San Gabriel Mission - San Gabriel, California - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

The San Gabriel Mission was founded September 8, 1771 by Fathers Pedro Benito Cambon and Angel Fernández de la Somera under the direction of Father Junipero Serra. The mission was moved to its current location in 1776 The current mission building was built 1791 - 1805 of brick, stone and mortar and is the oldest building of those materials in Southern California. The mission was secularized in 1834 and returned to the church in 1859. The mission church was damaged significantly by the Whittier earthquake in 1987 but has been restored.

The mission church remains an active Catholic Church with two services each Sunday 7:00 A.M. and 9:30 A.M

The Mission church, museum, grounds, gardens, and gift shop are open seven days a week from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Street address: Junipero St. and W. Mission Dr. San Gabriel, California County / Borough / Parish: Los Angeles Year listed: 1971 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering Periods of significance: 1750-1799, 1800-1824 Historic function: Religion Current function: Religion Privately owned?: yes Season start / Season finish: From: 01/01/2008 To: 12/31/2008 Hours of operation: From: 9:00 AM To: 4:30 PM Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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