San Pedro Square
On downtown’s northwest side, San Pedro Square keeps the last building of the Spanish pueblo and the house of the man who raised the American flag over it, with a busy food market alongside.
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San Pedro Square is described as the oldest district of the city. Its heart is the Gonzales/Peralta Adobe, built in 1797 by José Manuel Gonzales and the last building left from the Spanish pueblo, with the Fallon House across the street. (History San José, Wikipedia)
Luís María Peralta lived in the adobe from 1808 until 1851. The city bought it in 1966; it is San Jose Historic Landmark No. 1 and the first site certified on the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail. (Wikipedia)
Thomas Fallon, who raised the American flag over the pueblo in 1846 and was mayor in 1859-60, built the house across the way in 1855. History San José offers docent tours of both houses, most weekend afternoons; book ahead. (Wikipedia, History San José)
Today San Pedro Square Market fills the block beside the adobe’s plaza with food stalls, bars and live music, much as a columnist was urging back in 2008. (Wikipedia, San Jose Inside)
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