Historical Marker · No. 928
Original Site of Mission de La Purisima Concepcion de Maria Santisima
Lompoc, Santa Barbara County · California
Erected by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with the La Purisima Parlor No. 327, Native Daughters of the Golden West, 1979
The mission stood here from 1787 until the morning of December 21, 1812, when the earthquake brought the adobes down. Father Mariano Payeras did not rebuild on the spot. He got permission to move the community four miles northeast into La Cañada de los Berros, where the new mission would stand beside El Camino Real, and it was formally established there in April 1813. What is left on this side is foundations and wall stubs under a walking trail, with Lompoc grown up around them.
What the plaque says
Original Site of Mission de La Purisima Concepcion de Maria Santisima The ruins at this site are part of the original Mission La Purisima, founded by Padre Fermin de Lasuen on December 8, 1787, as the 11th in the chain of Spanish missions in California. The mission was destroyed by earthquake on December 21, 1812; the present Mission La Purisima was then established several miles away. California Registered Historical Landmark No. 928 Plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with the La Purisima Parlor No. 327, Native Daughters of the Golden West. September 26, 1979
Where it stands
34.63148, -120.45547 · Directions
More markers nearby
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