The Carriage House is the former location of the parish office.  The second floor is vacant and most of the ground floor is used for storage.  The building was constructed around 1882 for the Gallegos family, whose house and outbuildings occupied land along Mission Creek. The Carriage House is the last building remaining on site from the original Gallegos Estate.  As one of the few remaining examples of 19^th century board and batten exterior siding remaining in the Mission San Jose Historic District, the city has designated the Carriage House as a primary historic resource despite the interior having been extensively altered over the years.  

After many years of deferred maintenance, the Carriage House exterior is in terrible shape.  In June 2024 the Parish received permission from the Diocese to repair the roof and exterior siding, replace the leaky windows and damaged exterior doors, and rebuild the building’s exterior stairs alongside St. Joseph Terrace. These repairs will make the building watertight and prevent damage to the building’s interior.  The building’s board and batten siding will be restored to preserve it’s exterior appearance.  Repairs began in July 2024 and will be completed in early December.  This maintenance project is being funded as part of the Parish Master Plan, using new parishioner donations for the project and available repurposed dollars from the canceled capital campaign for the former new church project.

As shown by the rendering above, the building’s interior is also being repaired, starting with replacing the old part dirt, part concrete floor with a new concrete floor. Additional work includes minor structural reinforcement, replacing the old plumbing, electrical, and heating systems, connecting the new rain gutter downspouts to the storm drain, and providing new interior finishes to transform the building into the new home for our Family of Faith program, Youth group, and parish outreach ministries. Join us for the open house to tour the completed project after the weekend Masses on December 14 and 15, 2024.