Exterior view of Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, ca.1910

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Title	Exterior view of Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, ca.1910
Description	Photograph of the exterior view of Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, ca.1910. The Moorish-style building is about two-story tall. A cornice, about one story from the ground, runs around the church and its tower, curving at the façade of the church to form a curved gable. To the right of the arched doorway entrance is the bulbous bell tower. There are crosses at the apex of the roof proper as well as on top of the bell tower.; "San Carlos Borromeo is believed by many to be the most beautiful of all California missions. It is here that Fr. Serra made his headquarters for his California missionary work, and where he was buried upon his death in 1784. A year after its founding, the mission was moved from Monterey to a beautiful site in Carmel Valley. The Monterey site was not only inadequate for growing crops, it was a long way from where the Native Americans resided. Fr. Serra was buried in the sanctuary beside the alter in the adobe church next to his longtime friend Fr. Crespi. A few years later the current large stone church was built around the small adobe church. In 1803, upon the death of Fr. Lasuen, Fr. Serra's successor, he too was buried in the stone church. When secularization occurred in 1834 all of the mission lands, except the church site, were sold to private parties. The great stone mission church was abandoned and for 30 years stood roofless after its collapse in 1851. Enough money was eventually raised in 1884 to build a new roof, but the steep pitch was out of place with the original design. The latest restoration, begun in the 1930's, has restored a more suitable roof, and is believed to be the most authentic restoration in the entire mission chain." -- unknown author.
Subject	Carmel Mission
Subject (adlf)	religious facilities
Subject (file heading)	Missions -- Mission Carmel (San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo); Mission Carmel -- San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo
Subject (lcsh)	Missions, Spanish
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Monterey
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	circa 1910
Photographer	Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	circa 1910
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm.
Format (aat)	negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
Accession number	5913
Call number	CHS-5913
Microfiche number	1-127-36; 1-127-30
Legacy record ID	chs-m17517; USC-1-1-1-14075
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Project	USC
Rights	California Historical Society
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-5913
Archival file	chs_Volume99/CHS-5913.tiff

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