Below is an excerpt from the Wikipedia article “San Antonio de Pala Asistencia” section on Wikipedia.  Peggy B. Perazzo

“On Christmas Day, 1899 the San Jacinto Earthquake shook the Pala Valley, causing the rook over the church sanctuary to collapse.  In 1902, a group calling itself the ‘Landmarks Club of Southern California,’ under the direction of American journalist, historian, and photographer Charles Fletcher Lummis, purchased Pala Mission. The following year, the Club returned ownership to the Catholic Church....”

“...In 1948 the Verona Fathers (Sons of the Sacred Heart) succeeded the Franciscans in the care of the Mission.  Six years later, the fathers undertook a complete restoration of the Mission....”

“...Pala’s bells are the same ones used since 1916.  American academician, architect, and author Rexford Newcomb published design studies of the original bell tower in his 1916 work The Franciscan Mission Architecture of Alta California. Ironically, the structure was completely destroyed by torrential rains later that same year; a precise replica was erected immediately thereafter and today stands in its place. The structure measures some 35 feet above the base (which itself is 15 feet off the ground) and supports two bells, each hanging from a rawhide tether….”