Old Town San Diego State Historic Park

Old Town San Diego State Historic Park serves as a living window into the mid-nineteenth century, a period when this site transitioned from a Mexican pueblo to an American settlement. Established in nineteen sixty-eight, the park protects original adobe buildings and accurate reconstructions that cluster around a central plaza. This area represents the heart of early San Diego, which functioned as the regional center for commerce and government until the city moved its focal point toward the harbor in the eighteen seventies.