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Location : San Luis Obispo CA
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Description : The fifth California mission founded by Father Junipero Serra, Sept. 1, 1772.
Named after Saint Louis, Bishop of Toulouse, France.
Present building built 1793-1794.
Front portico added: 1794, torn down in 1877, restored in 1933.
Wooden siding added in the late 1870’s; removed between 1920 to 1934.
In 1769, Fr Serra, a member of the Order of Franciscan Minors (O.F.M.), received orders from Spain to bring the Catholic faith to the Natives of Alta California. Mission San Diego was the first mission founded in Alta California that same year. |