Mission San Juan Capistrano/Gallery
![(PD) Image: Unknown "Ya Viene El Alba" ("The Dawn Already Comes"), typical of the hymns sung at the Mission.[1]](/wiki/images/thumb/1/13/Spanish_Morning_Hymn.png/300px-Spanish_Morning_Hymn.png)
(PD) Image: Unknown
"Ya Viene El Alba" ("The Dawn Already Comes"), typical of the hymns sung at the Mission.[1]![(PD) Diagram: U.S. Land Surveyor's Office The "Alemany Plat" prepared by the U.S. Land Surveyor's Office to define the property restored to the Catholic Church by the Public Land Commission, later confirmed by presidential proclamation on March 18, 1865.[2]](/wiki/images/thumb/a/ad/SJC_restored_property.jpg/213px-SJC_restored_property.jpg)
(PD) Diagram: U.S. Land Surveyor's Office
The "Alemany Plat" prepared by the U.S. Land Surveyor's Office to define the property restored to the Catholic Church by the Public Land Commission, later confirmed by presidential proclamation on March 18, 1865.[2]![(PD) Image: Abraham Lincoln President Abraham Lincoln's signature as it appeared on the United States Patent that restored the Mission property to the Catholic Church in 1865. This is one of the few documents that the President signed as "A. Lincoln" instead of his customary "Abraham Lincoln." [3]](/wiki/images/thumb/4/44/A_Lincoln.png/300px-A_Lincoln.png)
(PD) Image: Abraham Lincoln
President Abraham Lincoln's signature as it appeared on the United States Patent that restored the Mission property to the Catholic Church in 1865. This is one of the few documents that the President signed as "A. Lincoln" instead of his customary "Abraham Lincoln." [3]
(PD) Photo: Carlton Watkins
The ruins of Mission San Juan Capistrano, circa 1877. A small group of people poses in the foreground.
(PD) Photo: Henry Chapman Ford
Mission San Juan Capistrano in ruins, 1880.
(PD) Painting: Henry Chapman Ford
Misión San Juan de Capistrano. The 1880 work depicts the rear of the ruined "Great Stone Church" as well as part of the mission's campo santos. A portion of "Serra's Church" is also visible at right.
(PD) Painting: Alexander Harmer
The courtyard at Mission San Juan Capistrano, 1886.![(PD) Painting: Fred Behre / John Gutzon Borglum An 1894 painting features a wildly-improbable steeple over the entrance of San Juan Capistrano's "Great Stone Church" (it was incorrectly believed to portray the way the church looked before the 1812 earthquake; archaeological excavations in 1938 revealed that the steeple placement as shown in the painting was impossible).[4] The landscape in the background of this painting was later modified by John Gutzon Borglum.[5]](/wiki/images/thumb/9/9e/MSJC_by_John_Gutzon-Borglum.jpg/300px-MSJC_by_John_Gutzon-Borglum.jpg)
(PD) Painting: Fred Behre / John Gutzon Borglum
An 1894 painting features a wildly-improbable steeple over the entrance of San Juan Capistrano's "Great Stone Church" (it was incorrectly believed to portray the way the church looked before the 1812 earthquake; archaeological excavations in 1938 revealed that the steeple placement as shown in the painting was impossible).[4] The landscape in the background of this painting was later modified by John Gutzon Borglum.[5]![(PD) Photo: The University of California Archives The partially-restored plaza at Mission San Juan Capistrano as it appeared circa 1896. To the right is the sala, which served as the Mission chapel from 1891 until Serra's chapel was restored in the mid-1920s; the building also housed the Forster family during their time at the Mission.[6] Just left of center is Father Mut's former residence, including the loft he had constructed.[7]](/wiki/images/thumb/4/43/SJC_plaza_circa_1896.jpg/300px-SJC_plaza_circa_1896.jpg)
(PD) Photo: The University of California Archives
The partially-restored plaza at Mission San Juan Capistrano as it appeared circa 1896. To the right is the sala, which served as the Mission chapel from 1891 until Serra's chapel was restored in the mid-1920s; the building also housed the Forster family during their time at the Mission.[6] Just left of center is Father Mut's former residence, including the loft he had constructed.[7]
![(PD) Photo: William Henry Jackson One of the earliest examples of "Mission Revival Style" architecture, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway depot in San Juan Capistrano (with its 40-foot [12-meter] high dome and bell) was considered to be one of the railroad's finest when it was completed on October 8, 1894; it officially entered service on October 27 of that year.[8] The San Juan Capistrano station has remained in use and today is served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system, and Metrolink, a commuter railroad.](/wiki/images/thumb/1/16/CHS_J3074.jpg/300px-CHS_J3074.jpg)
(PD) Photo: William Henry Jackson
One of the earliest examples of "Mission Revival Style" architecture, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway depot in San Juan Capistrano (with its 40-foot [12-meter] high dome and bell) was considered to be one of the railroad's finest when it was completed on October 8, 1894; it officially entered service on October 27 of that year.[8] The San Juan Capistrano station has remained in use and today is served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system, and Metrolink, a commuter railroad.
(PD) Photo: Unknown
A horse-drawn carriage pauses for a photo in front of Mission San Juan Capistrano in June 1895.
(PD) Photo: William Henry Jackson / Library of Congress
A photocrom print of the ruins of an arcade that forms Mission San Juan Capistrano's cuadrángulo, circa 1899. Plants grow from the top of the colonnade, and rubble is piled against a wall.
(CC) Photo: Charles C. Pierce
The ruins of Ramón Yorba's olive mill and the soldiers' quarters at the Mission San Juan Capistrano, 1899.
(PD) Photo: Charles C. Pierce
A long string of about 16 vehicles (mostly wagons) in celebration of Judas' Day (Sabado de Gloria) on 19 April near Mission San Juan Capistrano, circa 1899-1900. The celebration included an effigy of Judas and many vehicles stolen in his name which were to be left to owners in his will at his execution by hanging at the old Mission.
(PD) Photo: William Amos Haines
An overall view of the "Mission of the Swallow" around the time of Father St. John O'Sullivan's arrival in 1910. The Mission's once-renowned California pepper tree can be seen just to the left of the adobe church's espadaña.
(PD) Photo: A. Yorba
Several men work on the side of an arched structure, with one man atop a scaffolding, another below him, and yet another in the foreground carrying two buckets. The remains of two arched structures can be seen on either side of the construction area, while a patch of overgrown grass sits in the foreground, at right.
(PD) Painting: Charles Percy Austin
Mary Pickford's Wedding.
(PD) Photo: Bancroft Library
Clerical historian Father Zephyrin Engelhardt, O.F.M. visited Mission San Juan Capistrano numerous times, beginning in 1915.
(PD) Image: San Diego Fruit Company
A crate label for Mission Bells Brand fruit depicts the ringing of the bells at Mission San Juan Capistrano.
(PD) Artwork: Robert Kashower
"Old Pepper Tree In Mission Garden." A postcard image of San Juan Capistrano's courtyard garden including its once-prized and now defunct California pepper tree, formerly a focal point of the mission gardens.
(PD) Photo: San Juan Capistrano Historical Society
This 1921 view of the Mission San Juan Capistrano complex documents the restoration work that was already well underway by that time. The perimeter garden wall (including the ornate entrance way) and adjacent outbuilding are 1917 additions.
(PD) Photo: Jon Sullivan
A Moorish-style fountain inside Mission San Juan Capistrano's central courtyard, built in the 1920s through the efforts of Father St. John O'Sullivan.![(PD) Photo: San Juan Capistrano Historical Society Mary Astor and Gilbert Roland starred in George Fitzmaurice's 1927 motion picture Rose of the Golden West, shot on location on the Mission grounds.[9] The film's penultimate scene (shown here) is set amidst the ruins of "The Great Stone Church."](/wiki/images/thumb/8/8b/Rose_of_the_Golden_West.jpg/300px-Rose_of_the_Golden_West.jpg)
(PD) Photo: San Juan Capistrano Historical Society
Mary Astor and Gilbert Roland starred in George Fitzmaurice's 1927 motion picture Rose of the Golden West, shot on location on the Mission grounds.[9] The film's penultimate scene (shown here) is set amidst the ruins of "The Great Stone Church."
![(CC) Photo: Robert A. Estremo This 2nd-story refectory and bell tower was constructed atop the former carpentry shop on the north wing of the Mission's quadrangle in 1936.[10]](/wiki/images/thumb/2/2d/Mission_SJC_Refectory.jpg/300px-Mission_SJC_Refectory.jpg)
(CC) Photo: Robert A. Estremo
This 2nd-story refectory and bell tower was constructed atop the former carpentry shop on the north wing of the Mission's quadrangle in 1936.[10]
(PD) Painting: Will Sparks
Mission San Juan Capistrano, between 1933 and 1937.
(PD) Drawing: Historic American Buildings Survey
A plot plan and perspective view of Mission San Juan Capistrano as prepared by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1937.
(PD) Drawing: Historic American Buildings Survey
A floor plan drawing of "Serra's Church" at Mission San Juan Capistrano as prepared by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1937.
(PD) Drawing: Historic American Buildings Survey
An elevation drawing of "Serra's Church" at Mission San Juan Capistrano as prepared by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1937.
(PD) Drawing: Historic American Buildings Survey
A floor plan drawing of Mission San Juan Capistrano's "Great Stone Church" as prepared by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1937.
(PD) Drawing: Historic American Buildings Survey
An elevation drawing of Mission San Juan Capistrano's "Great Stone Church" as prepared by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1937.
© Image: City of San Juan Capistrano, California
The official seal of the City of San Juan Capistrano reflects the town's historical ties to the mission from whence it got its name.
(PD) Photo: United States Navy / David Buell
USNS Mission Capistrano (T-AO-112) steams out of the Port of Long Beach, date unknown.
(PD) Painting: Artist unknown
An illumination depicting St. John of Capistrano, the patron saint of jurists and military chaplains.
![(PD) Image: Unknown "Ya Viene El Alba" ("The Dawn Already Comes"), typical of the hymns sung at the Mission.[1]](/wiki/File:Spanish_Morning_Hymn.png)
![(PD) Diagram: U.S. Land Surveyor's Office The "Alemany Plat" prepared by the U.S. Land Surveyor's Office to define the property restored to the Catholic Church by the Public Land Commission, later confirmed by presidential proclamation on March 18, 1865.[2]](/wiki/File:SJC_restored_property.jpg)
![(PD) Image: Abraham Lincoln President Abraham Lincoln's signature as it appeared on the United States Patent that restored the Mission property to the Catholic Church in 1865. This is one of the few documents that the President signed as "A. Lincoln" instead of his customary "Abraham Lincoln." [3]](/wiki/File:A_Lincoln.png)
![(PD) Painting: Fred Behre / John Gutzon Borglum An 1894 painting features a wildly-improbable steeple over the entrance of San Juan Capistrano's "Great Stone Church" (it was incorrectly believed to portray the way the church looked before the 1812 earthquake; archaeological excavations in 1938 revealed that the steeple placement as shown in the painting was impossible).[4] The landscape in the background of this painting was later modified by John Gutzon Borglum.[5]](/wiki/File:MSJC_by_John_Gutzon-Borglum.jpg)
![(PD) Photo: The University of California Archives The partially-restored plaza at Mission San Juan Capistrano as it appeared circa 1896. To the right is the sala, which served as the Mission chapel from 1891 until Serra's chapel was restored in the mid-1920s; the building also housed the Forster family during their time at the Mission.[6] Just left of center is Father Mut's former residence, including the loft he had constructed.[7]](/wiki/File:SJC_plaza_circa_1896.jpg)
![(PD) Photo: William Henry Jackson One of the earliest examples of "Mission Revival Style" architecture, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway depot in San Juan Capistrano (with its 40-foot [12-meter] high dome and bell) was considered to be one of the railroad's finest when it was completed on October 8, 1894; it officially entered service on October 27 of that year.[8] The San Juan Capistrano station has remained in use and today is served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system, and Metrolink, a commuter railroad.](/wiki/File:CHS_J3074.jpg)
![(PD) Photo: San Juan Capistrano Historical Society Mary Astor and Gilbert Roland starred in George Fitzmaurice's 1927 motion picture Rose of the Golden West, shot on location on the Mission grounds.[9] The film's penultimate scene (shown here) is set amidst the ruins of "The Great Stone Church."](/wiki/File:Rose_of_the_Golden_West.jpg)
![(CC) Photo: Robert A. Estremo This 2nd-story refectory and bell tower was constructed atop the former carpentry shop on the north wing of the Mission's quadrangle in 1936.[10]](/wiki/File:Mission_SJC_Refectory.jpg)
Notes and references
- ↑ Engelhardt 1922, p. 30
- ↑ Engelhardt 1922, p. 167: The document was recorded on December 15, 1875 by the County Recorder of Los Angeles at the request of the Right Reverend Bishop T. Amat.
- ↑ Engelhardt 1922, p. 169
- ↑ Stern and Miller, p. 92
- ↑ Stern and Miller, p. 95
- ↑ Hallan-Gibson, p. 42
- ↑ The loft space was used for storage of the Mission baptismal, confirmation, marriage, and death records after Father Mut's departure.
- ↑ Gustafson and Serpico, p. 192: Much of the stone, bricks, and roof tiles were gathered from the decaying Mission, preservations efforts having not yet begun at the time of the station's construction.
- ↑ Hallan-Gibson, p. 73
- ↑ Leffingwell, pp. 36-37