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The Mission San Francisco de Asís (Spanish: Misión San Francisco de Asís), also known as Mission Dolores, is a historic Catholic church complex in San Francisco, California. Operated by the Archdiocese of San Francisco , the complex was founded in the 18th century by Spanish Catholic missionaries.
The Mission District (Spanish: Distrito de la Misión), [4] commonly known as the Mission (Spanish: La Misión), [5] is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California.One of the oldest neighborhoods in San Francisco, the Mission District's name is derived from Mission San Francisco de Asís, built in 1776 by the Spanish. [6]
The Mission District, also called "The Mission" — a large neighborhood in eastern San Francisco, California.; Originally known as "the Mission lands" from belonging to Mission San Francisco de Asis (Mission Dolores), the 6th Spanish mission in Alta California.
Mission Dolores is the oldest neighborhood in San Francisco and therefore its birthplace. It is named after the Spanish Mission Dolores settlement of 1776, and is a sub-area of the much larger Mission District .
Mission San Francisco Solano was the 21st, last, and northernmost mission in Alta California. [7] It was named for Saint Francis Solanus . It was the only mission built in Alta California after Mexico gained independence from Spain .
The San Francisco Armory, also known as the San Francisco National Guard Armory and Arsenal or simply The Armory, is a historic building in the Mission District of San Francisco, California. Since 2018, it has been owned by SF Armory LLC, an affiliate of AJ Capital Partners. [5]
Second asistencia of Mission San Francisco de Asís. A granary was built south of San Mateo Creek in 1793-94 before being destroyed during an 1808 earthquake. A new adobe granary was built north of the creek before being demolished in 1868.
The mission was re-established in the same area on July 5, 1716, by the Domingo Ramón-St. Denis expedition. [3] It was named as Nuestro Padre San Francisco de los Tejas. The new mission had to be abandoned in 1719 because of conflict between Spain and France. The mission was tried once more on August 5, 1721, as San Francisco de los Neches.