Adventure 051, Site 002 – Mission San Jose

Capture California, the Game-2012

Adventure: 051, Site 002 – Mission San Jose

California Landmark Number: 334

National Registry ID: NPS-71000131

Team: Thing One, Thing Two

Date:  August 30, 2012

Location:

Latitude: 37°31′58″N

Longitude: 121°55′10″W

Address: 43300 Mission Blvd, Fremont, CA

Description:

Date Built: June 11, 1797

See adventure Adventure 49/101, Mission 17 - Mission San Jose for further details.

NO. 334 MISSION SAN JOSE - On June 9, 1797, troops under Sergeant Pedro Amador, accompanied by Father Fermín Lasuén, set out from Santa Clara for the spot that the natives called Oroysom in the valley of San Jose. The following day a temporary chapel was erected, and on June 11, the father presidente 'raised and blessed the cross. In a shelter of boughs he celebrated holy mass.' On the 28th Fathers Isidoro Barcenilla and Agustín Merino arrived to take charge of the new mission. The mission, except part of the padre's quarters, was completely destroyed in the earthquake of 1868.
Location:  Mission Blvd at Washington Blvd, Fremont
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places:  NPS-71000131

References:

• Mission San Jose's Web Site
  
• Wikipedia
  

Overall Landmark References:

• David Schmitt's California State Historical Landmark (Schmitt)
  
• Wikipedia: California's National Landmarks (WCNL)
  
• State of California's California Historical Landmarks (CHL)
  
• Wikipedia: California State Landmarks (WCSL)
  
• State of California Historical Resources (CHR)
  
• National Registry of Historical Places (NRHP)