Adventure 051, Site 056 – Mission Solano

Capture California, the Game-2012

Adventure: 051, Site 056 – Mission Solano

California Landmark Number: 3

Team: Thing One, Thing Two

Date:  September 20, 2012

Location:

Latitude: 38°17′38.4432″N

Longitude: 122°27′20.8116″W

Address: 114 East Spain Street, Sonoma, CA

Description:

Date Built: 1823

See adventure Adventure 49/101, Mission 21 - Mission Solano for further details.
NO. 3 MISSION SAN FRANCISCO SOLANO - On July 4, 1823, Padre José Altamira founded this northernmost of California's Franciscan missions, the only one established in California under independent Mexico. In 1834, secularization orders were carried out by Military Commandant M. G. Vallejo, and Mission San Francisco Solano became a parish church serving the Pueblo and Sonoma Valley until it was sold in 1881.
Location: Sonoma State Historic Park, NW corner of Spain at 1st St E, Sonoma



References:

• 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)
  
• Noehill (NOE)