La Purísima Mission
California Department of Parks and Recreation | |
Current use | Museum |
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Designated | 1970 |
Reference no. | #NPS-70000147 |
Designated | 1970 |
Reference no. | #340 |
Website | |
https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=598 |
Mission La Purísima Concepción, or La Purísima Mission (originally La Misión de la Purísima Concepción de la Santísima Virgen María, or The Mission of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary) is a
The mission is part of the larger
History
Original mission
Mission La Purísima was originally established at a site known to the
By 1803,the Mission Indian population had increased, by
The mission grew from its founding to be 330 feet square
An earthquake on December 21, 1812, severely damaged the mission buildings.[16]
The site became a California State Historical Landmark No. 928 on June 29, 1979. Ruins of the original mission are at 508 South F Street, near East Locust Avenue in Lompoc, California. The California State Historical Landmark reads:
- NO. 928 SITE OF ORIGINAL MISSION AND REMAINING RUINS OF BUILDINGS OF MISSION DE LA PURÍSIMA CONCEPCIÓN DE MARÍA SANTISIMA - The ruins at this site are part of the original Mission La Purísima, founded by Padre Fermín de Lasuén on December 8, 1787, as the 11th in the chain of Spanish Missions in California. The mission was destroyed by earthquake on December 12, 1812, the present Mision (mission) La Purisima was then established several miles away. [17]
Second mission
Father Mariano Payeras received permission to relocate the mission community 4 miles (6.4 km) to the northeast in La Cañada de los Berros, next to El Camino Real. La Purísima Mission was officially established in its new location on April 23, 1813. Materials salvaged from the buildings destroyed by the earthquake were used to construct the new buildings four miles northeast of the pueblo at their present location, which was known to the Chumash as Amúu, and to the Spanish as La Cañada de los Berros.[18] The buildings were completed within ten years.[19]
Chumash revolt of 1824
After Mexico won the Mexican War of Independence in 1823, Spanish funding ceased to the Santa Barbara Presidio. Many soldiers at the mission who were no longer being paid by the new Mexican government took out their frustrations on the local Chumash Indians. After a soldier apparently beat an Indian at nearby Mission Santa Inés, the Chumash revolt of 1824 began at that mission. It spread to La Purísima Mission, where the Chumash people took over the mission for one month until more soldiers arrived from Monterey Presidio. The Chumash lost their hold on the mission with many leaving the mission soon thereafter. Many of the Indians who had sought refuge in the neighboring mountains during the revolt returned to the mission.
Following independent Mexico's
20th century
In 1933 the Union Oil Company deeded several parcels to the State of California. By 1934, only nine of the buildings remained intact.
In the 20th century, under direction of the
As of 2011 it was considered to be the most completely restored
La Purísima Mission State Historic Park
La Purísima Mission is now part of the La Purísima Mission State Historic Park within the California State Parks System. Located outside Lompoc, California, the 1,934-acre (783 ha) park was established in 1935.[21] With a visitor center and guided tours, the historic park is maintained by the California Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR). La Purísima is located in Lompoc, in the county of Santa Barbara, California.
La Purísima Mission State Historic Park was one of many state parks threatened with closure in 2008. Those closures were ultimately avoided by cutting hours and maintenance system-wide.[22]
Historic designations
- National Register of Historic Places #NPS-78000775 – original La Purisima Mission site.
- National Register of Historic Places #NPS-70000147 – La Purisima Mission State Historic Park.
- California Historical Landmark #928 – original La Purisima Mission site.
- National Historic Trail
Gallery
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The ruins of Mission La Purísima Concepción, c. 1900.
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Visitor Center at La Purisima Mission State Historical Park
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Side view of La Purisima Mission
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La Purisima Mission State Historical Park picnic area
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Bell Tower of La Purisima Mission
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Library
See also
- Spanish missions in California
- List of Spanish missions in California
- List of National Historic Landmarks in California
- History of Santa Barbara, California
- California Historical Landmarks in Santa Barbara County, California
- fleet oilerbuilt during World War II.
Notes
- ^ Leffingwell, p. 79
- ^ a b c Krell, p. 202
- ^ Ruscin, p. 97
- ^ Yenne, p. 104
- ^ Ruscin, p. 196
- ^ Yenne, p. 186
- ^ Forbes, p. 202
- ^ Ruscin, p. 195
- ^ a b c Krell, p. 315: as of December 31, 1832; information adapted from Engelhardt's Missions and Missionaries of California.
- ^ Krell, p. 202: The property was subsequently sold in 1874 due to its dilapidated state, and acquired by the State of California in 1935.
- ^ "Purisimeño". Archived from the original on June 2, 2012. Retrieved July 22, 2012.
- ISBN 0-87417-625-5. Retrieved February 16, 2014.]
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- ^ "missionscalifornia.com, La Purísima Concepción Historic Images". Archived from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
- ^ californiamissionsfoundation.org, Mission La Purisima
- ^ "Significant Earthquakes and Faults Chronological Earthquake Index: The December 21, 1812 Earthquake". Southern California Earthquake Data Center. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
- ^ "californiahistoricallandmarks.com # 928". Archived from the original on September 26, 2022. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
- ^ "History: 1813–1834 Archived 2012-01-13 at the Wayback Machine". La Purisima Mission.
- ^ a b c "La Purísima Mission SHP". California State Parks. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
- ISBN 978-1-4000-0503-1. Retrieved December 25, 2011.
- ^ "California State Park System Statistical Report: Fiscal Year 2009/10" (PDF). California State Parks: 18. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
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(help) - ^ McGreevy, Patrick; Louis Sahagun (September 26, 2009). "State parks to stay open, but with cuts in hours, staffing". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, Calif. Retrieved December 30, 2011.
- This article contains material from the California Department of Parks and Recreation which, unless otherwise indicated, is in the public domain.
References
- Anderson, Zachary (2014). Discovering Mission La Purísima Concepción. ISBN 9781627130943.
- Forbes, Alexander (1839). California: A History of Upper and Lower California. Smith, Elder and Co., Cornhill, London.
- Jones, Terry L. and Kathryn A. Klar (eds.) (2007). California Prehistory: Colonization, Culture, and Complexity. Altimira Press, Landham, MD. )
- Krell, Dorothy, ed. (1979). The California Missions: A Pictorial History. Sunset Publishing Corporation, Menlo Park, CA. ISBN 0-376-05172-8.
- Leffingwell, Randy (2005). California Missions and Presidios: The History & Beauty of the Spanish Missions. Voyageur Press, Inc., Stillwater, MN. ISBN 0-89658-492-5.
- Paddison, Joshua, ed. (1999). A World Transformed: Firsthand Accounts of California Before the Gold Rush. Heyday Books, Berkeley, CA. ISBN 1-890771-13-9.
- Ruscin, Terry (1999). Mission Memoirs. Sunbelt Publications, San Diego, CA. ISBN 0-932653-30-8.
- Yenne, Bill (2004). The Missions of California. Thunder Bay Press, San Diego, CA. ISBN 1-59223-319-8.
- Anderson, Zachary (2014). Discovering Mission La Purísima Concepción. ISBN 9781627130943.
External links
- California State Parks: Official La Purísima Mission State Historic Park website
- La Purisima Mission.org website
- La Purisima Mission tour, admission, and event venue information
- Historical Tour of Mission La Purisima (11 minute video by Evva Vail)
- Elevation & Site Layout sketches of the Mission proper
- The Missions of California – History and restoration of California's 11th mission
- Purisima Mission Early photographs, sketches, land surveys of La Purisima Mission Archived September 6, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, via Calisphere, California Digital Library
- Early History of the California Coast, a National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary
- Official U.S. National Park Service Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail website
- Howser, Huell (December 8, 2000). "California Missions (103)". California Missions. Chapman University Huell Howser Archive.
- Howser, Huell (December 8, 2000). "Missions Gardens Visit (109)". California Missions. Chapman University Huell Howser Archive.[permanent dead link]