Day 9 Friday 9th
August
The Mission
The Mission area is the site of the original Mission
settlement in San Francisco. In 1776,
the Mission of Saint Francis of Assisi was founded in 1776 and is today the
oldest intact mission in California and the oldest building in San Francisco.
And of course it gives its name to the Mission District. The white adobe church now stands beside a giant basilica, and just
down the road from the first Women’s Community centre.
The ceiling timbers are redwood, lashed together with rawhide and decorated in Indian colours.
Saint Francis keeps guard over the dead of the early years of the Mission
A rose for Mary Bell Berenice, 1849-1852.
In the Mission cemetery, a reproduction of the type of dwelling built by the original Indian people of the area. These huts were built in a day by about eight men, and lasted about five years.
Murals cover the walls of the Womenb's Building
Some street scapes
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