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Mission Santa Clara on its 243rd anniversary
It was the first of the Spanish Missions to honor a female Saint, St. Clare of Assisi, who founded the Poor Clares order of Nuns.
The grounds of the current Mission Santa Clara, sit on the campus of Santa Clara University near my home.
The current Mission built in 1882 and rebuilt after a fire in 1926 has a very typical California Mission look to it, so today we look at Old and Characteristic Buildings.
It had been original built on a site a few miles from here, burned and rebuilt a few hundred yards from here and then finally move to this spot in 1882.
This is the first theme I've chosen of the We're All Here group. I noticed its anniversary was coming up and the date was still open. Then I had to find a group in which a picture of it could fit into the theme of that group.
Each of the 21 Spanish Missions in California is unique, but they all have a typical look to them. Having been rebuilt in the 1926, this one looks much more modern than some, but still has the basic architectural theme of the all the missions.
WAH - Old and Characteristic Buildings
Mission Santa Clara on its 243rd anniversary
It was the first of the Spanish Missions to honor a female Saint, St. Clare of Assisi, who founded the Poor Clares order of Nuns.
The grounds of the current Mission Santa Clara, sit on the campus of Santa Clara University near my home.
The current Mission built in 1882 and rebuilt after a fire in 1926 has a very typical California Mission look to it, so today we look at Old and Characteristic Buildings.
It had been original built on a site a few miles from here, burned and rebuilt a few hundred yards from here and then finally move to this spot in 1882.
This is the first theme I've chosen of the We're All Here group. I noticed its anniversary was coming up and the date was still open. Then I had to find a group in which a picture of it could fit into the theme of that group.
Each of the 21 Spanish Missions in California is unique, but they all have a typical look to them. Having been rebuilt in the 1926, this one looks much more modern than some, but still has the basic architectural theme of the all the missions.
WAH - Old and Characteristic Buildings