Pathway arches

by Charlene Adler

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Pathway arches

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Charlene Adler

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Mission San Jose is also the most restored mission site offering a glimpse at what the mission sites would’ve looked like during the mission period. The mission walls, parts of the church, and granary were restored in the 1930’s by the Works Progress Administration.

The mission was moved twice before it found its current site. The first site was moved perhaps to make room for another mission, San Francisco Xavier Najera. The second location was too close to the river and the mission suffered heavy losses due to an epidemic. The mission was then moved a third time to its current location around 1740. The stone walls were completed in 1755. The walls had two purposes, protection from hostile threats, and living quarters for the indigenous people.

The living quarters consisted of a room and a kitchen. They were furnished with a metate, a comal, a pot , water jar, closet, pantry, bed, and dresser. During the peak of the mission in 1768, 350 people would live inside the walls.

The mission was partially secularized in 1794 and fully secularized by Mexico in 1824.

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January 24th, 2024

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