| Adobe Chapel of the Immaculate
Conception
Originally built as the home of San Diego’s John Brown
in 1850, the house was converted to a church by Don Jose
Aguirre in 1858. Father Antonio D. Ubach, formerly a missionary
among the Indians, was parish priest here from 1866 to
1907. It is said that he was the model for “Father Gaspara”
in Helen Hunt Jackson’s Ramona. In 1937 the WPA rebuilt
the adobe chapel close to its original site.
California registered historical landmark No. 49
Originally registered Dec. 6, 1932. Plaque placed by
the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation
with the City of San Diego, San Diego County Historical
Days Ass'n and Squibob Chapter, E Clampus Vitus, September
24, 1988.
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