National Historic Landmark · California state historic park · San Juan Bautista, California

Mission San Juan Bautista

United States historic place in San Juan Bautista, California. Added to the National Register in 1969, and a National Historic Landmark.

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Photos via Wikimedia Commons · 6 in the Commons category

What it is

Wikipedia · San Juan Bautista State Historic Park

San Juan Bautista State Historic Park is a California state park encompassing the historic center of San Juan Bautista, California, United States. It preserves a significant concentration of buildings dating to California's period of Spanish and Mexican control. It includes the Plaza Hotel, the José Castro House, and several other buildings facing the historic plaza. It became a state park in 1933.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
AddressBuildings surrounding plaza at Washington, Mariposa, and 2nd Sts., San Juan Bautista, CA
CountySan Benito County
ListedDec 8, 1969
Reference number69000038
Type of placeCalifornia state historic park, historic district
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources4 buildings, 1 structures
StandingYes

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Open to the public
AddressBuildings surrounding plaza at Washington, Mariposa, and 2nd Sts., San Juan Bautista, CA
Websiteparks.ca.gov/?page_id=563
Coordinates36.84580, -121.53566 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitPinnacles National Park · 31 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbyPinnacles Campground 33 mi · White Oaks Campground 36 mi · China Camp Campground 38 mi
This one you can go inside. Hours and admission change with the season; the website above has the current schedule.

Explore

Why you would stay

Reference

Exists because it is true

Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 69000038. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.