Not in the city of San Francisco (that is Mission San Francisco de Asís) this mission is in Sonoma, California.
Mission San Francisco Solano is the farthest north and the last of California's 21 Missions to be built.
The mission, along with the Presidio of Sonoma and the homes of General Vallejo, is now part of Sonoma State Historic Park
Displayed in the dining room are water colors painted in 1903-1904 by Chris Jorgensen. These depict many of the California missions as they looked at that time. Some were in pretty good shape, others had almost crumbled into oblivion.
Once in a terrible state of disrepair, the mission has been lovingly restored.
Neat post! I enjoyed Chris Jorgensen's watercolors of the missions. Also, I love your header photo. :D
ReplyDeleteWhat a nostalgic post for me! I grew up in California and loved the missions. I never dreamed that I would one day live in a house made of adobe (like the missions), with big ceiling vigas (as in your second photo), in a place where people have hornos (as in your last photo) in their yards for baking bread!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing these photos of your part of the world.
Great blog! I've included it on a site I've created, which is a compilation of some of the best blogs in the city.
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I like the old kiva, Martha. The colors and statues show the Spanish influence. Hope you are both well.
ReplyDeleteMarvelous post as always, Martha! Love the old kiva! I'm so glad the mission has been restored! I've been able to visit a few of them, but not this one! Your photos are the next best thing! Have a great week!
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I think it's GREAT that this mission has been restored. History needs to be remembered and what better way than with actual buildings and artifacts!
ReplyDeletebeautiful images. i'm slowly visiting all the missions; only gotten to 9 so far :)
ReplyDeleteInteresting post. Glad the mission is now a protected park.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful mission ! Thank you for the tour around your world. It 's so great to be able to visit places all over the world. Thank you for visiting my blog, Martha! Have a great Tuesday!
ReplyDeleteLovely tour of the mission, your photos are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThat is just excellent, that this mission has been restored. I'm always heartened by such things. Great history and beautiful sentiment.
ReplyDeletewonderful series of the mission.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting. I have seen missions in New Mexico but not California, yet.
ReplyDeleteLovely Martha and so nice to see it restored again.
ReplyDeletei like the simple altar. marvelous shot.
ReplyDeleteI was able to visit the one in San Francisco and I find it really nice that it was restored throughout the ages. Thank goodness, this one was restored too. I like seeing things how people in the past lived. Really good captures!
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The restorers did a great job, and a great favor for the rest of us. Thanks for a lovely visit!
ReplyDeleteI love to see good historical restorations and the Mission is beautiful and beautifully re-done. Is the bottom picture an oven of some kind? (Maybe I missed that in the text; I'll go back and look.)
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