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Mission San José is a Spanish mission located in the present-day city of Fremont, California, United States. It was founded on June 11, 1797, by the Franciscan order and was the fourteenth Spanish mission established in California. The mission is the namesake of the Mission San José district of Fremont, which was an independent town subsumed ...
Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo is an historic Catholic mission in San Antonio, Texas, United States. The mission was named in part for the Marquis de San Miguel de Aguayo, José de Azlor y Virto de Vera. Many buildings on the campus of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, borrow architectural elements from those found at Mission ...
Located at 6519 San Jose Drive, it was designated the San Jose Mission National Historic Site in 1941. The historic site was administratively listed on the National Register on October 15, 1966. The church, which is still standing, was constructed in 1768. Mission San Jose was founded by Father Antonio Margil.
For thousands of years before the arrival of European settlers, the area now known as San Jose was inhabited by several groups of Ohlone Native Americans. [3] Permanent European presence in the area came with the 1770 founding of the Presidio of Monterey and Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo by Gaspar de Portolà and Junípero Serra, about sixty miles (100 km) to the south.
Mission San José may refer to: Mission San José (California), a Spanish mission in Fremont, California. Mission San Jose, Fremont, California, a neighborhood. Mission San Jose High School, a high school in Fremont, California. Mission San José (Texas), a Spanish mission in San Antonio, Texas. Misión San José de Comondú, Baja California Sur.
Coordinates: 37.630°N 122.040°W. Rancho Arroyo de la Alameda was a 17,705-acre (71.65 km 2) Mexican land grant in present day Alameda County, California . It was given in 1842 by Governor Juan B. Alvarado to José de Jesús Vallejo. [ 1] The grant extended along Alameda Creek and encompassed present day Union City, Niles and Mount Eden. [ 2][ 3]
t. e. The architecture of the California missions was influenced by several factors, those being the limitations in the construction materials that were on hand, an overall lack of skilled labor, and a desire on the part of the founding priests to emulate notable structures in their Spanish homeland. While no two mission complexes are identical ...
Janet Gray Hayes becomes mayor. [34] 1977 – San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles founded. 1980 – Rotary Club of San Jose and San Jose Repertory Theatre founded. 1981 – Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose established. 1982 – Adobe in business. [35] 1983. 1983 San Jose School District California bankruptcy.