The Mission District is named after Mission San Francisco de Asís, also known as Mission Dolores. ... Free, Parks and Gardens, Recreation Type. 2 hours to Half Day Time to Spend.

On Oct. 9, 1776, seven months after establishing the city of San Francisco by Spanish colonists, Lieutenant Jose Joaquin Moraga and Francisco Palou found the Mission San Francisco de Asis.

Convento de San Francisco de Asis, Arguably the best view of the city, ... The building is in excellent condition, bright yellow and colonial looking, its gardens breathtaking, ...

The nominal Mission of the Mission was San Francisco de Asis, founded by Spanish Franciscans in 1776, but Yelamu Indians inhabited the area around Mission Creek for thousands of years before that.