A view looking down an exterior corridor at Mission San Fernando Rey de España, a common architectural feature of the Spanish Missions.

A shot of the same location as above, circa 1900.

Mission San Fernando Rey de España, or San Fernando Rey, was founded on September 8, 1797 by Father Fermín Francisco de Lasuén, the seventeenth in the California mission chain. It was named for Saint Ferdinand, King of Spain, and is located on the former Encino Rancho in the Mission Hills community of northern Los Angeles, California. Download high resolution version (1524x2032, 364 KB)Exterior Corridor at Mission San Fernando Rey de España. ... Download high resolution version (1524x2032, 364 KB)Exterior Corridor at Mission San Fernando Rey de España. ... 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ... September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years). ... 1797 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Father Fermín Francisco Lasuén (June 7, 1736 - June 26, 1803) was a Spanish missionary to America. ... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ... Ferdinand III, the Saint, (1198/1199 - May 30, 1252) was a king of Castile (1217 - 1252) and Leon (1230 - 1252). ... See Mission Hills for other places of the same name. ... Griffith Observatory and the Downtown Los Angeles skyline. ...

In 1845, Governor Pio Pico declared the Mission buildings for sale and in 1846, made Mission San Fernando Rey de España his headquarters. The Mission was used for many things during the late 1800s; it was a station for the Butterfield Stage Lines; it was used as storerooms for the Porter Land and Water Company; and in 1896, the quadrangle was used as a hog farm. 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Pío de Jesus Pico IV (May 5, 1801–September 11, 1894) was the last Mexican Governor of Alta California, now the U.S. state of California. ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Events and Trends Beginning of the Napoleonic Wars (1803 - 1815). ... 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... In architecture a quadrangle, or more colloquially, quad, is a space on a college or university campus usually but not always enclosed on four sides by buildings. ... Binomial name Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 The domestic pig is usually given the scientific name Sus scrofa, though some authors call it , reserving for the wild boar. ... Bales of hay on a farm near Ames, Iowa A farm is the basic unit in agriculture. ...

San Fernando's church became a working church again in 1923 when the Oblate priests arrived. Many attempts were made to restore the old Mission from the early 1900s, but it was not until the Hearst Foundation gave a large gift of money in the 1940s, that the Mission was finally restored. In 1971, a large earthquake damaged the church, which had to completely rebuilt. The repairs were completed in 1974. Mission San Fernando Rey de España is a beautifully restored mission. It continues to be very well cared for and is still used as a parish church. 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Oblate also refers to a member of the Roman Catholic religious order of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, or in some cases to a lay or religious person who has officially associated himself (or herself) with a monastic community such as the Benedictines for reasons of personal enrichment without... Events and Trends Technology Lawrence Hargrave makes the first stable wing design for a heavier-than-air aircraft Orville and Wilbur Wright make the first documented flight in a powered heavier-than-air aircraft Mass production of automobile Wide popularity of home phonograph Panama Canal is built by the United... Several noted people have had the last name Hearst: William Randolph Hearst Patty Hearst William Hearst George Randolph Hearst Jr. ... Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century Decades: 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s - 1940s - 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s Years: 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 Events and trends Technology First nuclear bomb First cruise missile, the V1 flying bomb and the first ballistic missile, the... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Global earthquake epicenters, 1963–1998 An earthquake is a trembling or a shaking movement of the Earths surface. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... A parish is a subdivision of a diocese or bishopric within the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Church of Sweden, and of some other churches. ... A church building is a building used in Christian worship. ...

Historic designations

• National Register of Historic Places #NPS-88002147
• California Historic Landmark #157

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See also

• California mission

Postcard of the reconstructed Mission Santa Bárbara The California missions are a series of settlements established by Spanish Catholic Franciscans, to Christianize the local Native Americans, but with the added benefit of giving Spain a toehold in the frontier land. ...

External links

• Elevation & Site Layout sketches of the Mission proper (http://www.mymission.org/images/sanfernan.gif)
• Andres Pico Adobe (http://www.laokay.com/halac/AndresPicoAdobe.htm/)

Mission San Fernando Rey de España, circa 1910.