Relocated from Presidio Hill to this site in August 1774 the mission was the mother of those founded in California by the Franciscan Order. The present buildings, first completed in 1813, were rebuilt in stages from 1915 to 1931 after many years of deterioration. They have been in use as a parish church since February 1941. California Registered Historical Landmark No. 242 Originally registered June 10, 1936. Plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with the Diocese of San Diego and Squibob Chapter, E Clampus Vitus, Sunday, July 16, 1989.

Where it stands

More markers nearby

• El Camino Real — steps away
• San Diego State University — 2.0 mi
• Mission Dam and Flume — 5.4 mi
• San Diego Presidio Site — 5.4 mi