Mission Trail Today - The California Missions
#11, La Purisima Concepción
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All photographs taken by Kenneth A. Larson. All rights reserved. © 2003 - 2008.
Select photographs of my many visits to The California Missions built by Spain and Mexico between 1769 and 1823.
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#11, La Purisima Concepción.
Founded December 8, 1787
by Father Fermin Lasuen.
Lompoc.
Personal Observations
La Purisima is probably my favorite mission. It is beautifully restored and sits on a large site. There are large animal enclosures and fields in a small valley. The chapel is no longer used, but many of the work areas are restored.
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Mission Art & Photo-Art
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History
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Address and Directions
2295 Purisima Road
Lompoc, CA 93436
From Highway 101, exit at State Highway 246 west at Buellton. (My recommendation is stop at Pea Soup Andersen's in Buellton for something to eat.) (Mission Santa Ines is only about five miles east of Buellton on the same Highway 246.) After about 14 miles west of Buellton, turn right onto Purisima Road for about a mile. The mission is on the right.
Daily 9-5.
Photography Gallery
Church exterior.
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Church interior. Photo date: 11-2-02.
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Panorama of this large mission. Photo date: 11-2-02.
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From parking lot. Photo date: 4-4-92.
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Alter. Photo date: 11-2-02.
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Alter. Photo date: 4-4-92.
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Interior. Photo date: 11-2-02.
Grounds. Photo date: 4-4-92.
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Bell tower and lether drying. Photo date: 11-2-02.
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Entrance to Church. Photo date: 11-2-02.
Bell Tower. Photo date: 6-23-90.
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Bell Tower. Photo date: 4-4-92.
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Bell tower. Photo date: 11-2-02.
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Bell tower. Photo date: 11-2-02.
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Bell tower. Photo date: 11-2-02.
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Bell tower. Photo date: 11-2-02.
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Work room interior. 11-2-02.
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Grinding wheel. 11-2-02.
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Entrance to work yard. Photo date: 11-2-02.
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Covered ruins of a work area. Photo date: 11-2-02.
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Across a large field. 11-2-02.
Bird nest under an eave.4-4-92.
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Sheep. Photo date: 4-4-92.
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This is the only mission that I have been to that has farm animals. 4-4-92.
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This is the only mission that I have been to that has farm animals. 11-2-02.
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This mission is unusual in that after the original 1787 mission was destroyed by an earthquakein 1812, a new mission was built on a new site in 1813. Originally built in what is now the City of Lompoc, the Mission is now across the river and about four miles east of town. Photo date: 4-4-92.
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This web site started because of my love for the Spanish Missions in the United States. This web site is for your benefit and I make no profit on it. I don't allow paid advertising. This site is supported primarily from my regular paycheck as a Set Designer and there haven' been many this year. My wife sells Gold Canyon products at www.valleygirlcandles.com and I sell art at www.klimages.com. A non-tax deductable donation to help cover the cost of operating this web site may be made to Kesign Design Consulting through PayPal ...
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This page last updated: Thursday, 17-Sep-2009 22:40:26 CDT
