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Padre Fermín de Francisco Lasuén de Arasqueta (1736-1803) founded the Alta California's 10th Franciscan establishment, Mission Santa Barbara, on 12/16/1786. According to the National Historic Register's inventory form, the first 39 x 14-foot chapel was erected by 1787; it was constructed of wood, with a thatched roof and rammed earth floor. A palisade of logs surrounded the sanctuary from invasion. This mission complex had four different churches, each increasingly large, built on the same site between 1786-1820. Mission Santa Barbara developed into a self-sufficient town, centered around the church, but also containing agricultural buildings--a grist mill, barns, and storage buildings--as well as various components of a water system. In addition, the mission had dormitories, a carpenter shop and a blacksmith shop.

Demolished.

PCAD id: 7937