Where is the mission located?
The Mission is located in the northern of San Francisco.
What group of Indians was living in the area?
The group of Indians that lived in that area were the Pomo.
When was the mission established? What order in the mission chain is it?
The mission was established on July 4,1823. The order of this mission chain is 21.
Who was responsible for starting this mission?
The person who was responsible for this mission was Father Jose Altimira.
Has the mission moved from its original location?
No,but in 1827 the mission was torn down but they built it again in the same place.
What does the mission look like? Use descriptive words. Address each of the
following:
- Chapel - The chapel was next to the workshops and behind the first cemetery.
- Bell wall or bell tower - The mission had a bell hung from a wooden frame in front of the church.
- Quadrangle- The quadrangle is in the middle of the mission.
- Priests’ quarters - The mission has a padres quarters in between the two churches.
- Indians’ quarters - The indians didn't live in the mission burt they lived near by the mission.
- Archways - The mission doesn't have an archway.
- Fields, grounds, gardens - the mission has vineyards in front of the storerooms.
- Outbuilding - The mission had an outbuilding it was the lavanderia.
What materials were used to construct the mission?
The mission was made out of adobe bricks.
What was the main industry of the mission during the spanish occupation?
The main industry of the mission during the spanish occupation was orchards, vineyards,grain fields, and livestock grazing lands.
What,if any,is the main industry of the mission today?
Today the mission is a historic park.
What was the relationship between the Priests and the Indians?
The relationship between the Priests and the Indians was the Indians were trouble makers. They tried to burn down buildings so the priest went away.
Is it possible to visit the mission today?
yes, It is possible.
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