Old Town Historic Park

Old Town, the first European settlement on the west coast, has become a living museum of the original seventeenth-century village. While the rest of the city is developed around the neighborhood, the original church, Mission San Diego de Alcalá, still remains, as do five original straw and clay structures. Other historic buildings include an old schoolhouse, blacksmith shop, courthouse, and tobacconist. All ‘living museums’ give presentations on daily life in the original settlement.