PC-000-568

Picture postcard of Church of the Immaculate Conception, Old Town, San Diego, California

 

circa 1917

 

 

This is a hand-tinted picture postcard of the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Old Town, San Diego. The cornerstone for the first church with this name was laid in 1851, and the Old Adobe Church was dedicated in 1858. In 1868 the cornerstone was laid for a brick church on this site. This building was opened in 1917 after a series of problems that included the razing of the original brick structure due to weathering, reclaiming and cleaning the bricks for reuse. According to the church's Web site in 2013, the building has been in continuous use since its opening, but it was renovated in 1997, when an original bell from the San Diego Mission was added.

Church of the Immaculate Conception; Old Town; San Diego; Immaculate Conception Church; Churches; Catholic churches; Christian churches

2540 San Diego Avenue

California - San Diego - Old Town

 

 

MS-0008

English

I. L. Eno, San Diego, California, US

Postcard

3.5 inches x 5.5 inches

No

 

4555. Church of the Immaculate Conception, Old Town, San Diego, Cal.

 

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TIFF

19.58 MB