The Circle of Palms Plaza is located in downtown San Jose, California.

[2][3] A two-story adobe hotel built around 1830 became the first state capitol and hosted the first legislative sessions in 1850 and 1851.

The settlement was the center of Chinese-American life in the Santa Clara Valley, until it was destroyed by arson.

The Circle of Palms Plaza is a ring of palm trees encircling a California State Seal, located between the Fairmont San Jose Hotel, the KQED building (Silicon Valley Financial Center) and the San Jose Museum of Art.

A description on the commemorative plaque reads: " Directly opposite this tablet was located the first State Capitol Building, in which California's first Legislature assembled in December 1849.