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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Mission San Fernando Rey de Espan~a (originally La Misio´n del Sen~or Fernando, Rey de Espan~a) was the seventeenth mission built in Alto California. It was built in a quadrangle, similar to other missions. Founded by father Fermi´n Lasue´n on September 8, 1797 in Mission Hills, it is located on the former settlement of Encino Rancho. In 1999 is was added to the National Register of Historic Places-Building #71001076. It has also been dedicated as California Historic Landmark #157. It continues to serve as a parish church. Photograph caption dated October 4, 1963 reads, "These visitors to the San Fernando Mission pause for lunch at the new fountain constructed on the grounds. A replica of one built in 1814 in Memory Park, Cordova, Spain, the fountain serves as a picnic table for Irv Stearns and his pretty date, Miss Dianne Jeremias."
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