Nuestra Señora Reina de los Angeles Asistencia was founded in early 1784 within the burgeoning "Pueblo de Los Ángeles" as an "asistencia" (or "sub-mission") to the nearby Mission San Gabriel Arcángel. The assistant mission fell into disuse over time and a Catholic chapel, "La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora Reina de los Ángeles", was constructed in its place a mere thirty years later.