12/1/1999
12/1/1999
1/9/2019
Landmark information
- Location:
Old Town San Diego SHP; plaque located W side of plaza at 4016 Wallace St, San Diego - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Existing - Date First Visited:
12/2/1996 - Date Most Recently Visited:
1/9/2019 - GPS Coordinates:
N 32 45.301, W 117 11.868 - Other Designations:
National Register of Historic Places
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Old Town San Diego
Settled by pensioned soldiers and their families from the Presidio, Old Town grew in the early 1800s into a cluster of adobe houses and garden plots. By 1835, "it was composed of about 40 dark brown looking huts." The Stars and Stripes were first raised over the plaza in 1846 by Marines from the U.S.S. "Cyane".