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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. The San Diego Mission is also called Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcala, founded in 1769 by Padre Junipero Serra. Architect Arthur Burnett Benton was one of the original founders of the California Landmarks Club; he also supervised restoration of the San Juan Capistrano mission. Reconstruction and development of grounds. San Diego Mission - California; designed by Ralph D. Cornell & Theodore Payne - Landscape Arch'ts; Arthur B. Benton - Architect. Botanical labels on plan: chaparral, date palms, eucalypts [eucalyptus], existing pepper trees, live oaks, mustard & wild oats, native shrubs, old cactus hedge, pines or eucalypts, poppies, scattered olives, sycamores, wild flowers Architectural labels on plan: adobe building, adobe wall, auotomobile [sic] parking, brick, church, old adobe wall, old well, padres' garden of mission fruits, path, patio, planting, pool, portales, reservoir, road, terrace Signed: Ralph D. Cornell, December 1919 Legend: Dimensions for Church and buildings taken from old Spanish drawings and from recent excavations which are incomplete at time of drawing.
Type
image
Identifier
uclamss_1411_0039 ark:/21198/zz002b5wmb
Language
English
Subject
Religion Beds (site elements) Landmarks Environment Mission churches (buildings) Trees Wild flowers Terraces (landscaped-site elements) Gardens Pools Missions (settlements) Patios Adobe (material) Portals Paths Landscape architecture San Diego Mission
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