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Mission Santa Cruz - 1791 |
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Mission Santa Cruz was founded August 28th by Father Fermin Lasuen and named for Sacred Cross. In 1793 the building was begun and the quadrangle was finished in 1795. The mission was secularized in 1834 and in 1840 the bell tower collapsed. An earthquake destroyed the mission in 1856 and a frame church was built in 1858. The new church was build in 1889. In 1931 a mission replica was built as a memorial chapel. The replica was one third the size of the original and the facade closely follows sketches of the church build in 1795.
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