Santa Cruz Mission Pattern

Mission Santa Cruz is a replica Spanish Californian mission in Santa Cruz, California. Located on the San Lorenzo River floodplain below what would later be named Mission Hill, the mission was founded on August 28, 1791, by Father Fermín Francisco de Lasuén, the successor to Father Junipero Serra. The mission was dedicated that same year but, in the winter r…
Mission Santa Cruz is a replica Spanish Californian mission in Santa Cruz, California. Located on the San Lorenzo River floodplain below what would later be named Mission Hill, the mission was founded on August 28, 1791, by Father Fermín Francisco de Lasuén, the successor to Father Junipero Serra. The mission was dedicated that same year but, in the winter rainy season, the river overflowed its banks and flooded the mission compound. The mission was then relocated to the top of Mission Hill.
  • Location: 130 Emmett St · Santa Cruz, California 95060
  • Name as founded: La Misión de la Exaltación de la Santa Cruz
  • English translation: The Mission of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
  • Patron: The Exaltation of the Cross
  • Nickname(s): "The Hard-luck Mission"
  • Founding date: August 28, 1791
  • Architectural style: Spanish Colonial, Stick-Eastlake-Queen Anne—Victorian

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