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Old Mission San Jose is a historic Spanish mission founded in 1797 in Fremont, California, by the Franciscan order, at what was then the site of an Ohlone village. It was the 14th mission the Spanish built in California. The mission went into decline after 1833 as a result of the Mexican secularization act, but many of the original structures have since been reconstructed. The old mission church is still in use as a chapel of the Saint Joseph Catholic Church. There is a museum with a visitors center, which offers a slideshow about the mission’s history. Visitors can also see the beautiful old adobe church that was completed in 1809, destroyed in 1868 by an earthquake, and the reconstructed to almost its original appearance. The church has an old rare Spanish organ that is used for concerts. The mission cemetery is located on the north side of the church and is the resting place for many mission pioneers.

43300 Mission Blvd, Fremont, CA 94539

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