National Register of Historic Places

Mission Dolores

San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
Listed
March 16, 1972
Type
Building
Period
Colonial
Ref No.
72000251

About this property

The Mission Dolores adobe chapel was completed in 1791. It is the oldest intact structure in San Francisco. The Mission Dolores Basilica was constructed in 1918. It was designated a minor basilica by Pope Pius XII in 1952. Located in the Mission District, the mission was founded on October 9, 1776, by Frs Francisco Palóu and Pedro Benito Cambón. The Franciscan Order sent the two priests to the then Spanish Province of Alta California to bring in Spanish settlers and evangelize the indigenous Ohlone people. The Ohlone provided most of the labor which built the adobe chapel. The early 20th-century Mission Dolores Basilica replaced a brick parish church built in 1876 that was destroyed in the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.

Location

320 Dolores St.
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
37.76392, -122.42695

Categories

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Sources

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When was Mission Dolores listed on the National Register?

Mission Dolores was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 16, 1972.

What type of historic resource is Mission Dolores?

Mission Dolores is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Mission Dolores?

The period of significance for Mission Dolores is recorded as the colonial era.

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