Why pilgrims come
A sacred place worth the journey.
San Francisco's oldest intact building and the only intact chapel in California's mission chain, beside a cemetery holding thousands of Ohlone, Miwok, and other First Californians.
The pilgrim’s guide
What makes this visit meaningful
The quiet chapel survived the Gold Rush and the 1906 earthquake, but its deepest historical responsibility lies next door: the cemetery and undocumented burial landscape of Ohlone, Miwok, and other First Californians who built and sustained the mission.
The intact mission chapel
Enter San Francisco's oldest intact building as a sacred place still connected to parish life.
Cemetery and gardens
Remember the roughly five thousand people buried here, especially Ohlone, Miwok, and other First Californians.
A witness through changing San Francisco
Trace the chapel's survival through secularization, the Gold Rush, and the 1906 earthquake.