San Bernardino Asistencia
The estancia's "bell wall" was designed after the campanario at
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 Location of San Bernardino de Sena Estancia in California
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| Location | Redlands, California |
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| Coordinates | 34°2′40″N 117°13′15″W / 34.04444°N 117.22083°WCoordinates: 34°2′40″N 117°13′15″W / 34.04444°N 117.22083°W |
| Name as founded | Estancia de la Misión San Gabriel, Arcángel |
| English translation | Station of Mission San Gabriel Arcángel |
| Patron | Saint Bernardinus of Masa Marrittima, near Siena, Italy |
| Nickname(s) | "The Place of Plenty to Eat and Drink" |
| Founding date | 1819 |
| Military district | First |
| Governing body | County of San Bernardino |
| Current use | Museum |
| Reference no. | #42 |
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The San Bernardino de Sena Estancia (also known as the San Bernardino Rancho or Asistencia) was a ranch outpost of Mission San Gabriel Arcángel in what is now in Redlands, California, United States. It was built to graze cattle, and for Indian Reductions of the Serrano people and Cahuilla people into Mission Indians. Over time, it fell into disrepair, until the early 20th century, when a new, larger structure was built as a museum. The new structure shares the same architectural style, but is not otherwise similar to the original buildings.
The estancia was established in 1819. A second estancia was established and built around 1830 at Politana rancheria, approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) from the original 1819 site. The Politana site of the San Bernardino de Sena Estancia is a California Historical Landmark. The California missions' lands were secularized in 1833-34. In 1842 Governor Juan B. Alvarado of Alta California issued a Mexican land grant for Rancho San Bernardino to José del Carmen Lugo, José Maria Lugo, Vincente Lugo, and their cousin Jose Diego Sepulveda. Included were all of the original asistencia buildings: the chapel, a tile kiln, a lime kiln, and a grist mill. In 1851 the property was subsequently sold to Charles C. Rich and Amasa Lyman, leaders of the San Bernardino settlement of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and occupied by Bishop Nathan C. Tenney from 1851 through 1859, when Dr. Ben Barton purchased it from the Mormons due to their return to Utah. Barton practiced medicine and resided on the property until 1867. Over time, materials were removed from the abandoned adobe structure, which fell into a state of ruin.
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