Which religious denomination built the first church in downtown San Diego?

Which religious denomination built the
first church in downtown San Diego?

Alonzo Horton was the third person to try to move downtown San Diego from what is now Old Town San Diego State Historical Park to what is actually now downtown San Diego, then called New Town. He began his project in 1867 when he bought most of what is now downtown San Diego.

They say that to everything there is a time, and the time for a new downtown San Diego had come. Horton originally sold land by the block, but as demand improved, he started selling lots, but only to buyers who agreed to improve the property.

What was missing in New Town at the time, though, were churches, and without churches, it would be hard to attract families to New Town. Horton decided to offer two free lots to any religious denomination that would start a church in New Town, and the Baptists were the first to get their built. It was completed in October 1869 at the corner of Seventh and F Streets:

Horton was so happy that he donated the bell for the church's tall, white steeple. Following the Baptists into New Town were the Episcopalians, Methodists, and Presbyterians.

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