OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
Important Sites in Southside Park
Muslim Mosque Association (Masjid Al-Jame)
The oldest Mosque west of the Mississippi.
Located between 4th and 5th Street on V Street
Nissei War Memorial
The only building remaining from Sacramento’s ethnically cleansed Japantown, bulldozed in 1957 against strong neighborhood opposition.
1515 4TH Street (between P Street and O Street)
Our Lady of Guadalupe Church
In 1966 UFW marchers led by Cesar Chavez, and again in August 2022, carried the banner of Our Lady of Guadalupe for the entire 355 miles from Delano and rallied at Southside Park across the street prior to reaching the Capitol.
Located at 711 T St.
St. Andrews African Methodist Episcopal Church
Founded in 1850 as the first African Methodist
Episcopal congregation in the western United State, St. Andrews AME assumed a prominent political role in pursuit of political, economic and social power for Sacramento's Black community.
Located at 2131 8th Street