Old St. Mary’s Cathedral
The Old Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception is a proto-cathedral and Catholic parish on California Street at Grant Avenue in the Chinatown neighborhood of San Francisco, California.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: historic roman-catholic church in California, United States
- Also known as: “Old Saint Mary’s Cathedral”, “Old Saint Mary’s Catholic Church”, and “Old St. Mary’s Kathedrale”
- Address: 660 California Street, San Francisco, CA 94108
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Transamerica Pyramid and WWII Pacific War Memorial Hall.
Transamerica Pyramid
Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Transamerica Pyramid is a pyramid-shaped 48-story modernist skyscraper in San Francisco, California, United States, and the second tallest building in the San Francisco skyline. Transamerica Pyramid is situated 1,200 feet northeast of Old St. Mary’s Cathedral.
WWII Pacific War Memorial Hall
Museum
Photo: HaeB, CC BY-SA 4.0.
WWII Pacific War Memorial Hall is a museum.
Saint Mary’s Square
Park
Saint Mary's Square is a park and urban square across California Street from Old St. Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco's Chinatown, in the U.S. state of California.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chinatown and Union Square-Financial District.
Chinatown
Quarter
Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Chinatown, centered on Grant Avenue and Stockton Street in San Francisco, California, is the oldest Chinatown in North America and one of the largest Chinese enclaves outside Asia.
Union Square-Financial District
Photo: Almonroth, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Union Square-Financial District is an area of Downtown San Francisco, made up of two neighborhoods: the bustling shopping and theater district surrounding Union Square, and the central business district where Market Street meets the bay.
Chinatown-North Beach
Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chinatown-North Beach in San Francisco combines two adjoining neighbors, both of which are among the city's most popular immigrant neighborhoods. Culturally and aesthetically, they could not be more different yet their streets mesh seamlessly together.
Old St. Mary’s Cathedral
- Categories: cathedral, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: San Francisco, Bay Area, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.79285° or 37° 47′ 34″ northLongitude
-122.40573° or 122° 24′ 21″ westElevation
131 feet (40 metres)Height
62 feet (19 metres)Open location code
849VQHVV+4POpenStreetMap ID
way 260520154OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicGeoNames ID
6948421Wikidata ID
Q7084891
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Spanish—“Old St. Mary’s Cathedral” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “كاتدرائيه سانت مارى القديمه”
- French: “ancienne cathédrale de Sainte-Marie de l’Immaculée Conception”
- French: “Ancienne cathédrale de Sainte-Marie de l’Immaculée Conception”
- German: “Old Saint Mary’s”
- German: “Old St. Mary’s Cathedral”
- Indonesian: “Katedral Lama San Francisco”
- Spanish: “Antigua Catedral de Santa Maria”
- Spanish: “Antigua Catedral de Santa María”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Financial District and Union Square.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Paulist Center at Old Saint Mary’s Cathedral and Canton Building.
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