2013 Historic Sites Directory
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2013 www.californiamissionsfoundation.org HISTORIC SITES DIRECTORY MISSION SAN DIEGO MISSION SAN ANTONIO DE PADUA ASISTENCIA SAN ANTONIO DE PALA 10818 San Diego Mission Rd. End of Mission Creek Rd. PALA RESERVATION San Diego, CA 92108 P.O. Box 803 P.O. BOX M (619) 283-7319 Jolon, CA 93928 PALA, CA 92059 (831) 385-4478 (760) 742-3317 MISSION SAN LUIS REY 4050 Mission Avenue MISSION SOLEDAD EL PRESIDIO DE SANTA BARBARA Oceanside, CA 92057 36641 Fort Romie Rd. 123 E. CANON PERDIDO ST. (760) 757-3651 Soledad, CA 93960 SANTA BARBARA, CA 93102 (831) 678-2586 (805) 965-0093 MISSION SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO 26801 Ortega Highway MISSION CARMEL ROYAL PRESIDIO CHAPEL OF MONTEREY San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675 3080 Rio Rd. 500 CHURCH ST. (949) 234-1300 Carmel, CA 93923 MONTEREY, CA 93940 (831) 624-3600 (831) 373-2628 MISSION SAN GABRIEL 428 South Mission Dr. MISSION SAN JUAN BAUTISTA San Gabriel, CA 91776 406 Second St. (626) 457-7291 P.O. Box 400 San Juan Bautista, CA 95045 MISSION SAN FERNANDO (831) 623-2127 15151 San Fernando Mission Blvd. Mission Hills, CA 91345 MISSION SANTA CRUZ (818) 361-0186 126 High St. Santa Cruz, CA 95060 MISSION SAN BUENAVENTURA (831) 426-5686 211 East Main St. Ventura, CA 93001 MISSION SANTA CLARA (805) 643-4318 500 El Camino Real Santa Clara, CA 95053 MISSION SANTA BARBARA (408) 554-4023 2201 Laguna St. Santa Barbara, CA 93105 MISSION SAN JOSE (805) 682-4713 P.O. Box 3159 Fremont, CA 94539 MISSION SANTA INES (510) 657-1797 1760 Mission Dr. Solvang, CA 93463 MISSION DOLORES (805) 688-4815 3321 16th St. San Francisco, CA 94114 MISSION LA PURISIMA (415) 621-8203 2295 Purisima Rd. [email protected] Lompoc, CA 93436 MISSION SAN RAFAEL (805) 733-3713 1104 FIFTH AVE. CMF MAILING ADDRESS: SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901 PO BOX 23035 MISSION SAN LUIS OBISPO (415) 454-8141 751 Palm St. SANTA BARBARA, CA 93121 San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 MISSION SF SOLANO (805) 781-8220 114 E. Spain St. CMF HEADQUARTERS ARE LOCATED AT Sonoma, CA 95476 924 ANACAPA STREET, SUITE 1G MISSION SAN MIGUEL (707) 769-5652 SANTA BARBARA 93101 775 Mission St. (805) 963-1633 P.O. Box 69 San Miguel, CA 93451 COVER SHOWS THE MISSIONS FROM SOUTH TO NORTH, PHOTOS DESCENDING FROM TOP LEFT, (805) 467-3256 FOLLOWED BY THE PALA ASISTENCIA AND THE PRESIDIOS OF SANTA BARBARA AND MONTEREY CALIFORNIA MISSIONS FOUNDATION Annual Report 2013 page 3 A LETTER FROM CALIFORNIA MISSIONS FOUNDATION CHAIRMAN MILFORD WAYNE DONALDSON & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CEO DAVID A. BOLTON CALIFORNIA MISSIONS FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS Looking back at 2013 is a moment of great pride for the California Missions CHAIR Foundation. With the help of our many supporters and partners, CMF was able Milford Wayne Donaldson, FAIA to continue providing important assistance throughout the state to our California Sacramento Missions and related historical sites. VICE CHAIR James L. Lazarus, J.D. San Francisco Through the leadership of the board, more than 30 TREASURER grants were issued this past year by CMF to help with David L. Peri a variety of projects from earthquake strengthening, to Santa Barbara adobe water damage repair, to archaeological studies, SECRETARY Dr. Edith L. Piness to historic painting and artifact restoration. The Foun- Mill Valley dation also continues to provide crucial funding for the All Aboard the Bus Program that sends elementary DIRECTORS school students on important Mission field trips. Janet Bartel San Diego Luis A. Gonzalez Also in 2013, in an effort to Pasadena draw awareness to the pres- Dr. Robert L. Hoover ervation needs of California’s San Luis Obispo historic treasurers, from both Carol Kenyon Washington D.C. and from Bradley BOARD CHAIRMAN MILFORD Suzanne Lummis across the Atlantic, CMF staff Los Angeles WAYNE DONALDSON, FAIA worked hard to join and em- Dr. Ruben Mendoza brace the U.S.-Spain Council Forum held in Santa Bar- Salinas Helen J. Nelson bara. CMF built relationships with leading businessmen, San Gabriel government leaders and Spain’s Royal House during the Jock Sewall three-day affair this past fall. Santa Barbara Donn Schoenmann Mill Valley Since CMF’s inception in 1998, relationships have been Robert L. Sullivan, Jr. key to the success of this Foundation. Year after year, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CEO Fresno Dr. Jack Williams partner Foundations and individuals have stepped up DAVID A. BOLTON to help our historic Missions, Presidios and Asistencias Ramona through the California Missions Foundation. We are grateful for the combined CHAIR EMERITUS effort of so many. Stephen T. Hearst San Francisco CMF is dedicated to preserving these historical pieces of this important part of our DIRECTOR EMERITI history. We thank you for your support and continued interest in the Foundation, Fr. Joseph Chinnici, O.F.M. Berkeley our California missions and their related historical sites. CMF has done a lot in 15 Tanya Rathbun Sorrell years, and together we can continue to provide important assistance moving forward. Riverside Msgr. Francis J. Weber Mission Hills Kindest regards, Kristina Foss Santa Barbara EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR EMERITUS Dr. Knox Mellon Carmel STAFF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CEO David A. Bolton Santa Barbara DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION Gabriela Gonzalez Santa Barbara ANNUAL REPORT Carlos Medina N.E. DeCelles PARTNER FOUNDATION GRANTS CMF AND ITS PRESERVATION PARTNER FOUNDATIONS, THE S.D. BECHTEL, JR. FOUNDATION, THE BREWSTER WEST FOUNDATION, THE LINDEN ROOT DICKINSON FOUNDATION, THE DAN MUR- PHY FOUNDATION, THE FIELD FOUNDATION, THE KELLY CHARITABLE TRUST AND THE JOHN AND BEVERLY STAUFFER FOUNDATION, DISTRIBUTED A WIDE RANGE OF GRANTS TOGETHER IN 2013. t MISSION SAN DIEGO The Linden Root Dickinson Foundation sup- ported the restoration and preservation of the San Gabriel statue at Mission San Diego. This important piece of mission history and culture had suffered aging, overpainting and some structural damages. Conservationists cleaned, repaired and finally var- nished the statue to protect it from further damage. SAN GABRIEL MISSION LA PURISIMA With support from the S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation, outdoor MISSION SAN ANTONIO DE PADUA paddocks used since the days of the padres for housing livestock were improved, and the barn was modified to improve safety. MISSION SAN ANTONIO DE PADUA p The multi-year seismic retrofit of the Mission church and complex is t MISSION SANTA BARBARA ongoing. This past year in Phase One, the S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Founda- The S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foun- tion, the Linden Root Dickinson Foundation and the Field Foun- dation provided a generous dation made possible the remodel of the public restrooms on the matching grant to Mission southern exterior corridor of the Mission, which were brought Santa Barbara’s SAT fund- up to ADA compliance. ing, which aided in the retrofit of the Mission’s crypt, which MISSION SANTA CRUZ u entailed opening, reinforc- The historic San Miguel ing the entrance and creating a statue brought to the Mission system for airflow in the crypt. in the 18th century under- CRYPT AT MISSION SANTA BARBARA went conservation and res- toration work this past year MISSION SOLEDAD with funding from the S.D. An archaeological study uncovering the original mission complex, Bechtel, Jr. Foundation. buried as a result of flooding and lost due to neglect in the 19th This grant allowed conser- century, was completed this past year with funding from both the S.D. vationists to return the statue SAN MIGUEL SAN MIGUEL Bechtel, Jr. Foundation and the Linden Root Dickinson Foundation. to its original condition. MID-RESTORATION POST-RESTORATION t MISSION SAN MIGUEL SANTA CRUZ MISSION STATE HISTORIC PARK With funding from the Linden Funding from the S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation has allowed the Park Root Dickinson Foundation, to remain open following drastic statewide budget cuts. The Park is Mission San Miguel upgraded the site of the last surviving building associated with Mission Santa exhibits at the San Miguel Mis- Cruz, an adobe that served as the Mission’s neophyte dormitory. sion Museum, focusing on the MISSION SONOMA pre-contact life of the Salinan Mid-twentieth century preservationists used cement to repair dam- people. Archival quality stor- age to the original padre’s quarters at the Mission San Francisco age was provided for objects not Solano, which began to trap moisture and degrade the adobe walls on display in the museum, and beneath the plaster. With the grant awarded the Mission by the security of the museum was en- S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation, preservationists have begun to re- hanced to protect culturally and verse the effects of this damage and repair the wall using materials FATHER MAX HOTTLE, OFM, historically significant artifacts. CMF BOARD MEMBER CAROL KENYON and methods that will safeguard the original adobe for the future. CALIFORNIA MISSIONS FOUNDATION Annual Report 2013 page 5 2013 GRANTS IN HONOR OF KNOX MELLON THANKS TO THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF CMF’S PRESERVATION PARTNER FOUNDATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS, A VARIETY OF GRANTS WERE AWARDED THIS PAST YEAR IN HONOR OF FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR KNOX MELLON, RECOGNIZING HIS LONG- TIME DEDICATION TO CONSERVING AND RESTORING CALIFORNIA’S HISTORIC MISSIONS, PRESERVING THEM FOR THE FUTURE. t ASISTENCIA DE SAN ANTONIO DE PALA Repairs and re-plastering of the bell tower at Asis- tencia San Antonio de Pala are complete. The historic bell tower overlooking the cemetery had suffered from cracks at its base and on the top right corner of the tower. The cracks at the base were severe, requiring repair to the rocks en- casing the foundation. During this process, the bell tower was also waterproofed. The rejuve- nated bell tower graces the Asistencia’s grounds. MISSION SAN FERNANDO u The largest painting at any of the California missions will soon be back on display at Mission San Fernando following extensive refurbishing.