Mission San Buenaventura
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Mission San Buenaventura (originally La Misión San Buenaventura) was founded on Easter Sunday, March 31, 1782 by Father Junípero Serra, the ninth in the California mission chain. It was named for Saint Bonaventure, and was the last of the missions founded by Father Serra. The Mission is located in Ventura, California, in what was the Second Military District. In 1793, the first church burned down. It took the Indians 16 years to build the new church, which still stands today. In 1893, Father Cyprian Rubio "modernized" the interior of the church, painting over the original artwork. When he finished almost nothing remained of the old church. New priests restored the church to its original style in 1957.
Today all that remains of the original Mission is the church and its garden. Services are still held in the parish church. A small museum sits at the Mission with displays of Chumash Indian artifacts and mission-period items.
Historic designations
- National Register of Historic Places [#NPS–75000496]
- National Register of Historic Places [#NPS–75000497] — Mission San Buenaventura Aqueduct
- California Historical Landmark [#113] — Site of "Junípero Serra's Cross": The first cross on the hill known as La Loma de la Cruz, or the "Hill of the Cross," can be found in Grant Park, and was erected by Junípero Serra at the founding of the Mission on March 31, 1782.
- California Historical Landmark [#114] — Old Mission Reservoir: Part of the water system for Mission San Buenaventura, this was the settling tank or receiving reservoir from which water was distributed to the church and to the few Spanish families who lived near the Mission. This site can be found in Eastwood Park.
- California Historical Landmark [#114–1] — Mission San Buenaventura Aqueduct: The aqueduct at Canada Larga Road consists of two surviving sections of viaduct about 100 feet long, made of cobblestone and mortar. Originally, the watercourse ran from a point on the Ventura River about ½ mile north of the remaining ruins and carried the water to holding tanks behind the San Buenaventura Mission, a total of about 7 miles. The aqueduct was built by Chumash Indians between 1805–1815 to meet the needs of the Mission population and consisted of both ditches and elevated stone masonry. The entire water system was destroyed by floods and abandoned in 1862.
- California Historical Landmark [#310]
References
See also
- Spanish missions in California
- USNS Mission Buenaventura (AO-111) — the lead ship in a Class of fleet oilers built during World War II.
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