Mission Delores

Mission San Francisco De Asís

The original adobe Mission structure is the smaller building at left, while the larger structure is a basilica completed in 1918 (the architectural style was influenced by designs exhibited at San Diego's Panama-California Exposition in 1915).
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Location	320 Dolores Street San Francisco, California 94114
Coordinates	37°45′51.8″N 122°25′37.3″W / 37.764389°N 122.427028°W / 37.764389; -122.427028Coordinates: 37°45′51.8″N 122°25′37.3″W / 37.764389°N 122.427028°W / 37.764389; -122.427028
Name as founded	La Misión de Nuestro Padre San Francisco
English translation	The Mission of Our Father Saint Francis of Assisi
Patron	Saint i
Nickname(s)	"Mission Dolores"
Founding date	June 29, 1776
Founding priest(s)	Francisco Palóu ; Junípero Serra <r foundingorder=Sixth
Military district	Fourth
Native tribe(s) Spanish name(s)	Ohlone Costeño
Native place name(s)	Chutchui
Baptisms	6,898
Marriages	2,043Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).
Secularized	1834
Returned to the Church	1857
Governing body	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco
Current use	Parish Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Designated	1972
Reference no.	#72000251
California Historical Landmark
Official name: Site of original Mission Dolores chapel and Dolores Lagoon
Reference no.	327-1
San Francisco Designated Landmark
Designated	April 11, 1968
Reference no.	1
Website
http://www.missiondolores.org

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Mission San Francisco de Asís, or Mission Dolores, is the oldest surviving structure in San Francisco and the sixth religious settlement established as part of the California chain of missions. The Mission was founded on October 9, 1776, by Lieutenant José Joaquin Moraga and Francisco Palóu (a companion of Junípero Serra), both members of the de Anza Expedition, which had been charged with bringing Spanish settlers to Alta (upper) California, and evangelizing the local Natives, the Ohlone. Some of the Mission's buildings have been turned into business including a print shop, and several saloons.

The settlement was named for St. Francis of Assisi, the founder of the Franciscan Order, but was also commonly known as "Mission Dolores" owing to the presence of a nearby creek named Arroyo de Nuestra Señora de los Dolores, meaning "Our Lady of Sorrows Creek." During the expedition of Juan Bautista de Anza, this site was identified by Pedro Font as the most suitable site for a mission in the San Francisco area.