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The Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa was founded in 1772 by Father Junipero Serra and is the center piece of downtown San Luis Obispo.
In front of the mission is a parkland with San Luis Obispo Creek running through it.
Businesses and restaurants share the far shore.
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Front, southeast, facade, Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, San Luis Obispo, California, USA, 2025.
Southwest facade, Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, San Luis Obispo, California, USA, 2016.
South facade facing the creek, Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, San Luis Obispo, California, USA, 2016.
Front facade, Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, San Luis Obispo, California, USA, 2025.
South facade as deen from the other side of the creek, Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, San Luis Obispo, California, USA, 2025.
Placard about Fred Swartz starting design of Mission Plaza in 1968, Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, San Luis Obispo, California, USA, 2025.
Professor Swartz was one of my teachers when I studied for my Architecture and History degrees at Cal Poly 1965-1971.
Mission Plaza, looking east toward Monterey Street, Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, San Luis Obispo, California, USA, 2025.
Children enjoying the Plaza fountain, Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, San Luis Obispo, California, USA, 2025.
Plaza park area looking west, Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, San Luis Obispo, California, USA, 2016.
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page last revised september 2025