Mission San Gabriel Arcángel - wikipedia Mission San Gabriel Arcángel Mission San Gabriel Arcángel A view of Mission San Gabriel Arcángel in April 2005. The open stairway at the far right leads to the choir loft, and to the left is the six - bell campanario ( `` bell wall '' ) that was built after the original bell structure, located at the far end of the church, toppled during the 1812 Wrightwood earthquake. Location in Los Angeles County Location 428 South Mission Dr. San Gabriel, California 91776 - 1299 Coordinates 34 ° 5 ′ 50.59 '' N 118 ° 6 ′ 22.68 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 34.0973861 ° N 118.1063000 ° W ﻿ / 34.0973861 ; - 118.1063000 Coordinates : 34 ° 5 ′ 50.59 '' N 118 ° 6 ′ 22.68 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 34.0973861 ° N 118.1063000 ° W ﻿ / 34.0973861 ; - 118.1063000 Name as founded La Misión del Santo Príncipe El Arcángel, San Gabriel de Los Temblores English translation The Mission of the Saintly Prince The Archangel, St. Gabriel of the Tremblors Patron Gabriel, Holy Prince of Archangels Nickname ( s ) `` Pride of the Alta California Missions '' `` Mother of Agriculture in California '' Founding date September 8, 1771 Founding priest ( s ) Pedro Benito Cambón and Angel de la Somera ( 1st ) ; Father Presidente Junípero Serra ( 2nd ) Founding Order Fourth Military district First Native tribe ( s ) Spanish name ( s ) Tongva Gabrieliño Native place name ( s ) ' Iisanchanga, Shevaanga Baptisms 7,825 Marriages 1, 18 Burials 5,670 Secularized 1834 Returned to the Church 1859 Governing body Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles Current use Chapel / Museum U.S. National Register of Historic Places Designated 1971 Reference no. # 71000158 California Historical Landmark Reference no. # 158 Website http://www.sangabrielmission.org Mission San Gabriel Arcángel is a fully functioning Roman Catholic mission and a historic landmark in San Gabriel, California. The settlement was founded by Spaniards of the Franciscan order on `` The Feast of the Birth of Mary, '' September 8, 1771, as the fourth of what would become 21 Spanish missions in California. San Gabriel Arcángel, named after the Archangel Gabriel and often referred to as the `` Godmother of the Pueblo of Los Angeles '', was designed by Antonio Cruzado, who hailed from Córdoba, Spain. Cruzado gave the building its strong Moorish architectural influence. The capped buttresses and the tall, narrow windows are unique among the missions of the California chain. Contents 1 History 2 Mission industries 3 Mission bells 4 Visitors 5 Matrimonial Investigation Records of the San Gabriel Mission 6 See also 7 Notes 8 References 9 External links History Mission San Gabriel was founded on September 8, 1771 by Fray Angel Francisico de Sonera and Fray Pedro Benito Cambon. The planned site for the Mission was along the banks of the Río de los Temblores ( the River of the Earthquakes -- the Santa Ana River ). The priests chose an alternate site on a fertile plain located directly alongside the Rio Hondo in the Whittier Narrows. The site of the Misión Vieja ( or `` Old Mission '' ) is located near the intersection of San Gabriel Boulevard and Lincoln Avenue. In 1776, a flash flood destroyed much of the crops and ruined the Mission complex, which was subsequently relocated five miles closer to the mountains in present - day San Gabriel ( the native settlement of ' Iisanchanga ). The Mission is the base from which the pueblo that became the city of Los Angeles was sent. On December 9, 1812 ( the `` Feast Day of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin '' ), a series of massive earthquakes shook Southern California. The 1812 Wrightwood earthquake caused the three - bell campanario, located adjacent to the chapel 's east façade, to collapse. A larger, six - bell structure was subsequently constructed at the far end of the capilla. While no pictorial record exists to document what the original structure looked like, architectural historian Rexford Newcomb deduced the design and published a depiction in his 1916 work The Franciscan Mission Architecture of Alta ( upper ) California. Legend has it that the founding expedition was confronted by a large group of native Tongva peoples whose intention was to drive the strangers away. One of the priests laid a painting of `` Our Lady of Sorrows '' on the ground for all to see, whereupon the natives, designated by the settlers as the Gabrieliños, immediately made peace with the missionaries, because they were so moved by the painting 's beauty. Today the 300 year old work hangs in front of and slightly to the left of the old high altar and reredos in the Mission 's sanctuary. A large stone cross stands in the center of the campo santo ( cemetery ), first consecrated in 1778 and then again on January 29, 1939 by the Los Angeles Archbishop John Cantwell. It serves as the final resting place for some 6,000 `` neophytes ; '' a small stone marker denotes the gravesite of José de Los Santos, the last American Indian to be buried on the grounds, at the age of 101 in February 1921. Also interred at the Mission are the bodies of numerous Franciscan priests who died during their time of service, as well as the remains of Reverend Raymond Catalan, C.M.F., who undertook the restoration of the Mission 's gardens. Entombed at the foot of the altar are the remains of eight Franciscan priests ( listed in order of interment ) : Miguel Sánchez, Antonio Cruzado, Francisco Dumetz, Roman Ulibarri, Joaquin P. Nuez, Gerónimo Boscana, José Bernardo Sánchez, and Blas Ordaz. Buried among the priests is centenarian Eulalia Perez de Guillén Mariné, the `` keeper of the keys '' under Spanish rule ; her grave is marked by a bench dedicated in her memory. Mission San Gabriel Arcángel c. 1900. The trail in the foreground is part of the original El Camino Real. Well over 25,000 baptisms were conducted at San Gabriel between 1771 and 1834, making it the most prolific in the mission chain. In its heyday it furnished food and supplies to settlements and other missions throughout California. A majority of the Mission structures fell into ruins after it was secularized in November 1834. The once - extensive vineyards were falling to decay, with fences broken down and animals roaming freely through it. The Mission 's chapel functioned as a parish church for the City of San Gabriel from 1862 until 1908, when the Claretian Missionaries came to San Gabriel and began the job of rebuilding and restoring the Mission. In 1874, tracks were laid for Southern Pacific Railroad near the mission. In 2012, artifacts from the mission era were found when the tracks were lowered into a trench known as the Alameda Corridor - East. On October 1, 1987 the Whittier Narrows earthquake damaged the property. A significant portion of the original complex has since been restored. Mission industries The goal of the missions was to become self - sufficient in relatively short order. Farming was the most important industry of any mission. Prior to the missions, the native - Americans had developed a complex, self - sufficient culture. The missionaries believed the native Tongva people were inferior and in need of conversion to Christianity. The mission priests established what they thought of as a manual training school : to teach the Indians their style of agriculture, the mechanical arts, and the raising and care of livestock. The missions, utilizing the labor of the neophytes, produced everything they used and consumed. After 1811, the mission Indians could be said to sustain the entire military and civil government of California. `` The names of the rancherias associated with San Gabriel Mission were : Acuragna, Alyeupkigna, Awigna, Azucsagna, Cahuenga, Chokishgna, Chowigna, Cucomogna, Hahaulogna, Harasgna, Houtgna, Hutucgna, Isanthcogna, Maugna, Nacaugna, Pascegna, Pasinogna, Pimocagna, Pubugna, Sibagna, Sisitcanogna, Sonagna, Suangna, Tibahagna, Toviscanga, Toybipet, Yangna. '' To efficiently manage its extensive lands, Mission San Gabriel established several outlying sub-missions, known as asistencias. Several of these became or were included in land grants following the Mexican secularization of the missions in the 1830s, including : Rancho Santa Ana del Chino Rancho La Puente San Bernardino de Sena Estancia Rancho Santa Anita In 1816, the Mission built a grist mill on a nearby creek. El Molino Viejo still stands, now preserved as a museum and historic landmark. Other mission industries included cowhide tanning / exporting and tallow - rendering ( for making soap and for export ), lime kilns, tile making, cloth weaving for blankets and clothing, and adobe bricks. Mission bells. Bells were important to daily life at any mission. They were rung to mark mealtimes, to call the Mission residents to work and to religious services, to mark births and funerals, to signal the approach of a ship or returning missionary, and at other times ; novices were instructed in the intricate rituals associated with the ringing of the mission bells. The mission bells were also used to tell time. Visitors Today visitors can tour the church, museum and grounds. The adobe museum building was built in 1812 and was originally used for sleeping quarters and book storage. Exhibits include mission relics, books and religious artifacts. The grounds feature operations from the original mission complex, including indoor and outdoor kitchens, winery, water cisterns, soap and candle vats, tanning vats for preparing cattle hides, and a cemetery. There is also a gift shop. A streetcar of the Pacific Electric Railway makes a stop at Mission San Gabriel Arcángel c. 1905. Matrimonial Investigation records of the San Gabriel Mission As part of the William McPherson Collection in the Special Collections at Claremont Colleges ' Honnold / Mudd Library, the Matrimonial Investigation Records of the San Gabriel Mission are a valuable resource for research on the pre-statehood activities of the Mission. William McPherson was a rancher, scholar, and collector from Orange County, California who donated his extensive collection of mission documents, primarily from the Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, to Special Collections in 1964. The matrimonial records span 1788 -- 1861 and are notarized interviews with couples wanting to marry in the Roman Catholic Church, performed to establish the couples ' freedom to marry. The collection includes 165 investigations, with 173 men and 170 women. Because the donated records are fragile, they are no longer available to be photocopied. The California Digital Library has an online guide available to search the collection. See also Spanish missions in California Mission San Francisco Solano ( California ) Nuestra Señora Reina de los Angeles Asistencia El Molino Viejo San Bernardino Asistencia USNS Mission San Gabriel ( AO - 124 ) -- a Mission Buenaventura Class fleet oiler built during World War II Eulalia Perez de Guillén Mariné Hugo Reid San Gabriel Mission High School Henninger Flats Notes ^ Jump up to : Leffingwell, p. 43 ^ Jump up to : Krell, p. 113 Jump up ^ Ruscin, p. 41 Jump up ^ Yenne, p. 48 Jump up ^ Ruscin, p. 196 Jump up ^ Forbes, p. 202 Jump up ^ Engelhardt, San Diego Mission, pp. v, 228 `` The military district of San Diego embraced the Missions of San Diego, San Luis Rey, San Juan Capistrano, and San Gabriel... '' Jump up ^ Ruscin, p. 195 ^ Jump up to : Krell, p. 315 : as of December 31, 1832 ; information adapted from Engelhardt 's Missions and Missionaries of California. Jump up ^ `` San Gabriel Arcángel ''. California Missions. Archived from the original on 2009 - 03 - 27. Retrieved 14 March 2009. Jump up ^ Robert A. Bellezza. Missions of Los Angeles. Jump up ^ McCawley, p 189 Jump up ^ http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_15440867?source=rss Pasadena Star News Jump up ^ Pool, Bob ( February 6, 2012 ). `` At a planned train trench, an archaeological treasure trove ''. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 24 July 2017. Jump up ^ Earnhardt 1922, p. 211 Jump up ^ `` History of San Gabriel Arcangel Mission ''. Access Genealogy. Retrieved 2014 - 03 - 15. Jump up ^ `` Mission, Museum, Grounds, Gardens, and Gift Shop '', San Gabriel Mission ^ Jump up to : Claremont Colleges Digital Library. Claremont Colleges Digital Library. Jump up ^ Special Collections. William McPherson Collection. References Baer, Kurt ( 1958 ). Architecture of the California Missions. University of California Press, Los Angeles, CA. Engelhardt, Zephyrin, O.F.M. ( 1920 ). San Diego Mission. James H. Barry Company, San Francisco, CA. CS1 maint : Multiple names : authors list ( link ) Engelhardt, Zephyrin, O.F.M. ( 1922 ). San Juan Capistrano Mission. Standard Printing Co., Los Angeles, CA. CS1 maint : Multiple names : authors list ( link ) Engelhardt, Zephyrin ( 1931 ). Mission San Gabriel Arcángel. Franciscan Herald Press, Chicago, IL. 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. ISBN 0 - 7591 - 0872 - 2. CS1 maint : Extra text : authors list ( link ) Krell, Dorothy ( ed. ) ( 1979 ). The California Missions : A Pictorial History. Sunset Publishing Corporation, Menlo Park, CA. ISBN 0 - 376 - 05172 - 8. CS1 maint : Extra text : authors list ( link ) Leffingwell, Randy ( 2005 ). California Missions and Presidios : The History & Beauty of the Spanish Missions. Voyageur Press, Inc., Stillwater, MN. ISBN 0 - 89658 - 492 - 5. McCawley, William ( 2006 ). The First Angelinos : The Gabrielino Indians of Los Angeles. Malki Museum Press and Ballena Press, Banning and Novato, CA. ISBN 0 - 9651016 - 1 - 4. Newcomb, Rexford ( 1973 ). The Franciscan Mission Architecture of Alta California. Dover Publications, Inc., New York, NY. ISBN 0 - 486 - 21740 - X. Paddison, Joshua ( ed. ) ( 1999 ). A World Transformed : Firsthand Accounts of California Before the Gold Rush. Heyday Books, Berkeley, CA. ISBN 1 - 890771 - 13 - 9. CS1 maint : Extra text : authors list ( link ) Ruscin, Terry ( 1999 ). Mission Memoirs. Sunbelt Publications, San Diego, CA. ISBN 0 - 932653 - 30 - 8. Wright, R. ( 1950 ). California 's Missions. Hubert A. and Martha H. Lowman, Arroyo Grande, CA. Yenne, Bill ( 2004 ). The Missions of California. Advantage Publishers Group, San Diego, CA. ISBN 1 - 59223 - 319 - 8. Young, S. & Levick, M. ( 1988 ). The Missions of California. Chronicle Books LLC, San Francisco, CA. ISBN 0 - 8118 - 3694 - 0. External links San Gabriel Mission Parish Elevation and Site Layout sketches of the Mission proper Listing, drawings, and photographs at the Historic American Buildings Survey Official website of the Gabrieleno / Tongva Tribal Council of San Gabriel San Gabriel Mission High Details of the Mission and photos Mission 's Fan Page on Facebook Matrimonial Investigation Records of the San Gabriel Mission at Claremont Colleges Digital Library Howser, Huell ( December 8, 2000 ). `` California Missions ( 102 ) ''. California Missions. Chapman University Huell Howser Archive. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mission San Gabriel Arcángel. 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Question: who was the founding father of the san gabriel mission
Answer: Fray Angel Francisico de Sonera