 The Mission Santa Cruz chapel replica | |
| Location | 130 Emmett St Santa Cruz, California 95060 |
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| Coordinates | 36°58′41″N 122°1′46″W / 36.97806°N 122.02944°W |
| Name as founded | La Misión de la Exaltación de la Santa Cruz |
| English translation | The Mission of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross |
| Patron | The Exaltation of the Cross[1] |
| Nickname(s) | "The Hard-luck Mission"[2] |
| Founding date | August 28, 1791[3] |
| Founding priest(s) | Father Fermín Francisco de Lasuén[4] |
| Founding Order | Twelfth[1] |
| Military district | Fourth[5] |
| Native tribe(s) Spanish name(s) | Awaswas, Mutsun, Yokuts Costeño |
| Native place name(s) | Aulintak |
| Baptisms | 2,765[6] |
| Marriages | 860[6] |
| Burials | 2,120[6] |
| Secularized | 1834[1] |
| Returned to the Church | 1859 |
| Governing body | California Department of Parks and Recreation; Diocese of Monterey |
| Current use | Santa Cruz Mission Adobe museum; Parish chapel |
| Reference no. | #75000484[7] |
| Reference no. | #342 |
| Website | |
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Mission Hill Area Historic District | |
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| Location | Mission Street |
| Coordinates | 36°58′39″N 122°1′43″W / 36.97750°N 122.02861°W |
| Area | 38 acres (15 ha) |
| Architectural style | Spanish Colonial, Stick-Eastlake-Queen Anne—Victorian |
| NRHP reference No. | 76000530[7] |
| Added to NRHP | May 17, 1976 |
Mission Santa Cruz (Spanish: La Misión de la Exaltación de la Santa Cruz, lit. The Mission of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross) is a replica Spanish Californian mission in Santa Cruz, California. Located at the foot of a what would later be named Mission Hill, the original mission was founded on August 28, 1791, by Father Fermín Francisco de Lasuén, the successor of Father Junipero Serra. The mission was dedicated that same year, and in the winter, the waters of the San Lorenzo River flooded its banks, causing extensive damage to the original building. The mission was relocated to the top of Mission Hill.
After earthquake damage and years of neglect, this second mission fell into disrepair, and much of it, though not all, was removed to accommodate the construction of the Holy Cross Church. The Holy Cross Church paid for the construction of the replica in the 1930s, and today it functions as a historical monument and chapel for the parish.
Next to the mission chapel stands the Santa Cruz Mission Adobe, built between 1822 and 1824. This adobe building served as housing for Indigenous families who, after being converted to Catholicism, lived and worked at the Mission. It is the oldest surviving structure in Santa Cruz County and the best preserved Native American residence at any of the Alta California missions.
- ^ a b c Krell, p. 219
- ^ Ruscin, p. 105
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- ^ a b c Engelhardt, Z. Missions and Missionaries of California, Volume 4, page 529
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.