Christopher T.
11/26/2025
Was in the area, and got some free time plus we visited 5-6 missions in California so far so might as well visit this one. Very nice and grand looking. It's not original since the original was...
Old Mission San Jose
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43300 Mission Blvd
Fremont, CA 94539
California Historical Landmark No. 334. Mission San Jose was founded on June 11, 1797 by Father Fermin Francisco de Lasuen. This was the 14th of twenty-one Spanish missions established in Alta California. A tour through Old Mission San Jose’s historic facilities includes the Mission Museum, the Church, the historic Cemetery, and the Garden. In the Museum, an 18-minute video depicts Spanish exploration and the 1797 founding of the mission as well as day-to-day living within the mission. See Ohlone Indian artifacts, religious objects from the Franciscan period, and items from the Mission and Rancho eras. The Church is a reconstruction of the 1830s mission adobe church, built with the materials and using construction methods of that time. It also contains the rare Rosales Opus 14 Spanish Organ. The cemetery holds the graves of many prominent Spanish and American settlers, and the rose garden includes a fountain and plantings representing the original mission period.
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E P.
12/28/2025
Don't go for the museum, which is not only highly inaccurate and deals more with trying to convert you than with history, but the docents are pushy and will argue with you if you ask for...
Annabelle R.
6/11/2024
Attended a Spanish organ concert in the church this past weekend, part of Mission Days celebrating Mission San Jose's 227th anniversary. From the ornately designed tombstones in the cemetary to...
Bob N.
2/20/2025
I've visited most of the 21 Spanish missions in California, as well as missions in Arizona and Mexico. I've even written a book about the California Missions (The California Mission Guide). In my...
Jack B.
11/8/2025
We arrived a little early from driving from LA. We walked in through cemetery and through the church. There was service about to go on so we waited in the courtyard outside the church. We were met...
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