San Pedro y San Pablo Asistencia

San Pedro y San Pablo Asistencia

The perimeter of the outpost's foundation is outlined with logs.
Location on the San Francisco Peninsula San Pedro y San Pablo Asistencia (California) Show map of San FranciscoShow map of CaliforniaShow all
Location	Pacifica, California
Coordinates	37°35′14″N 122°29′36″W / 37.58722°N 122.49333°W / 37.58722; -122.49333Coordinates: 37°35′14″N 122°29′36″W / 37.58722°N 122.49333°W / 37.58722; -122.49333
Name as founded	Asistencia de la Misión San Francisco de Asís
English translation	Sub-Mission of the Mission San Francisco de Asís
Patron	Saint Peter and Saint Paul
Founding date	1786
Military district	Fourth
Native tribe(s) Spanish name(s)	Ohlone Costanoan
Native place name(s)	Pruristac
Governing body	County of San Mateo
Current use	Museum
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Designated	1976
Part of	Sánchez Adobe
Reference no.	#NPS–76000525
California Historical Landmark
Designated	1947
Part of	Sánchez Adobe
Reference no.	#391

The San Pedro y San Pablo Asistencia is a "sub-mission" to Mission San Francisco de Asís in the in Pacifica, California. Established in 1786 at the Ohlone village of Pruristac, the site is located within the bounds of the Rancho San Pedro (home to the Sánchez Adobe).

History[]

Within the first year a chapel, granary, tack room, and three other rooms had been constructed, using native labor. In 1788 two more rooms were added. In 1789 a second granary was built, quarters for the mayordomo, and quarters for the missionaries were built. Also, a covered passageway which temporarily served as a kitchen. Crops of wheat and beans were planted in quantities to provide for the needs of the parent mission. At its peak the asistencia consisted of a three-wing main structure surrounding a central plaza. Corn, peas, barley, asparagus, and rosemary would, in time also be cultivated, along with grape vineyards and groves of peach and quince trees. Due to a significant decline in the native population, the facility was used mainly as an outpost to graze cattle after 1790.

A plaque in Sanchez Adobe Park depicts the former Asistencia's floor plan.

After secularization of the missions in 1834, Juan Alvarado, the Mexican Governor of California, granted the lands of the 8,926-acre (36.12 km²) Rancho San Pedro to Francisco Sanchez in 1839. Included were all of the buildings of the Asistencia. Sanchez retained ownership of the property after California was ceded to the United States in 1848. In 1894, roof tiles were salvaged from the property and installed on the Southern Pacific Railroad depot located in Burlingame, California (the first permanent structure constructed in the Mission Revival Style). Today, little remains of the original installation.

References[]

• Jones, Terry L. and Kathryn A. Klar (eds.) (2007). California Prehistory: Colonization, Culture, and Complexity. Altimira Press, Landham, MD. ISBN 0-7591-0872-2.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
• Paddison, Joshua (ed.) (1999). A World Transformed: Firsthand Accounts of California Before the Gold Rush. Heyday Books, Berkeley, CA. ISBN 1-890771-13-9.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
• "San Mateo Environmental Services Agency" (PDF). Sánchez Adobe Historical Site: Draft Master Plan. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 31, 2005. Retrieved July 26, 2006.
• "Spanish Colonization in San Mateo and Santa Cruz Counties". Retrieved July 25, 2006.

See also[]

• Mission San Francisco de Asís
• List of Spanish missions in California

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