San Jose historic houses abut modern downtown marketplace   

San Pedro Square is a lively and walkable section of downtown San Jose, with many bars and restaurants. It’s also home to two of San Jose’s oldest buildings, both near West St. John Street and the food halls at San Pedro Square Market. New residential high-rises surround them.  

The oldest building, the two-room Gonzales/Peralta Adobe, dates from 1797. Across the street is the Fallon House, built in the mid-1850s. It’s the former home of one of the city’s more colorful residents, Thomas Fallon, who was San Jose’s 10^th mayor in 1859-60.