 La Purísima Mission | |
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| Location | 2295 Purisima Road,Lompoc,Santa Barbara County,California 93436 |
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| Coordinates | 34°40′13.692″N120°25′14.2206″W / 34.67047000°N 120.420616833°W /34.67047000; -120.420616833 |
| Name as founded | La Misión de La Purísima Concepción de la Santísima Virgen María[1] |
| English translation | The Mission of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary |
| Patron | TheImmaculate Conception of the MostBlessed Virgin Mary[2] |
| Nickname(s) | "The Linear Mission"[3] |
| Founding date | December 8, 1787[4] |
| Founding priest(s) | FatherFermín Lasuén[5] |
| Founding Order | Eleventh[2] |
| Headquarters of the Alta California Mission System | 1815–1819[6] |
| Military district | Second[7] |
| Native tribe(s) Spanish name(s) | Chumash Purisimeño |
| Native place name(s) | Laxshakupi,'Amuwu[8] |
| Baptisms | 3,255[9] |
| Marriages | 1,030[9] |
| Burials | 2,609[9] |
| Secularized | 1834[2] |
| Returned to theChurch | 1874[10] |
| Governing body | California Department of Parks and Recreation |
| Current use | Museum |
| Designated | 1970 |
| Reference no. | #NPS-70000147 |
| Designated | 1970 |
| Reference no. | #340 |
| Website | |
| https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=598 | |
Mission La Purísima Concepción, orLa Purísima Mission (originallyLa Misión de la Purísima Concepción de la Santísima Virgen María, orThe Mission of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary) is aSpanish mission inLompoc,California. It was established on December 8, 1787 (theFeast of the Immaculate Conception, hence the mission's name) by theFranciscan order. Theoriginal mission complex south of Lompoc was destroyed by anearthquake in 1812, and the mission was rebuilt at its present site a few miles to the northeast.
The mission is part of the largerLa Purísima Mission State Historic Park, part of theCalifornia State Parks system, and along withMission San Francisco de Solano is one of only two of the Spanish missions in California that is no longer governed by theCatholic Church. It is currently the only example in California of a complete Spanish Catholic mission complex, and was designated aNational Historic Landmark in 1970.
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Mission La Purísima was originally established at a site known to theChumash people as Algsacpi and to the Spanish as the plain of Río Santa Rosa, one mile south of Lompoc. (During the mission period, the Chumash spoke thePurisimeño language.)[11] TheViceroyalty of New Spain made an exception to the rule that noCalifornia mission was to be established within seven miles of any pueblo inLas Californias, as Lompoc was so small. The site was the location of the mission from its founding on December 8, 1787, byFermín Lasuén till it was destroyed by the1812 Ventura earthquake on December 12, 1812. The original mission was associated with thePresidio of Santa Barbara. Fermín Lasuén (1736–1803) was aSpanish[12]Franciscanmissionary toAlta California and the president of the Franciscan missions. He was the founder of nine of the twenty-oneSpanish missions in California including original Mission La Purísima, the 11th mission.[13]
By 1803, the Mission Indian population had increased, byIndian Reductions, to 1,436 Chumash people. At the mission there were also 3,230 cattle, 5,400 sheep, 306 horses, and 39 mules. In the same year, there was a harvest of 690 fanegas of wheat, corn and beans (a fanega equaling about 220 pounds).
The mission grew from its founding to be 330 feet squarequadrangle made ofadobe bricks. The original mission had many rooms for the two priests, the evangelizedChumash and for a chapel, six soldiers, married Indians and unmarried females. At its peak about 1,520 Chumash Indian lived at the mission. The original mission was south of theSanta Ynez River and included vastcrop andgrazing lands.[14][15]
An earthquake onDecember 21, 1812, severely damaged the mission buildings.[16]
The site became a California State Historical Landmark No. 928 on June 29, 1979. Ruins of the original mission are at 508 South F Street, near East Locust Avenue inLompoc, California. The California State Historical Landmark reads:
Mariano Payeras received permission to relocate the mission community 4 miles (6.4 km) to the northeast in La Cañada de los Berros, next toEl Camino Real. La Purísima Mission was officially established in its new location on April 23, 1813. Materials salvaged from the buildings destroyed by the earthquake were used to construct the new buildings four miles northeast of the pueblo at their present location, which was known to the Chumash as Amúu, and to the Spanish as La Cañada de los Berros.[18] The buildings were completed within ten years.[19]
AfterMexico won theMexican War of Independence in 1823, Spanish funding ceased to theSanta Barbara Presidio. Many soldiers at the mission who were no longer being paid by the new Mexican government took out their frustrations on the local Chumash Indians. After a soldier apparently beat an Indian at nearbyMission Santa Inés, theChumash revolt of 1824 began at that mission. It spread to La Purísima Mission, where the Chumash people took over the mission for one month until more soldiers arrived fromMonterey Presidio. The Chumash lost their hold on the mission with many leaving the mission soon thereafter. Many of the Indians who had sought refuge in the neighboring mountains during the revolt returned to the mission.
Following independent Mexico'ssecularization of theAlta California missions from 1834 to 1843, the buildings of La Purísima Mission were abandoned. The Mexican government, which had gained independence from Spain, transferred control of the missions from theCatholic Church to civil authorities. The property passed into private ownership and the mission buildings fell into ruin; the lands were granted to theRancho Ex-Mission la Purisima.
In 1933 theUnion Oil Company deeded several parcels to the State of California. By 1934, only nine of the buildings remained intact.
In the 20th century, under direction of theNational Park Service, theCivilian Conservation Corps (CCC) pledged to restore the mission if enough land could be provided to convert it into a historic landmark.[19] TheCatholic Church and theUnion Oil Company donated sufficient land for the CCC to proceed with the restoration. The nine buildings as well as many small structures and the original water system were fully restored with the mission's dedication occurring on December 7, 1941, the same day the United States entered World War II. Today, La Purísima Mission is the only example in California of a complete mission complex.
As of 2011 it was considered to be the most completely restoredSpanish mission in California.[20] Ten of the original buildings are fully restored and furnished, including the church, shops, quarters, and blacksmith shop. The mission gardens and livestock represent what would have been found at the mission during the 1820s. Specialliving history events are scheduled throughout the year. A visitor center features information, displays and artifacts, and a self-guided tour gives visitors the opportunity to step back in time for a glimpse of a brief, turbulent period in California's history.[19]
In 2025, the mission was a filming location for thePaul Thomas Anderson directedOne Battle After Another starringLeonardo DiCaprio,Sean Penn andChase Infiniti.[21]
La Purísima Mission is now part of theLa Purísima Mission State Historic Park within the California State Parks System. Located outsideLompoc, California, the 1,934-acre (783 ha) park was established in 1935.[22] With a visitor center and guided tours, the historic park is maintained by the California Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR). La Purísima is located in Lompoc, in the county of Santa Barbara, California.
La Purísima Mission State Historic Park was one of many state parks threatened with closure in 2008. Those closures were ultimately avoided by cutting hours and maintenance system-wide.[23]
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