  thumb|the ruins of mission la purÃ­sima concepciÃ³n, c. 1900. mission la purisima concepciÃ³n, or la purisima mission (originally la misiÃ³n de la purÃ­sima concepciÃ³n de la santÃ­sima virgen marÃ­a, or the mission of the immaculate conception of the most blessed virgin mary) is a spanish mission in lompoc, california. it was established on december 8, 1787 (the feast of the immaculate conception, hence the mission's name) by the franciscan order. the original mission complex south of lompoc was destroyed by an earthquake in 1812, and the mission was rebuilt at its present site several miles to the north west the mission is part of the larger [[la purÃ­sima mission state histo
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