San Luis Obispo County CA Archives Photo Place.....Mission San Luis Obispo De Tolosa 
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MISSION SAN LUIS OBISPO de TOLOSA

History and Description:

Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa was founded by Father Junipero Serra on
September 1, 1772.  It was the fifth mission to be established in California. 
It was named in honor of St. Louis, Bishop of Toulouse, France.

The site which was chosen for the new mission was near Canada de los Osos,
located between two creeks, with water for every purpose.  A level spot was
selected and a large cross constructed and an arbor was built to serve as a
chapel.  This marked the beginning of Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa.  The
first temporary buildings of the Mission complex were constructed of palisades
or poles set in the ground and then interlaced with branches of trees.
The Mission was attacked by hostile Indians on three occasions prior to 1774,
thatched roofs were set ablaze. As a result of fires the padres developed a roof
tile to protect the structures.

As the years passed, the palisades buildings were replaced with structures of
adobe and then later masonry. The church and the padres1 dwelling now standing
were built in 1792-1794.  The belfry and the front of the church were added
about 1820, when the mission bells arrived from Lima, Peru.

At different eras the Mission was under the authority of outside powers.  From
1835-1845 the Mission was under the rule of Mexico.  In 1845 the Mission was
sold and its  title was given to three buyers for $510. ihen in 1859 the Mission
was returned by the United States Government to Bishop Alemany, the Catholic
Bishop of Monterey and has remained a Catholic parish church serving the area
ever since.

In 1933, Father John Harnett began restoring the Mission to its original beauty.
 It now stands as it did when it was first erected, only time and weather have
changed its appearance.  It does indeed retain the atmosphere of the "Old
Spanish Era".

Sources:
California Missions. San Luis Obispo de Tolosa 
History of Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa



Additional Comments:
Extracted from

Discovering San Luis Obispo County
by
Carleton M. Winslow


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