Mission San Jose
I almost forgot about the photos I took last September of our local mission, Mission San José de Guadalupe, until I read Phisch’s entry on the mission in her area. Like Phisch, I was unwilling to pay the $5 entrance fee to check out the mission so the images here are of its exterior surroundings.
The plaque on the side of the church has this to say:
At the Ohlone Indian village of Oroysom, Padre Fermín Francisco de Lasuén founded this fourteenth of twenty-one Franciscan missions June 11, 1797. Taught by Padre Narcisco Durán, the Ohlone orchestra and choir became famous. By 1830 almost 2,000 Indians were living at the mission. The mission was secularized in 1836 and its lands divided into ranchos. The 1868 earthquake destroyed the adobe church and most other mission buildings. The church was rebuilt in 1985.
Across the street, an Old West-type building converted to house modern offices.
Go here to see pictures of the interior of the church.
More here on California missions.
Tags: bayarea, California, Fremont, missions, Ohlone, photos
April 12th, 2005 at 11:59 am
I love the pics of the doors! And you snuck some kid pics, too
Nice! One of these days I’ll ante up the $5 and go inside. LOL.