5/3/2024
5/3/2024
5/3/2024
5/3/2024
Landmark information
- Location:
NE corner of California and Grant Ave; plaque on Grant Ave entrance, San Francisco - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Existing - Date First Visited:
8/6/1995 - Date Most Recently Visited:
5/3/2024 - GPS Coordinates:
N 37 47.563, W 122 24.343
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Site of Old St. Mary's
Cornerstone 1853 - - Dedicated 1854
The first building erected as a cathedral in California, old St. 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.