6/16/2004
6/16/2004
Landmark information
- Location:
3950 Conde St, between Congress St and San Diego Ave, Old Town, San Diego - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Existing - Date First Visited:
12/2/1996 - Date Most Recently Visited:
6/16/2004 - GPS Coordinates:
N 32 45.100, W 117 11.656
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Adobe Chapel of the Immaculate Conception
Originally built as the home of San Diego's John Brown in 1850, the house was converted to a church by Don Jose Aguirre in 1858. Father Antonio D. Ubach, formerly a missionary among the indians, was parish priest here from 1866 to 1907. It is said that he was the model for "Father Gaspara" in Helen Hunt Jackson's "Ramona". In 1937 the WPA rebuilt the adobe chapel close to its original site.