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| San Luis Obispo Mission Buildings and Grounds | |||||||||
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Major building at San Luis Obispo started about 1794. Master craftsmen from Mexico taught the natives to build permanent buildings and trained them in other trades. They steadily built the church and by 1794, it began to look much like it does today. The quadrangle was finished in 1819. In 1820, two mission bells arrived from Lima , Peru . In 1868, the church was remodeled with white-painted siding and used as a parish church. Later, a New England steeple was added. In 1934, the steeple and siding were removed, and the church was restored to its original appearance. The beamed ceiling was restored in 1947. The church’s layout in an "L" shape is recent, designed to accommodate the many people who come to the church. Its original layout was rectangular, like most other missions. Some sources say that
San Luis Obispo
was the first mission to use a red Spanish tile roof, but records prove that
Mission San Antonio actually used them first. |
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San Luis Obispo Mission drawing (c) Betsy Malloy 2002. All rights reserved.
