When was Mission Santa Cruz rebuilt?
Likewise, when was Mission Santa Cruz restored?
The park features the only building left of the 12th California Mission, Misión la Exaltacion de la Santa Cruz, founded by the Franciscans in 1791. Restored to its original appearance, the austere single-story adobe was once housing for the California Indian residents of the Mission.
People also ask, when was Mission Santa Cruz flooded?
Founded on August 28, 1791, by Father Fermín Lasuén, the mission was first built near the mouth of the San Lorenzo River. The mission flooded the first winter, and Father Lasuén had to relocate to higher ground.
The San Cruz Mission church was destroyed in earthquakes. A painting by Trousset was based on details provided by the locals after a most devastating earthquake in 1857. The current mission chapel is a well-executed smaller one-third scale replica of the 1795 mission church. It was erected in 1931.