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Old Town Attractions
All the following attractions are located within or near Old Town.
Colorado House/Wells Fargo History Museum
2733 San Diego Ave.
San Diego CA 92110
Phone: (619) 238-3929
Colorado House/Wells Fargo History Museum, in Old Town San Diego State Historic Park on San Diego Ave. facing the plaza, occupies the 1851 Colorado House Hotel. The museum features historical documents and artifacts with both English and Spanish text plates, as well as an 1868 Concord stagecoach. Hand-held audio wands that describe exhibits are available.
Admission: Free
Hours: Daily 10-5
The Courthouse
2731 San Diego Ave.
San Diego CA 92110
Phone: (619) 220-5422
The Courthouse, in Old Town San Diego State Historic Park at 2731 San Diego Ave., on the plaza next to Colorado House, is a reconstruction of the 1847 fired-brick building. The original structure first was used as a town hall, and then as the first courthouse and civic center 1850-late 1860s.
Admission: Free
Hours: Daily 10-5
La Casa de Estudillo
4001 Mason St.
San Diego CA 92110
Phone: (619) 220-5422
La Casa de Estudillo is at 4001 Mason St. in Old Town San Diego State Historic Park. The restored 1827 Adobe features Spanish and Early American relics, period furnishings and a garden. The house was built by a former commander of the San Diego Presidio and was the social and political center of the pueblo during the Mexican era.
Admission: Free
Hours: Daily 10-5
Seeley Stables Museum
2630 Calhoun St.
San Diego CA 92110
Phone: (619) 220-5422
Seeley Stables Museum, 2648 Calhoun St. in Old Town San Diego State Historic Park, is a reconstructed 1869 stable. Now a museum, the building houses a collection of horse-drawn vehicles, including covered wagons and stagecoaches; Western memorabilia; and American Indian artifacts.
Admission: Free
Hours: Daily 10-5
Black Hawk Smithy & Stable
2660 Calhoun St.
Old Town San Diego State Historic Park
San Diego CA 92110
Black Hawk Smithy & Stable, in Old Town San Diego State Historic Park at Mason and Juan sts., was opened in the 1860s. Vintage blacksmithing techniques are demonstrated every Wed. 10-2.
Machado-Stewart Adobe
2724 Congress St.
San Diego CA 92110
Machado-Stewart Adobe is next to Mason Street School at Mason and Congress streets in Old Town San Diego State Historic Park. The restored Adobe, built in the 1830s, depicts the everyday lifestyle during the Mexican period of early San Diego. Cooking and craft demonstrations are presented.
Admission: Free
Hours: Adobe daily 10-5. Cooking and craft demonstrations Wed. 10-2
Mason Street School
3966 Mason St.
San Diego CA 92110
Phone: (619) 220-5422
Mason Street School, Mason and Congress streets in Old Town San Diego State Historic Park, was the first San Diego school house, a one-room frame building erected in 1865. After being moved to another location and used for other purposes, the building was returned to its original site and restored.
Admission: Free
Hours: Daily 10-4
Old Town Plaza
San Diego Ave. & Wallace St.
San Diego CA 92110
Old Town Plaza, bounded by San Diego Ave., Wallace, Calhoun and Mason sts. in Old Town San Diego State Historic Park, was the center of community life after the formation of the pueblo of San Diego in 1821. The Plaza is noted for its tall master flagpole.
Old Town San Diego State Historic Park
4002 Wallace St.
San Diego CA 92110
Phone: (619) 220-5422
Old Town San Diego State Historic Park, bordered by Twiggs, Juan, Taylor and Congress sts. just north of downtown, is a California settlement depicting the Mexican and early American years of 1821 to 1872, with historic buildings and adobe homes. Nearby Presidio Park is the site of California's first permanent Euro-American settlement, established in 1769.
Hours: Daily 10-5. Free guided 1-hour walking tours depart the park headquarters daily at 11 and 2. Parking is available at Taylor Street and Pacific Highway. All buildings are closed Jan. 1, Thanksgiving and Dec. 25.
Old Town Trolley Tours
With departure points at various locations
San Diego CA 92101
Phone: (619) 298-8687
Old Town Trolley Tours, with departure points at various locations, hotels and attractions throughout town, offers 2-hour trolley tours that visit Balboa Park, the San Diego Zoo, Horton Plaza in the Gaslamp Quarter, Seaport Village, the Embarcadero, Old Town and Coronado. Passengers have boarding and re-boarding privileges at each stop.
Admission: Fare $28; ages 4-12, $15
Hours: Daily 9-5; closed Thanksgiving and Dec. 25
Credit Cards: AE, DS, MC, VI
Robinson-Rose Building
4002 Wallace St.
San Diego CA 92110
Phone: (619) 220-5422
Robinson-Rose Building, in Old Town San Diego State Historic Park at 4002 Wallace St., is a two-story wood building with adobe walls built in 1853 by a successful attorney. Today it houses the park's headquarters and has photo murals and a carefully crafted scale model of Old Town as it appeared until 1872.
Admission: Free
Hours: Open daily 10-5. Guided walking tours depart daily at 11 and 2
San Diego Union Museum
2602 San Diego Ave.
San Diego CA 92110
Phone: (619) 220-5422
San Diego Union Museum, 2602 San Diego Ave. in Old Town San Diego State Historic Park, is in a restored prefabricated wooden building erected in 1851. The newspaper was founded here in 1868. The museum is furnished to reflect the 1860s.
Admission: Free
Hours: Daily 10-5
Serra Museum
2727 Presidio Dr.
San Diego CA 92103
Phone: (619) 297-3258
Serra Museum, 2727 Presidio Dr. in Presidio Park, overlooks Old Town San Diego. This was the 1769 site of the first European settlement in Alta California, Father Junípero Serra's first California mission and Captain Gaspar de Portolá's fortified settlement. Exhibits in the current 1929 building interpret the state's beginnings from the American Indian period through the Spanish and Mexican eras, to 1848.
Admission: Admission $5; over 59, military and students with ID $4; ages 6-17, $2
Hours: Daily 10-4:30; closed Jan. 1, Thanksgiving and Dec. 24-25
Whaley House
2482 San Diego Ave.
San Diego CA 92110
Phone: (619) 297-7511
Whaley House, 2482 San Diego Ave., was built in 1856 and is thought to be the oldest two-story brick house in Southern California. The building, said to be haunted, has served as a residence, store, courthouse and theater; it now showcases period interiors.
Admission: Admission $5; over 55, $4; ages 3-12, $3
Hours: Daily 10-5 and 7-11, May-Sept.; 10-4:30, rest of year
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